Abstract: There is described an imaging device for capturing images of at least portions of moving objects. The system comprises a stationary camera lens configured for reproducing an image of at least a portion of each moving object in an imaging plane when said object moves across a capturing region. The device further comprises at least one image sensor located in the imaging plane for receiving the reproduced image of the at least a portion of the corresponding moving object and converting said image into electronic signals. The at least one image sensor is mounted on a sensor support adapted to be actuated in a manner that the at least one image sensor is moved in the imaging plane relative to the stationary camera lens, and in a manner that the motion of said at least one image sensor is synchronized with the motion of the moving object to be captured.

Abstract: There is described an imaging device for capturing images of at least portions of moving objects. The system comprises a stationary camera lens configured for reproducing an image of at least a portion of each moving object in an imaging plane when said object moves across a capturing region. The device further comprises at least one image sensor located in the imaging plane for receiving the reproduced image of the at least a portion of the corresponding moving object and converting said image into electronic signals. The at least one image sensor is mounted on a sensor support adapted to be actuated in a manner that the at least one image sensor is moved in the imaging plane relative to the stationary camera lens, and in a manner that the motion of said at least one image sensor is synchronized with the motion of the moving object to be captured.

Abstract: Method for marking graphical elements comprising the steps of selecting at least three coherent edge portions (6) of a graphical element (1), wherein the relative orientation of the coherent edge portions (6) is constant and/or smoothly varies along their entire length, the coherent edge portions (6) comprising at least two reference edge portions (66) and one edge portion to mark (67); defining a family of smooth and non-intersecting curves (65), said curves (65) intersecting all of the coherent edge portions (66, 67); shifting the edge portion to mark (67) along the curves (65) relative to the reference edge portions (66); and method for detecting a marking in a graphical element, comprising the steps of locating an encoding area (7) in a digital image of a graphical element (1); retrieving at least two reference edge portions (66) and at least one modified edge portion (68) of the encoding area (7) in the digital image; and determining the relative position of the modified edge portion (68) relative to the

Abstract: Method for marking graphical elements comprising the steps of selecting at least three coherent edge portions (6) of a graphical element (1), wherein the relative orientation of the coherent edge portions (6) is constant and/or smoothly varies along their entire length, the coherent edge portions (6) comprising at least two reference edge portions (66) and one edge portion to mark (67); defining a family of smooth and non-intersecting curves (65), said curves (65) intersecting all of the coherent edge portions (66, 67); shifting the edge portion to mark (67) along the curves (65) relative to the reference edge portions (66); and method for detecting a marking in a graphical element, comprising the steps of locating an encoding area (7) in a digital image of a graphical element (1); retrieving at least two reference edge portions (66) and at least one modified edge portion (68) of the encoding area (7) in the digital image; and determining the relative position of the modified edge portion (68) relative to the