Multiple plane scanning system for data reading applications
US6568598B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 13, 1998 |
| Grant date | May 27, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 18, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K7/10871
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An optical system and method for data reading. The preferred system is directed to a scanner which includes a multiple beam source such as a laser diode and a beam splitter which generates first optical beam and a second optical beam, the first optical beam being directed toward one side of a scanning optical element such as a rotating polygon mirror and to a first mirror array, the second optical beam is being simultaneously directed toward a second optical element such as another side of the rotating polygon mirror and then to a second and a third mirror array. The first mirror array is configured to generate a scan pattern through a vertical window and the second and third arrays are configured to generate scan patterns passing through a horizontal window. In combination, the three mirror arrays generate three sets of scan lines so as to scan the bottom and all lateral sides of an object being passed through the scan volume.
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