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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:
Oct. 04, 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 62 ; 235436 ; 235440 ; 235462 ; 382 68 ; 382 57 ;
Abstract
A common scanning unit is utilized in an optical character reader which reads both alphanumeric and bar code characters. An N column by M row area photosensor detects both the alphanumeric and bar code signals. The system detects which type of character is being read and then outputs the identity of the character.