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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 1980
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Serge L Blanc, Los Gatos, CA (US);
William R Smith, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Caere Corporation, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356138 ; 33286 ;
Abstract
A hand-held optical reading device, commonly called a wand, for reading a field of printed characters. The wand includes a light source for illuminating the printed characters, a photodiode array and a lens for collecting reflected light and forming an image on the diode array corresponding to the printed characters. Apertures are formed in the lower portion of the wand housing for projecting light from the light source onto the surface upon which the characters are printed. The projected light forms a pattern on the surface which is used for visually aligning the wand with respect to character field.