Optical wand for reading OCR characters and bar code marks
First Claim
1. An optical wand for automatic character recognition designed to be manually movable along a line of print of a data carrier for recognizing optical characters and bar code marks, respectively and including a scanner unit incorporating a light source for illuminating a scanning window via reflected light and the portion of the data carrier appearing therein, an optical system and a sensing unit, said optical wand comprising:
- a housing body having a nose section including a scanning tip with the optical system being located within the nose section, the housing body having a handle section adapted for manually gripping and angularly extending away from the nose section and the nose section includes a tip having anaperture serving as the scanning window for the optical system commonly utilized for scanning of both optical characters and bar code marks and means for receiving the reflected light, and means for deflecting said reflected light; and
said sensing unit being arranged in said housing and being composed of first and second sensor devices, the first sensor device being arranged in alignment with said aperture for directly receiving one portion of reflected light and the second sensor device being arranged for receiving another portion of the reflected light from said deflecting means.
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Abstract
Optical wand for automatic character recognition including a scanner unit designed to be a manually movable along a line of print of a data carrier in order to recognize optical characters and incorporating a light source for illuminating a scanning window and a sensing device. A second scanner unit includes a second sensing device and is designed for recognizing bar code marks. A gun shaped housing forms a common case for both scanner units.
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1. An optical wand for automatic character recognition designed to be manually movable along a line of print of a data carrier for recognizing optical characters and bar code marks, respectively and including a scanner unit incorporating a light source for illuminating a scanning window via reflected light and the portion of the data carrier appearing therein, an optical system and a sensing unit, said optical wand comprising:
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a housing body having a nose section including a scanning tip with the optical system being located within the nose section, the housing body having a handle section adapted for manually gripping and angularly extending away from the nose section and the nose section includes a tip having an aperture serving as the scanning window for the optical system commonly utilized for scanning of both optical characters and bar code marks and means for receiving the reflected light, and means for deflecting said reflected light; and said sensing unit being arranged in said housing and being composed of first and second sensor devices, the first sensor device being arranged in alignment with said aperture for directly receiving one portion of reflected light and the second sensor device being arranged for receiving another portion of the reflected light from said deflecting means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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