Pass-through color camera without signal
AssigneeZebra Technologies Corporation
InventorsJoseph F. DiGregorio, Darran Michael Handshaw
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides an indicia decoding device with a printed circuit board (PCB) that allows signals from internal imaging assemblies to pass through a sealed cavity boundary to an external host. This device comprises a decode module, an upright and horizontally mounted window, and multiple imaging assemblies housed within a sealed cavity. The PCB is partially located inside and outside the cavity, featuring ports inside and outside the sealed cavity. Signals from secondary imaging assemblies bypass the decode module, utilizing electrically conductive paths on the PCB, ensuring signal integrity without modification. The PCB may also include image processing circuitry, with results transmitted to the host.
Claims10
An indicia decoding device, comprising:
- a decode module;
- an upright mounted window;
- a generally horizontally mounted window;
- a first set of one or more imaging assemblies having a combined field of view (FOV) configured to be projected into a product scanning region of the indicia decoding device, wherein at least one imaging assembly of the first set of the one or more imaging assemblies is configured to capture first image data and transmit the first image data to the decode module;
- a sealed cavity housing the first set of the one or more imaging assemblies;
- a printed circuit board (PCB) located partially inside of the sealed cavity and partially outside of the sealed cavity;
- a first port on the PCB inside of the sealed cavity;
- a second port on the PCB outside of the sealed cavity;
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- a second set of one or more imaging assemblies within the sealed cavity, wherein signals from the second set of the one or more imaging assemblies to a host communicatively coupled to the second port bypass the decode module and are routed through a boundary of the sealed cavity via one or more electrically conductive paths of the PCB between the first port and the second port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.