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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yajun Li, Oakdale, NY (US);
Joseph Katz, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Jerome Swartz, Old Field, NY (US);
Daniel McGlynn, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Edward Barkan, Miller Place, NY (US);
Assignee:
Symbol Technologies, Inc., Holtsville, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
23547201 ; 23546201 ;
Abstract
A range finder for use with a bar code scanner. An image of a scan line is detected by a sensor array. Distance from the scanner to the bar code symbol is determined from the length of the detected scan line image.