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Hello Brian, Error correction is good, but no error is probably better... (...) This may be caused by specular reflexion on a too shiny black stripe. We had that problem during the Billund AFOL mindstorms competition, it was solved by tilting the (...) (19 years ago, 8-Sep-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Absolutely, but in any real world application there is almost always some error rate. (...) John Barnes also suggested that to me after I posted, and I'm embarassed to admit that the thought hadn't occured to me. I need to test (again), but (...) (19 years ago, 8-Sep-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Are you lighting the area with a light brick, or relying on ambient illumination? I find the Lego light sensor extremely finicky in "real work" situation, and try to always shield the area from ambient and provide my own illumination. -Rob A> (19 years ago, 8-Sep-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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"Brian Davis" <brdavis@iusb.edu> wrote in message news:IMI0IC.z2M@lugnet.com... (...) I'm just curious, but how much development did you do making the area where the light sensors themselves are mounted as black and light-proofed as possible to (...) (19 years ago, 8-Sep-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I had in mind a steeper angle - let's say 20-30°. Light sensor optics is very primitive!!! (...) Serious objection... From my laser sensor experience, I tend to think that retroreflective tape would work well, but maybe not enough to separate (...) (19 years ago, 8-Sep-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Gus uses two ight sensors, one to follow the (left edge) of a black line on a white background, and a seperate light sensor on an "outrigger" to read the barcodes. There is no light brick, but instead both use the light sensor itself to supply (...) (19 years ago, 8-Sep-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Oh. I'd not thought of that at all. At those angles, the shroud design and the size of the "window" the light sensor can see through get to be tougher problems. (...) It may be because a good retroreflector won't work in this situation - the (...) (19 years ago, 8-Sep-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I'll have to take some small photos and post them to my Brickshelf account, and I should really include seom response curves from the various lightsensors so you can "see" what the sensor is seeing during a barcode read. (...) Hmmm. I'm not (...) (19 years ago, 8-Sep-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Maybe by having every barcode begin and end with the same 'prefix' and 'suffix' sequence (prefix <> suffix)? It takes more bits, but if you manage to read the prefix and the suffix correctly (as you know what they should be) you could be (...) (19 years ago, 8-Sep-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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