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Optical code reading device with autofocussing

US5122644A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 16, 1991
Grant dateJun 16, 1992
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Expiry dateJul 16, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K2207/1013
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a code reading device, which receives reflected light obtained by scanning a code represented on a recording medium with a laser light beam and decodes it to obtain the code, the reading probability is improved by varying the focusing position for every scanning period with the laser light beam.

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