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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2024
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Darran Michael Handshaw, Sound Beach, NY (US);
Edward Barkan, Miller Place, NY (US);
Mark Drzymala, Saint James, NY (US);
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Abstract
A convertible slot scanner assembly for capturing at least one object appearing in a field of view (FOV) is provided that includes a chassis having an optical cavity and a front opening, a scanning window configured to at least partially cover the front opening of the chassis, and an illumination element disposed inside of the optical cavity of the chassis at a position recessed from the scanning window, the illumination element disposed proximal the front opening, the illumination element configured to provide illumination along an illumination axis that is non-parallel with the optical axis, and where the illumination element provides illumination with an illumination angle that is oblique relative to the normal axis of the scanning window.