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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Hand Held Products, Inc., Fort Mill, SC (US);
Inventors:
Alain Gillet, Galan, FR;
Jean-Luc Basso, Montbrun-lauragais, FR;
Chen Feng, Snohomish, WA (US);
Yunxin Ouyang, Jiangsu, CN;
Jie Ren, Jiangsu, CN;
Assignee:
HAND HELD PRODUCTS, INC., Fort Mill, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06K 9/22 (2006.01); G06K 13/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10732 (2013.01); G06K 7/109 (2013.01); G06K 7/1098 (2013.01); G06K 7/10742 (2013.01); G06K 7/10851 (2013.01); G06K 7/1417 (2013.01); G06K 9/228 (2013.01); G06K 13/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Illumination systems for illuminating objects to be read or imaged by optical readers, such barcode scanners and direct part marking (DPM) barcode readers, are provided. One implementation includes an illumination apparatus including a light source and a freeform lens having a cavity configured to at least partially surround the light source. The freeform lens is configured to provide both dark field illumination and bright field illumination to an object to be imaged.