Optical scanner with top down reader

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9004359-B2
Application number	US-201313895258-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 15, 2013
Priority date	May 16, 2012
Publication date	Apr 14, 2015
Grant date	Apr 14, 2015

Abstract

A data reading system including one or more imagers, the data reading system having a lower main housing structure with a horizontal surface, across which items to be read are passed, and an upper reader module, such as pole-mounted top down reader (TDR) including an imager configured to provide a top down viewing angle from above the horizontal surface of the item in a read region. In one configuration, the pole-mounted upper reader module includes a one-piece post housing section mounted to the main housing structure and extending therefrom and containing imaging electronics and optics of the upper reader.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A data reading system for reading an optical code on an item, the data reading system comprising:
a main housing including a lower housing section containing a horizontal window and an upper housing section containing a vertical window;
a post having a lower post end mounted proximate the main housing, the post being vertically oriented and positioned behind the upper housing section and having an upper post end extending above the upper housing sect…

Assignees

• Datalogic Adc Inc

Inventors

• Shearin Alan
• Thompson Ryan B
• Hoskinson Jeffrey J
• Williams Jon P C
• Newman David J
• Mcqueen Alexander M
• Olmstead Bryan L

Classifications

• G06K7/10

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06K7/1096 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic