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Data symbol reading device

  • US 5,877,487 A
  • Filed: 06/19/1996
  • Issued: 03/02/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/21/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A two dimensional data symbol reading device for reading a two dimensional data symbol, said device comprising:

  • a projecting system which projects a plurality of different colored light beams onto an object;

    an imaging system having a light receiving surface, said imaging system outputting a signal corresponding to an image of the object;

    an image forming system that forms an image of the object on the light receiving surface of the imaging system;

    an output system; and

    a mode selecting system that selects one of a plurality of modes of operation of said two dimensional data symbol reading device including an image forming mode of operation in which the object is read and a signal corresponding to the image of the object is output by said output system, and a data symbol decoding mode of operation in which the two dimensional data symbol is read and a signal corresponding to decoded data of the two dimensional data symbol is output by said output system.

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