Point-of-sale (POS) based laser scanning system providing six-sided 360 degree omni-directional bar code symbol scanning coverage at a pos station
First Claim
1. A point-of-sale (POS) based laser scanning system providing six-sided 360-degree omni-directional bar code symbol scanning coverage at a POS station, said POS-based laser scanning system comprising:
- a housing mounted in or supported on a countertop at said POS station;
a laser scanning plane generation mechanism disposed within a housing, for generating first and second pluralities of laser scanning planes which (i) intersect within predetermined scan regions contained within a 3-D scanning volume defined outside of said housing, and (ii) generate a plurality of groups of intersecting laser scanning planes within said 3-D scanning volume;
wherein said plurality of groups of intersecting laser scanning planes form a complex omni-directional 3-D laser scanning pattern within said 3-D scanning volume capable of scanning a bar code symbol located on the surface of any object including a six-sided rectangular box-shaped object, presented within said 3-D scanning volume at any orientation and from any direction at said POS station so as to provide six-sided 360-degree omni-directional bar code symbol scanning coverage at said POS station; and
wherein at least one of said plurality of groups of intersecting laser scanning planes are projected onto each of the six sides of a six-sided rectangular box-shaped object as said six-sided rectangular box-shaped object is passed through said 3-D scanning volume.
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Abstract
A point-of-sale (POS) based laser scanning system providing six-sided 360-degree omni-directional bar code symbol scanning coverage at a POS station. The laser scanning system includes a laser scanning plane generation mechanism disposed within a housing mounted in or on a countertop at the POS station. The mechanism generates first and second pluralities of laser scanning planes which (i) intersect within predetermined scan regions contained within a 3-D scanning volume defined outside of the housing, and (ii) generate a plurality of groups of intersecting laser scanning planes within the 3-D scanning volume. The plurality of groups of intersecting laser scanning planes form a complex omni-directional 3-D laser scanning pattern within the 3-D scanning volume capable of scanning a bar code symbol located on the surface of any object including a six-sided rectangular box-shaped object, presented within the 3-D scanning volume at any orientation and from any direction at the POS station so as to provide six-sided 360-degree omni-directional bar code symbol scanning coverage at the POS station. At least one of the plurality of groups of intersecting laser scanning planes are projected onto each of the six sides of a six-sided rectangular box-shaped object as the six-sided rectangular box-shaped object is passed through the 3-D scanning volume.
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1. A point-of-sale (POS) based laser scanning system providing six-sided 360-degree omni-directional bar code symbol scanning coverage at a POS station, said POS-based laser scanning system comprising:
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a housing mounted in or supported on a countertop at said POS station; a laser scanning plane generation mechanism disposed within a housing, for generating first and second pluralities of laser scanning planes which (i) intersect within predetermined scan regions contained within a 3-D scanning volume defined outside of said housing, and (ii) generate a plurality of groups of intersecting laser scanning planes within said 3-D scanning volume; wherein said plurality of groups of intersecting laser scanning planes form a complex omni-directional 3-D laser scanning pattern within said 3-D scanning volume capable of scanning a bar code symbol located on the surface of any object including a six-sided rectangular box-shaped object, presented within said 3-D scanning volume at any orientation and from any direction at said POS station so as to provide six-sided 360-degree omni-directional bar code symbol scanning coverage at said POS station; and wherein at least one of said plurality of groups of intersecting laser scanning planes are projected onto each of the six sides of a six-sided rectangular box-shaped object as said six-sided rectangular box-shaped object is passed through said 3-D scanning volume. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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