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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2008
Chinh Tan, Setauket, NY (US);
Vladimir Gurevich, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Rong Liu, Selden, NY (US);
Tsi David Shi, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Igor Vinogradov, New York, NY (US);
Ming Yu, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Chinh Tan, Setauket, NY (US);
Vladimir Gurevich, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Rong Liu, Selden, NY (US);
Tsi David Shi, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Igor Vinogradov, New York, NY (US);
Ming Yu, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Symbol Technologies, Inc., Holtsville, NY (US);
Abstract
An imaging-based bar code reader including: an imaging system for imaging a target bar code within a field of view of the imaging system and projecting light from the field of view onto a sensor array, the imaging system generating image frames of the field of view of the imaging system; the imaging systems including an imaging lens assembly having a plurality of lens and a selection drive mechanism to select between a first optical zoom position defining a first focal length and a first field of view for imaging a target bar code at a close range and a second optical zoom position defining a second focal length and a second field of view for imaging a target bar code at a far range, the second focal length being greater than the first focal length.