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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Katsushi Inoue, Kyoto, JP;
Masakazu Tsuruzono, Katano, JP;
Keiichi Kobayashi, Higashiosaka, JP;
Toshihiro Yoshioka, Katano, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka-Fu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235462 ; 235472 ; 235454 ;
Abstract
A compact, lightweight, low cost bar code reader comprising a light reflector which reflects and emits to a bar code label light emitted from light sources and passed through a cylindrical lens. The light sources are located inside a boundary line of a mirror reflection area and the light reflector is located outside the boundary line of the mirror reflection area so that mirror reflection does not occur with the bar code reader.