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Hand-held scanning head with aiming beam

US5734153A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 26, 1996
Grant dateMar 31, 1998
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Expiry dateJan 26, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K2207/1011
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A region of light-reflective indicia is visibly illuminated in order to locate the indicia relative to a hand-held of a system for electro-optically reading the indicia. The region is formed by aiming optics and a light source for generating a visible aiming beam. The region can be single spot, a pair of spots, or a line.

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