Hand-supportable planar linear illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based code symbol reading system
First Claim
1. A hand-supportable planar linear illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based code symbol reading system comprising:
- a hand-supportable housing having a light transmission aperture;
a planar laser illumination and imaging module (PLIIM), disposed in said hand-supportable housing, and including(i) a linear image detection array having optics providing a field of view (FOV) projecting on said linear image detection array and through said light transmission aperture, and(ii) at least one planar laser illumination module (PLIM) for producing a substantially planar laser illumination beam (PLIB) that extends substantially along the same plane as the FOV of said linear image detection array so as to provide a coplanar illumination and imaging plane that projects through said light transmission aperture, for capturing a series of linear (1-D) digital images of an object intersecting said coplanar illumination and imaging plane during illumination and imaging operations;
an image frame grabber, disposed in said hand-supportable housing, for accessing 1-D digital images from said linear image detection array and composing one or more 2-D digital images of the object during illumination and imaging operations;
an image data buffer, disposed in said hand-supportable housing, for buffering 2-D digital images received from said image frame grabber during illumination and imaging operations;
a decode image processor, disposed in said hand-supportable housing, for processing said 2-D digital images stored within said image data buffer so as to read one or more code symbols graphically represented in said 2-D digital images; and
a system controller, disposed in said hand-supportable housing, for controlling operations within said PLIIM-based code symbol reading system.
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Abstract
A hand-supportable planar linear illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based code symbol reading system comprising: a hand-supportable housing having a light transmission aperture; and a planar laser illumination and imaging module (PLIIM), disposed in the hand-supportable housing. The PLIIM includes (i) a linear image detection array having optics providing a field of view (FOV) on said linear image detection array that projects through the light transmission aperture, and (ii) at least one planar laser illumination module (PLIM) for producing a substantially planar laser illumination beam (PLIB) that extends substantially along the same plane as the FOV of the linear image detection array. This arrangement provides a coplanar illumination and imaging plane that projects through the light transmission aperture, for capturing a series of linear (1-D) digital images of an object intersecting therewith during object illumination and imaging operations. An image frame grabber then accesses 1-D digital images therefrom and composes a 2-D digital image of the object. An image data buffer buffers 2-D images received from the image frame grabber, and a decode image processor processes the digital images stored within the image data buffer so as to read one or more code symbols graphically represented in the digital images. A system controller controls the operations within the system.
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8 Claims
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1. A hand-supportable planar linear illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based code symbol reading system comprising:
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a hand-supportable housing having a light transmission aperture; a planar laser illumination and imaging module (PLIIM), disposed in said hand-supportable housing, and including (i) a linear image detection array having optics providing a field of view (FOV) projecting on said linear image detection array and through said light transmission aperture, and (ii) at least one planar laser illumination module (PLIM) for producing a substantially planar laser illumination beam (PLIB) that extends substantially along the same plane as the FOV of said linear image detection array so as to provide a coplanar illumination and imaging plane that projects through said light transmission aperture, for capturing a series of linear (1-D) digital images of an object intersecting said coplanar illumination and imaging plane during illumination and imaging operations; an image frame grabber, disposed in said hand-supportable housing, for accessing 1-D digital images from said linear image detection array and composing one or more 2-D digital images of the object during illumination and imaging operations; an image data buffer, disposed in said hand-supportable housing, for buffering 2-D digital images received from said image frame grabber during illumination and imaging operations; a decode image processor, disposed in said hand-supportable housing, for processing said 2-D digital images stored within said image data buffer so as to read one or more code symbols graphically represented in said 2-D digital images; and a system controller, disposed in said hand-supportable housing, for controlling operations within said PLIIM-based code symbol reading system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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