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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:
May. 31, 1988
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Koji Satoh, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235462 ; 235436 ; 235470 ; 382 11 ; 382 62 ;
Abstract
An improved optical reader for reading both bar codes and alphanumeric characters with one image sensor wherein a switching gate selects either one of two digital signal processing means, so that there does not occur processing of both formats concurrently. The optical reader recognizes the binary pattern of the specific format.