Dataform reader including dual laser and imaging reading assemblies

A hand held dataform reader for reading a target dataform in a target area, the reader comprising:

• a) a dataform reader module including:
• i) a non-imaging dataform reading assembly energizable to read a target 1D bar code dataform including:
• 1) a laser generating a laser beam;
• 2) an oscillator for causing the beam to move in a reciprocating pattern along at least one axis so as to scan across a length of the target 1D bar code dataform;
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• 3) a laser photosensor positioned to receive laser illumination reflected from the target dataform and generate a time varying voltage signal, a magnitude of the signal is proportional to a reflectivity of an area of the target 1D bar code dataform which the beam is incident upon;
• ii) an imaging dataform reading assembly energizable to read a target 2D dataform including:
• 1) a two dimensional photosensor array positioned to receive reflected illumination from a two dimensional target area including the target 2D dataform and reading out a plurality of photosensor elements of the two dimensional photosensor array after an exposure period to generate a time varying voltage signal representative of a two dimensional image of the target 2D dataform;
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• 2) an optic assembly positioned intermediate the photosensor array and the target 2D dataform to focus reflected illumination from the two dimensional target area including the target 2D dataform onto the photosensor array;
• b) decoding circuitry electrically coupled to the reader module for decoding the time varying voltage signal generated by the non-imaging dataform reading assembly to decode the target 1D bar code dataform and the time varying voltage signal generated by the imaging dataform reading assembly to decode the target 2D dataform;
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• c) selection and control circuitry electrically coupled to the reader module for energizing a selected one of the non-imaging dataform reading assembly and the imaging dataform reading assembly.