Metrologic IQ185

CCD Camera System

Applications High-speed, high-resolution linear CCD based camera 1D and 2D bar code scanning Built in co-planar laser illumination Dynamic focus and zoom Constant resolution over entire DOF Label image capture and display Video coding Low operating cost Compact modular design for easy mounting above, beside, or below the conveyor belt

Metrologic's iQ185 is a high speed camera based image acquisition system designed to read 1D and 2D bar codes in stand alone, top/back, or multi-sided tunnel configurations.

The iQ-series cameras use a unique, laser-line illumination system that generally results in greater instantaneous depth-of-focus (DOF) than competing cameras. In a sense, it represents a hybrid of a laser scanner (although the laser line is fixed, as opposed to “ scanned”), and a conventional camera. That increased DOF translates into higher read rates on non-ideal package shapes.

For systems requiring the 36” DOF of the iQ185, we provide the iQTrace height profiler. It dynamically maps the “terrain” of the package stream to
focus the camera in real time. Both cameras work at speeds of up to 600
feet/min. Our iQTroller is a customized industrial computer designed for overhead and tunnel scanning applications. It executes the Omniplanar bar code decode application, and has a built-in Ethernet hub for extensive network connectivity. It also supports real-time JPEG image compression and storage of tens of thousands of no-read images to help diagnose problems without a separate image storage component.