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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroshi Aoki, Hanno, JP;
Takeshi Yamazaki, Hachioji, JP;
Akifumi Kabeya, Sagamihara, JP;
Kazutoshi Shiratori, Hino, JP;
Masayuki Fujii, Urawa, JP;
Kazunari Tokuda, Hachioji, JP;
Hiroshi Miyajima, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a bar code scanning device that is compatible, in terms of communication and data, with information equipment conforming to PCMCIA standards, that is mounted in a card housing of a compact flash card size, and that has a laser beam scanning section integrated thereinto and which applies a scanning beam to an interior of the card housing through a window to obtain bar code information from light obtained when the scanning beam from the window is reflected.