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Hand-held optically readable character set reader having automatic focus control for operating over a range of distances

US5837987A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 19, 1996
Grant dateNov 17, 1998
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Expiry dateNov 19, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K2207/1018
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A hand-held optically readable information set reader having one or more photosensor arrays, at least one information set illuminator, and an information set image transfer system for projecting a readable image of an information set onto the one or more photosensor arrays.

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