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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2005
Hiroshi Hayakawa, Saitamai, JP;
Hiroshi Hayakawa, Saitamai, JP;
Optoelectronics Co., Ltd., Warabi, Saitama, JP;
Opticon, Inc., Orangeburg, NY (US);
Abstract
A modular barcode scanner for identifying various types of barcodes or the like is provided. The scanner has a housing that has a light source mounted therein and a plurality of walls with one wall at least partially disposed to allow a light path originating from the light source to pass out of the housing to reach the bar codes. The scanner further has a top module mounted on the top of the housing comprising a flat member having light receiving and processing optics as well as subsequent electronic processing devices mounted thereon; and a bottom module mounted on the bottom of the housing having an inner surface with a rotating mirror mounted thereon for directing the light path.