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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:
Aug. 30, 1983
Filed:
Apr. 09, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lynn D McWaters, Garland, TX (US);
Medford D Sanner, Irving, TX (US);
Assignee:
Recognition Equipment Incorporated, Irving, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382 68 ; 235440 ; 235454 ; 235462 ; 382 62 ;
Abstract
An electronic scanner scans both bar code characters and alphanumeric characters producing a set of electrical signals. The electrical signals are examined by both a alphanumeric optical character reader and a bar code reader and the system outputs a signal indicative of what is read by either the bar code or alphanumeric reader but not both.