Pointer beam for hand-held laser scanner
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1. In a laser scanner, an optical arrangement for multiplexing and redirecting a laser beam to simultaneously produce both a laser beam scan pattern and a pointer beam comprising:
- means for multiplexing a laser beam between at least one pointer beam path producing a pointer beam and at least one scanning beam path; and
means for redirecting said laser beam from said at least one scanning beam path to produce a laser beam scan pattern.
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Abstract
A laser scanner and method for simultaneously generating both a pointer beam and a scan pattern from a single laser source is provided by multiplexing a laser beam between at least one pointer beam path and at least one scanning beam path. Means for multiplexing include refractive and reflective optical components, and electronic means for modifying one or more properties of the laser beam.
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1. In a laser scanner, an optical arrangement for multiplexing and redirecting a laser beam to simultaneously produce both a laser beam scan pattern and a pointer beam comprising:
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means for multiplexing a laser beam between at least one pointer beam path producing a pointer beam and at least one scanning beam path; and means for redirecting said laser beam from said at least one scanning beam path to produce a laser beam scan pattern. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. In a laser scanner, an optical arrangement for multiplexing and redirecting a laser beam to simultaneously produce both a laser beam scan pattern and a pointer beam comprising:
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means for multiplexing a laser beam between at least one pointer beam path producing a pointer beam and at least one scanning beam path producing at least one scanning beam of a laser scan pattern; and means for redirecting said laser beam from said at least one pointing beam path to redirect said pointer beam.
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42. A method for simultaneously producing a pointer beam and a scan pattern comprising:
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providing a laser light beam; multiplexing said laser light beam between at least one pointer beam path and at least one scanning beam path; producing a pointer beam from said laser beam along said at least one pointer beam path; redirecting said laser beam along said at least one scanning beam path to produce one or more scanning beams of a scan pattern. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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