Plurality of scan units with scan stitching
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1. A scanning system, comprising:
- a plurality of optical scan units, each optical scan unit including means for emitting light toward an item bearing indicia and a means for receiving light reflected from the indicia and generating signals corresponding to the intensity of the reflected light, anda central control unit including means for combining together signals corresponding to the signals generated by at least two said scan units to fully decode information contained on the indicia,wherein one of said at least two scan units scans a portion of the indicia which is less than the entire indicia and generates a first signal corresponding to reflected light from said portion, and another of said at least two scan units scans another portion of the indicia which is less than the entire indicia and generates a second signal corresponding to reflected light from said another portion, and said first signal and said second signal are combined to fully decode the information contained on the indicia.
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Abstract
A scanning system has a plurality of optical scan units. Each optical scan unit includes means for emitting light toward an item bearing an indicia. Each optical scan unit also includes means for receiving light reflected from the indicia and generating signals corresponding to the intensity of the reflected light. Also provided is a central control unit which includes means for combining together signals corresponding to the signals generated by at least two of the scan units to fully decode information contained on the indicia.
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1. A scanning system, comprising:
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a plurality of optical scan units, each optical scan unit including means for emitting light toward an item bearing indicia and a means for receiving light reflected from the indicia and generating signals corresponding to the intensity of the reflected light, and a central control unit including means for combining together signals corresponding to the signals generated by at least two said scan units to fully decode information contained on the indicia, wherein one of said at least two scan units scans a portion of the indicia which is less than the entire indicia and generates a first signal corresponding to reflected light from said portion, and another of said at least two scan units scans another portion of the indicia which is less than the entire indicia and generates a second signal corresponding to reflected light from said another portion, and said first signal and said second signal are combined to fully decode the information contained on the indicia. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 22, 23)
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17. A scanning system, comprising:
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a plurality of optical scan units, each optical scan unit including means for optically sensing variations in light reflectivity on a surface of an item bearing an indicia and generating signals responsive to sensed variations in light reflectivity, wherein a first one of the optical scan units is oriented for optically sensing a first portion of the indicia which is less than the entire indicia and generating a first signal responsive to the sensed variations in light reflectivity of said first portion, and a second one of the optical scan units is oriented for optically sensing a second portion of the indicia which is less than the entire indicia and generating a second signal responsive to the sensed variations in light reflectivity of said second portion; a central control unit for processing the generated signals to determine information contained in the indicia by combining at least the first and the second signals to fully decode the information contained in the indicia. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method of scanning an indicia comprising:
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(1) optically sensing from a first optical scan unit variations in light reflectivity of a portion of the indicia which is less than the entire indicia on a surface of an item bearing the indicia and producing first signals responsive to variations in light reflectivity sensed, and (2) optically sensing from a second optical scan unit variations in light reflectivity of another portion of the indicia which is less than the entire indicia on the surface of the item and producing second signals responsive to variations in light reflectivity sensed; and centrally processing the produced signals by combining signals corresponding to the first and the second signals to produce a single decoded representation of information carried by the indicia so as to fully decode the information contained in the indicia. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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