Code symbol scanner using a double X bar pattern
First Claim
1. A system for scanning a code symbol consisting of a combination of spaced parallel bars affixed to an object for providing coded information related to said object, and for providing an electrical signal indicative of said coded information in response to scanning said code symbol, comprisinga housing for defining a scanning region adjacent the housing for receiving objects having said code symbol;
- means for providing a light beam;
means for scanning said light beam in a predetermined scanning pattern within said defined scanning region;
means for detecting light having at least a predetermined intensity and for providing an electrical signal in response to detection of said light; and
means for directing light from said scanned light beam that is reflected from a said code symbol on a said received object to the detecting means;
characterized bythe scanning means including an optical system for scanning said light beam at an acute angle to a reference plane defining a boundary of said defined scanning region and in a predetermined scanning pattern that includesa first bar in said reference plane extending normal to a first direction;
second and third bars in said reference plane disposed along lines that intersect with each other and disposed symmetrically in relation to the first bar; and
fourth and fifth bars in said reference plane disposed along lines that intersect with each other and disposed symmetrically in relation to the first bar;
wherein the second and third bars intersect with each other and/or the fourth and fifth bars intersect with each other; and
wherein the second bar intersects with the fifth bar and the third bar intersects with the fourth bar; and
said pattern further includesa first plane extending through the first bar into said defined scanning region at an acute angle to said reference plane in said first direction, a second plane extending through the second bar into said defined scanning region at an acute angle to the reference plane at an acute angle to said first direction, a third plane extending through the third bar into said defined scanning region at an acute angle to said reference plane and at an acute angle to said first direction, a fourth plane extending through the fourth bar into said defined scanning region normal to said reference plane and at an acute angle to said first direction, and a fifth plane extending through the fifth bar into said defined scanning region normal to said reference plane and at an acute angle to said first direction,whereby when a said received object containing a said code symbol is moved within said defined scanning region from said first direction with said code symbol facing said reference plane or facing opposite said first direction, light scanned into said defined scanning region by the scanning means is reflected by said code symbol to the detecting means, and the detecting means provides an electrical signal indicative of said coded information.
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Abstract
A system for scanning a code symbol consisting of a combination of spaced parallel bars affixed to an object for providing coded information related to the object. A flat panel defines a scanning region adjacent the panel for receiving objects having the code symbol. Light transmissive areas in the panel surface define a "double X bar" pattern consisting of a predetermined configuration of five bars, such as shown in the Drawing. A laser beam is sequentially scanned at an acute angle to the panel surface in planes extending through the five bars into the defined scanning region at prescribed angles in relation to a first direction. When a received object containing said code symbol is moved within the defined scanning region from the first direction with the code symbol facing the panel or facing within almost ninety degrees of a second direction, opposite to the first direction, light scanned into the defined scanning region is reflected by the code symbol to a detection system, and the detection system provides an electrical signal indicative of the coded information.
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23 Claims
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1. A system for scanning a code symbol consisting of a combination of spaced parallel bars affixed to an object for providing coded information related to said object, and for providing an electrical signal indicative of said coded information in response to scanning said code symbol, comprising
a housing for defining a scanning region adjacent the housing for receiving objects having said code symbol; -
means for providing a light beam; means for scanning said light beam in a predetermined scanning pattern within said defined scanning region; means for detecting light having at least a predetermined intensity and for providing an electrical signal in response to detection of said light; and means for directing light from said scanned light beam that is reflected from a said code symbol on a said received object to the detecting means;
characterized bythe scanning means including an optical system for scanning said light beam at an acute angle to a reference plane defining a boundary of said defined scanning region and in a predetermined scanning pattern that includes a first bar in said reference plane extending normal to a first direction; second and third bars in said reference plane disposed along lines that intersect with each other and disposed symmetrically in relation to the first bar; and fourth and fifth bars in said reference plane disposed along lines that intersect with each other and disposed symmetrically in relation to the first bar; wherein the second and third bars intersect with each other and/or the fourth and fifth bars intersect with each other; and wherein the second bar intersects with the fifth bar and the third bar intersects with the fourth bar; and
said pattern further includesa first plane extending through the first bar into said defined scanning region at an acute angle to said reference plane in said first direction, a second plane extending through the second bar into said defined scanning region at an acute angle to the reference plane at an acute angle to said first direction, a third plane extending through the third bar into said defined scanning region at an acute angle to said reference plane and at an acute angle to said first direction, a fourth plane extending through the fourth bar into said defined scanning region normal to said reference plane and at an acute angle to said first direction, and a fifth plane extending through the fifth bar into said defined scanning region normal to said reference plane and at an acute angle to said first direction, whereby when a said received object containing a said code symbol is moved within said defined scanning region from said first direction with said code symbol facing said reference plane or facing opposite said first direction, light scanned into said defined scanning region by the scanning means is reflected by said code symbol to the detecting means, and the detecting means provides an electrical signal indicative of said coded information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for scanning a code symbol consisting of a combination of spaced parallel bars affixed to an object for providing coded information related to said object, and for providing an electrical signal indicative of said coded information in response to scanning said code symbol, comprising
a panel for defining a scanning region adjacent the panel for receiving objects having said code symbol; -
means for providing a light beam; means for scanning said light beam in a predetermined pattern throughout said defined scanning region; means for detecting light having at least a predetermined intensity and for providing an electrical signal in response to detection of said light; and means for directing light from said scanned light beam that is reflected from a said code symbol on a said received object to said detecting means;
characterized bythe panel having a surface containing light transmissive areas defining a pattern including a first bar extending normal to a first direction; second and third bars intersecting with each other and with the first bar and disposed symmetrically in relation to the first bar with the point of intersection with each other being in a second direction opposite the first direction from the first bar; and fourth and fifth bars intersecting with each other and with the first bar and disposed symmetrically in relation to the first bar with the point of intersection with each other being in the first direction from the first bar; wherein the second bar intersects with the fifth bar and the third bar intersects with the fourth bar; and
by the scanning means including an optical system for scanning the light beam at an acute angle to the panel surface and in a said predetermined scanning pattern that includes a first plane extending through the first bar into said defined scanning region at an acute angle to the panel surface in said first direction, a second plane extending through the second bar into said defined scanning region at an acute angle to the panel surface and at an acute angle to said first direction, a third plane extending through the third bar into said defined scanning region at an acute angle to the panel surface and at an acute angle to said first direction, a fourth plane extending through the fourth bar into said defined scanning region normal to the panel surface and at an acute angle to said first direction, and a fifth plane extending through the fifth bar into said defined scanning region normal to the panel surface and at an acute angle to said first direction;whereby when a said received object containing a said code symbol is moved within said de fined scanning region from said first direction with said code symbol facing the panel or facing said second direction, light scanned into said defined scanning region by the scanning means is reflected by said code symbol to the detecting means, and the detecting means provides an electrical signal indicative of said coded information. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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