# US 10,372,955 B2 · Reading device and portable device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,372,955 B2 - Document ID: US10372955B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/685,558 - Filed: 2017-08-24 - Published: 2018-03-15 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-09-14 - Assignees: Casio Computer Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Casio Computer Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hiromasu Meguro; Yasunori Chiba; Shinya Okumura - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10372955B2 ## CPC - G06K 7/10881: {constructional details of hand-held scanners} - G06K 7/10544: {by scanning of the records by radiation in the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum} - G06K 7/10722: {Photodetector array or CCD scanning} - G06K 7/10861: {sensing of data fields affixed to objects or articles, e.g. coded labels (postal sorting B07C3/14, conveying articles B65G47/48)} - G06K 7/1092: {sensing by means of TV-scanning} - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS ## Abstract A reading device includes a reading unit configured to illuminate a light beam towards an object to be read, to receive reflected light thereof and to read information of the object to be read, and an imaging unit configured to capture the object to be read, as an image, wherein an illumination direction of the light beam from the reading unit and an imaging direction of the imaging unit are set to be same. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A portable device comprising: a device case extending along a longitudinal axis from a first side to a second side, wherein the device case comprises: a first surface extending along the longitudinal axis; and a second surface opposite to the first surface, extending along the longitudinal axis, wherein parts of the first surface and the second surface that are closer to the first side than the second side along the longitudinal axis form a main body, and wherein parts of the first surface and the second surface that are closer to the second side than the first side along the longitudinal axis form a grip extending along the longitudinal axis; a display provided on the part of the first surface forming the main body; and a first reading device comprising: a first reading device case comprising: a first part configured to be removably arranged within an opening defined in the part of the second surface that forms the main body; and a second part having a first mountain shape, wherein the first mountain shape comprises a first inclined surface and a second inclined surface, wherein the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface are inclined in the longitudinal axis away from the second surface of the device case, and wherein the second inclined surface is closer to the first side of the device case than the first inclined surface; a first reading window arranged on the first inclined surface of the second part of the first reading device; a first scanner configured to illuminate a light beam towards an object to be read, to receive reflected light thereof and to read information of the object to be read, wherein the first scanner is arranged relative to the first reading window such that an illumination direction of the light beam is inclined relative to the first reading window; an imaging window arranged on the second inclined surface of the second part of the first reading device; and a camera configured to capture the object to be read as an image, wherein the camera is arranged relative to the imaging window such that an imaging direction of the camera is orthogonal to the imaging window, wherein the illumination direction of the light beam from the first scanner and the imaging direction of the camera are set to be same. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The portable device according to claim 1, wherein the illumination direction and the imaging direction are inclined relative to the second surface of the device case by a predetermined angle. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The portable device according to claim 1, wherein the first scanner is a barcode scanner configured to read a one-dimensional code optically. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The portable device according to claim 1, wherein the illumination direction and the imaging direction are set such that a predetermined angle is formed between a direction toward the first side and along the longitudinal axis, and each of the illumination direction and the imaging direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The portable device according to claim 4, wherein the predetermined angle is within an angle range of 40° to 80°. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The portable device according to claim 5, wherein the predetermined angle is 60°. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The portable device according to claim 1, wherein a width of the grip along a width axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis is shorter than a width of the main body along the width axis. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The portable device according to claim 1, wherein the display is configured to display the information of the object to be read, which is read by the first scanner, together with the image of the object to be read, which is captured by the camera. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The portable device according to claim 1, further comprising: a trigger key provided in the grip, wherein the trigger key is configured to receive a trigger input by a user, and wherein the first scanner is configured to be actuated by the trigger input to read the information of the object to be read, and the camera is configured to be actuated by the trigger input to capture the image of the object to be read. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The portable device according to claim 9, wherein the trigger key is provided in the part of the first surface forming the grip. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The portable device according to claim 1, further comprising: a second reading device comprising: a second reading device case comprising: a first part configured to be removably arranged within the opening defined in the part of the second surface that forms the main body; and a second part having a second mountain shape, wherein the second mountain shape comprises an inclined surface; a second reading window arranged on the inclined surface of the second part of the second reading device; and a second scanner configured to illuminate a light beam towards the object to be read, to receive reflected light thereof and to read information of the object to be read, wherein the first scanner and the second scanner are configured to read different types of codes, wherein the second scanner is arranged relative to the second reading window such that an illumination direction of the light beam illuminated from the second scanner is inclined relative to the second reading window, and wherein the illumination direction of the light beam from the second scanner and the illumination direction of the light beam from the first scanner are set to be the same.