Method and apparatus for low power optical sensing and decoding of data
First Claim
1. An optical data reader, comprising:
- optical emitting means for emitting optical radiation in an optical path to an optical data carrier;
optical detecting means for detecting optical radiation emerging from the optical data carrier and for producing an electrical signal responsive thereto; and
incremental amplifying means electrically connected to said optical detecting means for providing non-zero amplification of low frequencies and greater amplification of higher frequencies of the electrical signal responsive to the optical radiation detected by said optical detecting means.
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Abstract
A portable optical data reader for optically sensing and decoding data, comprising a carrier oscillator for producing a carrier signal at a predetermined frequency, an optical emitter electrically connected to the carrier oscillator for emitting optical radiation in an optical path to an optical data carrier at the predetermined frequency, an optical detector for detecting the emitted optical radiation returning from the optical data carrier thereby receiving the optical data and producing a detected electrical signal responsive thereto, and a double balanced demodulator electrically connected to the optical detector and the carrier oscillator for combining the detected radiation signal with the carrier signal to demodulate the optical data with the optical data carrier.
A method of sensing and decoding optical data comprising-the steps of oscillating a carrier signal, transmitting the carrier signal to an optical emitter, thereby illuminating the optical emitter adjacent optical data, reflectively sensing the illumination from the optical emitter, thereby receiving the optical data, and demodulating the optical data by use of the oscillating carrier signal.
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17 Claims
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1. An optical data reader, comprising:
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optical emitting means for emitting optical radiation in an optical path to an optical data carrier; optical detecting means for detecting optical radiation emerging from the optical data carrier and for producing an electrical signal responsive thereto; and incremental amplifying means electrically connected to said optical detecting means for providing non-zero amplification of low frequencies and greater amplification of higher frequencies of the electrical signal responsive to the optical radiation detected by said optical detecting means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An optical data reader, comprising:
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timing signal generating means for producing first timing signals at a first frequency and second timing signals at a second frequency, the second timing signals being generated by selecting predetermined first timing signals; optical emitting means electrically connected to said timing signal generating means for emitting optical radiation responsive to said timing signal generating means and in an optical path to the optical data carrier at one of the first or second frequencies; and optical detecting means for detecting optical radiation emerging from the optical data carrier and for producing an electrical signal responsive thereto. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of reading optical data, comprising the steps of:
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generating a timing signal having a predetermined frequency; emitting optical radiation responsive to the generating timing signal in an optical data path to an optical data carrier; detecting optical radiation emerging from the optical data carrier; producing an electrical signal responsive to the detected optical data; and providing non-zero amplification of low frequencies and greater amplification of higher frequencies of the electrical signal. - View Dependent Claims (14, 17)
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15. A method of reading optical data, comprising the steps of:
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generating first timing signals having a first frequency; generating second timing signals having a second frequency by selecting predetermined first timing signals; emitting optical radiation responsive to the first or second generated timing signals in an optical data path to an optical data carrier; detecting optical radiation emerging from an optical data carrier; and producing an electrical signal responsive to detected optical radiation emerging from the optical data carrier. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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