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Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 10, 2018
Applicant:

Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);

Inventor:

Robert A. Ehrhardt, Palatine, IL (US);

Assignee:

Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/04 (2006.01); B65H 7/14 (2006.01); B65H 7/20 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/55 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/14 (2013.01); B41J 11/0095 (2013.01); B65H 7/04 (2013.01); B65H 7/20 (2013.01); G01N 2021/558 (2013.01);
Abstract

An example method includes comparing, via circuitry, a first signal indicative of a first amount of light received by a first light sensor to a second signal indicative of a second amount of light received by a second light sensor, wherein the second light sensor is to compensate for an environmental change by detecting the second amount of light transmitted by a light source regardless of a presence or absence of an object in the conveyance path; determine, via the circuitry, whether a reflection loss is present based on the comparing of the first and second signals; and if the circuitry detects the reflection loss based on the comparing of the first and second signals, generating a presence indication.


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