HYBRID-TYPE BIOPTICAL LASER SCANNING AND DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEM EMPLOYING DIGITAL IMAGER WITH FIELD OF VIEW OVERLAPPING FIELD OF FIELD OF LASER SCANNING SUBSYSTEM
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1. A hybrid-type bi-optical bar code symbol reading system supporting a hybrid laser scanning and digital imaging mode of operation, said hybrid-type bi-optical bar code symbol reading system comprising:
- a system housing having a vertical housing section having a vertical scanning window and a horizontal housing section having a horizontal scanning window;
a laser scanning subsystem disposed in said system housing, for generating and projecting a plurality of laser scanning planes through said vertical and horizontal scanning windows, which intersect within a 3D scanning volume defined between said vertical and horizontal scanning windows and provide a laser scanning pattern within said 3D scanning volume, for scanning one or more objects within said 3D scanning volume and producing scan data for decode processing;
a scan data processor for processing said scan data produced by said laser scanning subsystem in effort to read a bar code symbol on each object passed through said 3D scanning volume and generating symbol character data for each read bar code symbol;
a digital imaging subsystem, disposed within said vertical section of said system housing, for projecting a field of illumination (FOI) and a coextensive field of view (FOV) through said vertical scanning window, illuminating an object present in said FOV, and capturing and processing one or more digital images of said illuminated object present in said FOV;
a digital image processor for processing said one or more digital images produced by said digital imaging subsystem in effort to read a bar code symbol on each object passed through said FOV; and
a system controller for controlling the operation of said laser scanning subsystem and said digital imaging subsystem during said hybrid laser scanning and digital imaging mode of operation.
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A hybrid-type bi-optical bar code symbol reading system having a vertical housing section having a vertical scanning window and a horizontal housing section having a horizontal scanning window, from which laser scanning planes are projected and intersect within a 3D scanning volume defined between the vertical and horizontal scanning windows. A digital imaging module is supported within the vertical section of the system housing and automatically projects a field of view (FOV) within the 3D scanning volume.
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1. A hybrid-type bi-optical bar code symbol reading system supporting a hybrid laser scanning and digital imaging mode of operation, said hybrid-type bi-optical bar code symbol reading system comprising:
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a system housing having a vertical housing section having a vertical scanning window and a horizontal housing section having a horizontal scanning window; a laser scanning subsystem disposed in said system housing, for generating and projecting a plurality of laser scanning planes through said vertical and horizontal scanning windows, which intersect within a 3D scanning volume defined between said vertical and horizontal scanning windows and provide a laser scanning pattern within said 3D scanning volume, for scanning one or more objects within said 3D scanning volume and producing scan data for decode processing; a scan data processor for processing said scan data produced by said laser scanning subsystem in effort to read a bar code symbol on each object passed through said 3D scanning volume and generating symbol character data for each read bar code symbol; a digital imaging subsystem, disposed within said vertical section of said system housing, for projecting a field of illumination (FOI) and a coextensive field of view (FOV) through said vertical scanning window, illuminating an object present in said FOV, and capturing and processing one or more digital images of said illuminated object present in said FOV; a digital image processor for processing said one or more digital images produced by said digital imaging subsystem in effort to read a bar code symbol on each object passed through said FOV; and a system controller for controlling the operation of said laser scanning subsystem and said digital imaging subsystem during said hybrid laser scanning and digital imaging mode of operation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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10. A hybrid-type bi-optical bar code symbol reading system supporting a hybrid laser scanning and digital imaging mode of operation, said hybrid-type bi-optical bar code symbol reading system comprising:
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a system housing having a vertical housing section having a vertical scanning window and a horizontal housing section having a horizontal scanning window; a laser scanning subsystem disposed in said system housing, for generating and projecting a plurality of laser scanning planes through said vertical and horizontal scanning windows, which intersect within a 3D scanning volume defined between said vertical and horizontal scanning windows and provide a laser scanning pattern within said 3D scanning volume, for scanning one or more objects within said 3D scanning volume and producing scan data for decode processing; a scan data processor for processing said scan data produced by said laser scanning subsystem in effort to read a bar code symbol on each object passed through said 3D scanning volume and generating symbol character data for each read bar code symbol; a digital imaging subsystem, disposed within said vertical section of said system housing, for projecting a field of view (FOV) through said vertical scanning window within said 3D scanning volume, projecting a field of illumination (FOI) into said FOV without passage through said vertical scanning window so as to illuminate an object present in said FOV, and capturing and processing one or more digital images of the illuminated object present in said FOV; a digital image processor for processing said one or more digital images produced by said digital imaging subsystem in effort to read a bar code symbol on each object passed through said FOV; and a system controller for controlling the operation of said laser scanning subsystem and said digital imaging subsystem during said hybrid laser scanning and digital imaging mode of operation. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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42. A barcode symbol reading system, comprising:
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a vertical scanning window; a horizontal scanning window defining a scanning volume between the vertical scanning window and the horizontal scanning window; a laser scanning subsystem for projecting a plurality of laser scanning planes through the vertical scanning window and the horizontal scanning window into the scanning volume and producing scan data for objects scanned within the scanning volume; a scan data processor for processing the scan data produced by the laser scanning subsystem to generate data corresponding to barcode symbols on scanned objects; a digital imaging subsystem for projecting a field of view (FOV) through the vertical scanning window, projecting a field of illumination (FOI) into the FOV, and capturing a digital image of an object in the FOV; and a digital image processor for processing the digital image captured by the digital imaging subsystem to generate data corresponding to barcode symbols in the digital image. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45)
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