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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. 17, 1989
Filed:
Aug. 21, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Medford D Sanner, Irving, TX (US);
Assignee:
Recognition Equipment Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235470 ; 235454 ; 235462 ;
Abstract
A bar code scanner (10) for scanning bar codes (12) is provided. The bar code scanner (10) includes an image sensor (26) for converting optical information into an electrical signal. The bar codes (12) are illuminated by ambient light only and not by a light source associated with the bar code scanner (10). Circuitry (38) is provided for driving the image sensor (26). Circuitry (80-88) is provided for producing an electrical signal indicative of the bar code information.