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Bar code reader

US6637660B2 · kind B2 · utility

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2Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 28, 1998
Grant dateOct 28, 2003
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Expiry dateMar 14, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K7/10851
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A bar code reader for reading a bar code by emitting a laser beam from a laser diode toward the bar code and receiving the subsequently reflected light on a photosensor, in which the photosensor is disposed along an irradiating direction of the laser beam emitted from the laser diode, thereby achieving the most effective arrangement of the laser diode and the photosensor occupying less area.

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