G06K 7/10742
Including a diffuser for diffusing the light from the light source to
Official title: {including a diffuser for diffusing the light from the light source to create substantially uniform illumination of the target record carrier}
G06K7/10742 (Including a diffuser for diffusing the light from the light source to) appears on 179 US grants and 137 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06K- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- 15 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Near co-axial polarized illuminator apparatuses and uses thereof15 Sep 2026US 12,737,576 B2Hand Held Products, Inc.
- Multi-functional optical illuminators26 May 2026US 12,639,540 B2Hand Held Products, Inc.
- Machine vision device with switchable direct and diffused illumination23 Dec 2025US 12,506,946 B2Zebra Technologies Corporation
- Mobile code reading device and code reading method18 Nov 2025US 12,475,343 B2Keyence Corporation
- Low height proximity-based optical code reader9 Sep 2025US 12,412,054 B2
- Optical assembly, optical lens, and imaging reader26 Mar 2026US 2026/0087286 A1Hand Held Products, Inc.
- Near co-axial polarized illuminator apparatuses and uses thereof19 Feb 2026US 2026/0050757 A1Hand Held Products, Inc.
- Multi-functional optical illuminators19 Jun 2025US 2025/0200310 A1Hand Held Products, Inc.
- Machine vision device with switchable direct and diffused illumination5 Dec 2024US 2024/0406532 A1Zebra Technologies Corporation
- Mobile code reading device and code reading method15 Aug 2024US 2024/0273320 A1Keyence Corporation
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- Optical scanner for reading and decoding one- and-two-dimensional symbologies at variable depths of field including memory efficient high speed image processing means and high accuracy image analysis means721US 5,756,981 ASymbol Technologies, Inc. · 1998
- Indicia reading apparatus having image sensor array541US 8,727,223 B2Hand Held Products, Inc. · 2014
- Hand held dataform reader having strobing ultraviolet light illumination assembly for reading fluorescent dataforms444US 6,123,263 AMeta Holdings Corporation · 2000
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