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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
May. 10, 2016
Applicant:
Datalogic Ip Tech, S.r.l., Lippo di Calderara, IT;
Inventor:
Michele Suman, Padua, IT;
Assignee:
DATALOGIC IP TECH S.R.L., Lippo di Calderara di Reno (Bologna), IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10881 (2013.01); G06K 7/10732 (2013.01); G06K 19/06037 (2013.01);
Abstract
A data reader for reading and decoding a code from an item. The data reader includes an imager operable to form an image of the code from an item located in a field of view of the data reader. The data reader further includes an illumination system including optics arranged to direct light from one or more illumination sources along one of a variety of different optical paths to illuminate the field of view of the data reader with one of a plurality of light patterns. The data reader also includes an active element controllable to selectively direct the light along one of the optical paths.