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US 12,182,658 B2Granted
Indicia reader for size-limited applications
AssigneeHand Held Products, Inc.
InventorsChen Feng, Edward C. Bremer, Tao Xian, Sean Philip Kearney, Mehul Patel
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Abstract
An indicia-reading module is capable of integration into the smallest face of thin-profile smart device. The module employs chip-on-board packaging and a customized sensor enclosure to eliminate the stack-up height found in conventional packaging. The module also employs a customized frame to reduce volume by integrating circuit subassembly circuit boards into a unique architecture and by serving as the lenses for the illuminator and the aimer, thereby eliminating the need for any extra lenses or holders.
Claims8
An imaging apparatus, comprising:
- an imaging module comprising an illuminator-aimer circuit subassembly, wherein the illuminator-aimer circuit subassembly is positioned on a circuit board;
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- a frame comprising at least two sides, the at least two sides defining a region within which the circuit board is positioned, and wherein the frame further defines an aimer lens and an illuminator lens that serve as optics for the illuminator-aimer circuit subassembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.