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BARCODE-READING SYSTEM

  • US 20160321483A1
  • Filed: 07/11/2016
  • Published: 11/03/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An accessory for a mobile device, the mobile device comprising a processor, a display screen on a generally planar face side of the mobile device, a memory, and a white light source and a camera on a back side of the mobile device, the back side being generally planar and parallel to the face side, the camera comprising a camera lens and an image sensor, the accessory comprising:

  • an optic system positioned within a field of view of the camera and a field of illumination of the white light source when the accessory is secured to the mobile device, the optic system comprising;

    a sealed enclosure;

    at least one reflective surface, within the sealed enclosure, for folding both the field of view of the camera and the field of illumination of the white light source towards a target area beyond a top side of the mobile device, the top side being an edge of the mobile device between the face side and the back side;

    at least one first window to the sealed enclosure generally parallel to the back side of the mobile device and through which illumination from the white light source enters the sealed enclosure and illumination from the target area exits the sealed enclosure and is incident on the camera lens; and

    at least one second window to the sealed enclosure generally perpendicular to the back side of the mobile device and through which the illumination from the white light source exits the sealed enclosure to the target area and the illumination from the target area enters the sealed enclosure and is incident on the at least one reflective surface.

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