Optical scanner with top down reader
US9004359B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 15, 2013 |
| Grant date | Apr 14, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K7/10
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A data reading system including one or more imagers, the data reading system having a lower main housing structure with a horizontal surface, across which items to be read are passed, and an upper reader module, such as pole-mounted top down reader (TDR) including an imager configured to provide a top down viewing angle from above the horizontal surface of the item in a read region. In one configuration, the pole-mounted upper reader module includes a one-piece post housing section mounted to the main housing structure and extending therefrom and containing imaging electronics and optics of the upper reader.
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