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Imaging module for optical reader comprising refractive diffuser
Melvin D. McCall,Vivian L. Hunter,Charles P. Barber,William H. Havens,Eric Coleman,Michael Ehrhart,Robert J. Hennick +6 more
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In this article, the authors present an imaging module including various optical components and a circuit board, which, in one embodiment, carries essentially an entirety of illumination and aiming LEDs of the module.Abstract:
The present invention is an imaging module including various optical components and a circuit board, which, in one embodiment, carries essentially an entirety of illumination and aiming LEDs of the module. The module includes a combination of features which result in the size of the module being reduced. The module may comprise a refractive optic diffuser plate manufactured using a textured surface mold.read more
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Optical reader comprising multiple color illumination
Robert C. Gardiner,Charles P. Barber,Eric Coleman,Michael Ehrhart,Colleen P. Gannon,Robert J. Hennick,William H. Havens,Vivian L. Hunter,Melvin D. McCall,Thomas Ruhlman +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, an imaging module in one embodiment includes at least one multiple color emitting light source comprising a plurality of different colored LED dies each independently driveable so that the overall color emitted by the light source can be controlled and varied.
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Image sensor based optical reader
Robert J. Hennick,Charles P. Barber,Eric Coleman,Michael A. Ehrhart,Colleen P. Gannon,Robert C. Gardiner,William H. Havens,Vivian L. Hunter,Melvin D. McCall,Thomas Ruhlman +9 more
TL;DR: An optical reader can include an image sensor as discussed by the authors, the image sensor can be configured to have different operating modes, the operating modes optimize the reader for reading different indicia, and the reader can be provided in a specialized form factor including an enlarged head and an elongated body portion extending from the head portion.
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Hand-supportable imaging-based bar code symbol reader supporting narrow-area and wide-area modes of illumination and image capture
Xiaoxun Zhu,Yong Liu,Ka Man Au,Rui Hou,Hongpeng Yu,Xi Tao,Liang Liu,Wenhua Room Building Zhang,Anatoly Kotlarsky,Sankar Ghosh,Michael Schnee,Pasqual Spatafore,Thomas Amundsen,Sung Byun,Mark Schmidt,Garrett Russell,John Bonanno,Harry C Knowles +17 more
TL;DR: In this article, a hand-supportable Digital Imaging-based Bar Code Symbol Reading Device comprises: an IR-based Object Presence and Range Detection Subsystem, a Multi-Mode Area-type Image Formation and Detection SubSystem having narrow-area and wide area image capture modes of operation; a multi-mode LED-based Illumination Subsystem having narrow area and wide-area illumination modes of operations; an Automatic Light Exposure Measurement and Illumination Control Subsystem; an Image Capturing and Buffering Subsystem.
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Apparatus operative for capture of image data
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TL;DR: In this article, an apparatus is set forth for capturing image data and processing the first frame of image data, and a second frame is processed by the same apparatus. But the second frame of the image data is not captured.
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Indicia reading terminal processing plurality of frames of image data responsively to trigger signal activation
Ynjiun P. Wang,Edward C. Bremer,Chen Feng,Colleen P. Gannon,William H. Havens,Jianhua Li,Timothy P. Meier +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a decodable indicia reading terminal can capture and process a certain (e.g., a first) and a subsequent frame of image data, wherein the certain and the subsequent frames have different imaging attributes.
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