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BAR CODE SCANNER AND METHOD

  • US 20040046025A1
  • Filed: 07/12/2002
  • Published: 03/11/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An improved card scanner for imaging and decoding indica on a side surface of a card, comprising:

  • means to communicate electrical power to components of said card scanner;

    means to maintain a card bearing indica on at least one side surface, in a defined path into and out of said card scanner;

    said defined path having a beginning point and a termination point;

    means to capture an electronic image of said indicia as said card travels in said defined path;

    means to trigger said means to capture electronic images to capture a first image of said indicia, when said card translates in said defined path from said beginning point toward said termination point;

    means to detect said card reaching said termination point;

    means to decode said first image when said card reaches said termination point and determine if said first image is in a complete state or in an incomplete state; and

    means to communicate said image in said complete state to a remote computing device.

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