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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020
Filed:
May. 29, 2019
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Joseph F. DiGregorio, Seaford, NY (US);
Joseph J. DiVirgilio, Port Jefferson Station, NY (US);
Eric Trongone, West Babylon, NY (US);
Amit Asthana, Germantown, MD (US);
Peter Sie Jeng Heng, Ipoh, MY;
Theodore S. Hebron, Lincoln, NE (US);
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Abstract
In an embodiment, the present invention is a barcode and RFID tag reader that includes a head portion housing an imaging assembly, the imaging assembly configured to capture images of an environment appearing with a FOV extending through a window; a base portion housing an RFID tag reader assembly; and an intermediate portion extending between the head portion and the base portion. Preferably, the RFID tag reader assembly includes a chassis having a face directed towards the FOV and an antenna assembly at least partially contoured around the face of the chassis where the antenna assembly includes: a monopole flexible antenna having a first monopole antenna element having a first half and a second half, the first half and the second half being substantially symmetrical about a line of symmetry; and a dipole flexible antenna extending at least partially over at least a portion of the first monopole antenna element.