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Imaging engine and method for code readers

  • US 6,340,114 B1
  • Filed: 06/12/1998
  • Issued: 01/22/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/12/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An imaging and aiming apparatus for an optical code reader comprising:

  • an image sensor, including an array of photo sensor cells for producing electronic signals corresponding to a two-dimensional array of pixel information for a target image;

    a lens assembly for focusing light incident on the reader from at least two different fields of view, corresponding to at least two different focal distances;

    means for controlling the lens assembly to select a field of view; and

    an aiming pattern projector for projecting at least two different aiming frames, each indicating a field of view of the lens assembly.

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