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US 5,508,503 AGranted
Bar code reader including a pre-raster oscillator mirror
AssigneeAllen-Bradley Company, Inc.
InventorsRobert E. Scofield, Dale Troendle, Richard J. Huhn
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AssigneeAllen-Bradley Company, Inc.
InventorsRobert E. Scofield, Dale Troendle, Richard J. Huhn
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A bar code reader of the type which directs a light beam to scan an area (i.e. raster scan) is disclosed herein. The reader includes first and second oscillating mirrors for directing a light beam from a photodiode to a bar code, and for directing portions of the light beam reflected from the bar code back to a photodetector which generates an electrical signal representative of the information embodied in the bar code. The first oscillating mirror scans the light parallel to a first line (e.g. vertical line) at a first frequency onto the second oscillating mirror. The second oscillating mirror scans the light from the first mirror parallel to a second line (e.g. horizontal line perpendicular to the vertical line) at a second frequency greater than the first frequency onto the bar code. The first mirror may be a compound mirror having a concave, reflective surface which circumscribes a flat, reflective surface. The concave, reflective surface increases the amount of light reflected by the bar code which is reflected back to the photodetector via the first and second oscillating mirrors.
An optical code reader for reading a code, the reader comprising:
An optical code reader for reading a code, the reader comprising:
An optical code reader for reading a code, the reader comprising:
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