WO1997050053A3 - Scanners for reading near infrared fluorescent marks - Google Patents

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WO1997050053A3
WO1997050053A3 PCT/US1997/016028 US9716028W WO9750053A3 WO 1997050053 A3 WO1997050053 A3 WO 1997050053A3 US 9716028 W US9716028 W US 9716028W WO 9750053 A3 WO9750053 A3 WO 9750053A3
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near infrared
fluorescent signal
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Michael John Cyr
James John Krutak Sr
Horst Clauberg
Randy Barnett Meade
James Edward Moore
Gabor Patonay
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Eastman Chem Co
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Priority to EP97941005A priority patent/EP0907927B1/en
Priority to AT97941005T priority patent/ATE210860T1/en
Priority to DE69709109T priority patent/DE69709109T2/en
Publication of WO1997050053A2 publication Critical patent/WO1997050053A2/en
Publication of WO1997050053A3 publication Critical patent/WO1997050053A3/en

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K7/00—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns
    • G06K7/10—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation
    • G06K7/12—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation using a selected wavelength, e.g. to sense red marks and ignore blue marks
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
    • G02B6/38—Mechanical coupling means having fibre to fibre mating means
    • G02B6/3807—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs
    • G02B6/3833—Details of mounting fibres in ferrules; Assembly methods; Manufacture
    • G02B6/3855—Details of mounting fibres in ferrules; Assembly methods; Manufacture characterised by the method of anchoring or fixing the fibre within the ferrule
    • G02B6/3861—Adhesive bonding
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
    • G02B6/38—Mechanical coupling means having fibre to fibre mating means
    • G02B6/3807—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs
    • G02B6/3833—Details of mounting fibres in ferrules; Assembly methods; Manufacture
    • G02B6/3855—Details of mounting fibres in ferrules; Assembly methods; Manufacture characterised by the method of anchoring or fixing the fibre within the ferrule
    • G02B6/3862—Details of mounting fibres in ferrules; Assembly methods; Manufacture characterised by the method of anchoring or fixing the fibre within the ferrule radially-compressed, longitudinally-split ferrules consisting of a pair of identical matching halves

Abstract

An apparatus for detecting an invisible, near infrared fluorescing mark disposed on a background comprises: includes an excitation source for exciting the mark, having sufficient power to excite the mark and provide a fluorescent signal the mark from a; a signal detector for detecting the fluorescent signal from the mark; a and power modulator means for varying the power if the excitation source between zero and the maximum power level to produce a decodable fluorescent signal from the mark disposed on the background. A process for decoding an invisible mark having a near infrared fluorescing material includes the steps of: providing at least one invisible, near infrared fluorescing mark disposed on at least one portion of a background; exciting the mark with a laser having a maximum power level sufficient to provide a fluorescent signal from the mark; detecting the fluorescent signal and concurrently varying the power of the laser between zero and its maximum power, to obtain a decodable fluorescent signal.
PCT/US1997/016028 1996-06-24 1997-06-23 Scanners for reading near infrared fluorescent marks WO1997050053A2 (en)

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JP50363998A JP2002514325A (en) 1996-06-24 1997-06-23 Scanner for reading near infrared fluorescent mark
EP97941005A EP0907927B1 (en) 1996-06-24 1997-06-23 Scanners for reading near infrared fluorescent marks
AT97941005T ATE210860T1 (en) 1996-06-24 1997-06-23 SCANNER FOR READING NEAR-INFRARED FLUORESCENT MARKINGS
DE69709109T DE69709109T2 (en) 1996-06-24 1997-06-23 SCANTERS FOR READING NEAR-INFRARED FLUORESCENT MARKINGS

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US2030896P 1996-06-24 1996-06-24
US60/020,308 1996-06-24
US08/880,037 1997-06-20
US08/880,037 US5959296A (en) 1996-06-24 1997-06-20 Scanners for reading near infrared fluorescent marks

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