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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 1998
Filed:
May. 28, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Vasanth Shreesha, Quakertown, PA (US);
Assignee:
Accu-Sort Systems, Inc., Telford, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235472 ;
Abstract
A hand-held scanning device employs apparatus for varying the depth of field of the scanning device. The scanning device comprises a gun-shaped housing for comfortably fitting within the hand of an operator. The scanning device is actuated by a finger-activated trigger, which moves a CCD sensor on an image plane as the trigger is pulled. In this manner, focusing for large depth of field applications is achieved.