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Multi-channel signal processing in an optical reader

US6213399A · kind A · utility

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19Claims
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Filing dateFeb 9, 1996
Grant dateApr 10, 2001
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Expiry dateFeb 9, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K7/14
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A light source and a light detector are included in an optical reader such as a field of view reader or a flying spot scanner for reading a printed indicia such as a bar code symbol. At least two channels associated with the detector carry signals corresponding to light detected by the detector at different resolution levels, allowing a single reader to be used for different resolution levels of the indicia to be read.

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