Pen-type barcode scanner

• US 6,481,628 B2
• Filed: 04/10/2001
• Issued: 11/19/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ho-Yeh Yu, Kenneth Liou
• Original Assignee: Ho-Yeh Yu, Kenneth Liou
• Inventors: Liou, Kenneth, Yu, Ho-Yeh
• Primary Examiner(s): Pitts, Harold I.
• Application Number:
  US09/828,799
• Publication Number:
  US 20020145048A1
• Time in Patent Office: 588 Days
• Field of Search: 235/472.03, 235/472.01
• US Class Current: 235/472.03
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10772 Moved readers, e.g. pen, wand
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10881 constructional details of hand-held scanners

Abstract

A pen-type barcode scanner for reading barcode image carried by an object. The barcode scanner features brightened and concentrated reflected light reflecting from the barcode image thereby benefiting a more reliable inlet signal. In addition, the energy used can be saved while the reliability is increased. The barcode scanner features a light source device, i.e. an LED chip, which is located on a light path adjacent to an approaching end. By this arrangement, the emitted light can be completely projected onto the barcode image thereby enhancing a reflected light from the barcode. Accordingly, the reflected light can be readily processed to decode the information carried by the barcode.

Claims

1. A barcode scanner for reading barcode image carried by an object, comprising:

a cylindrical housing having a barcode approaching end and an output end opposite to said approaching end, and a scanning apparatus located within said housing;

said scanning apparatus including a focusing device, a light source device, a signal receiving/converting device, and a printed circuit board carrying said devices, said focusing device and signal receiving/converting device being located in a central line passing a center of an aperture located in said approaching end and on while said a lens is seated, wherein reflected barcode image is picked up by said focusing device, and then transferred to said receiving/converting device in which said reflected barcode image is processed, a processed signal then being forwarded to said printed circuit board and converted into a digital signal for further processing; and

wherein said light source device is configured by a LED chip which is located aside said central line and between said approaching end and said signal receiving/converting device.

2. The barcode scanner as recited in claim 1, wherein said LED chip is closer to said aperture in which said lens is seated.

3. The barcode scanner as recited in claim 1, wherein said focusing device is a convex lens located between said approaching end and said receiving/converting device.

4. The barcode scanner as recited in claim 1, wherein said focusing device is a fiber element which directly interconnects said approaching end and said receiving/converting device.

5. The barcode scanner as recited in claim 1, wherein said light source device includes a core member in which an emitting aperture is defined, said LED chip being located on said core member adjacent to said emitting aperture, legs of said LED chip extending rearward from said core member.