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Optical bar code scanner having object detection

US5637854A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 22, 1995
Grant dateJun 10, 1997
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Expiry dateSep 22, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K2007/10495
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a bar code scanner of the fixed amount type, laser beam reflections from the target location are collected by an object detector that senses predetermined specular reflections and determines whether an object is present or absent, and whether the object has a bar code label or lacks a bar code label.

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