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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2005
Todd A. Wood, Grand Prairie, TX (US);
Michael J. Cykana, Arlington, TX (US);
Todd A. Wood, Grand Prairie, TX (US);
Michael J. Cykana, Arlington, TX (US);
Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Abstract
A hand-held optical character scanner includes a handle with a base including a plurality of angled planes for supporting the handle on a substantially flat object at different angles relative to the surface of the object, an arm extending from the handle, with a moveable imaging head having a fixed axis lens and a focus range mounted on the arm, the image head being rotatable to selected positions corresponding to the angled planes whereby the distance between the surface of the object and the image head along the lens axis is within the focus range of the lens when the handle is supported on each of the angled planes.