Scan mat
AssigneeZebra Technologies Corporation
InventorsMark Drzymala, Edward Barkan, Darran Michael Handshaw
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Abstract
Imaging devices are provided having a low-profile substrate structure with a mounting surface that can be removably placed on flat work surface. Further, a low-profile frame structure coincides with a peripheral region of that substrate structure and contains a plurality of imagers, at least some of which are on opposing sides of the substrate structure. The opposing imagers are positioned such that the respective fields of view are inwardly facing toward a central region of an upper surface and define a scan volume extending across the substrate structure and above the central region. The upper and lower bounds of the imaging device form a low-profile assembly generally accessible to scan objects moving across any direction.
Claims39
An imaging device comprising:
- a low-profile substrate structure having a mounting surface to be placed on a substantially flat work surface and having an upper surface, opposite the mounting surface, the upper surface having a central region positioned for scanning of an object;
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- low-profile frame structure coinciding with a peripheral region of the low-profile substrate structure, the low-profile frame structure comprising,
- a plurality of imagers each having a respective field of view, the low-profile frame structure positioning each imager such that each respective field of view is inwardly facing toward the central region of the upper surface and such that a scan volume extending above the central region is defined from the overlapping respective fields of view,
- where the low-profile frame structure positions at least some of the plurality of imagers at opposing sides of the low-profile substrate structure,
- wherein the mounting surface of the low-profile substrate structure and an upper bound of the low-profile frame structure define an upper bound and a lower bound of the imaging device,
- a user display integrated into the low-profile substrate structure or the low-profile frame structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.