Registers – Coded record sensors – Particular sensor structure
Patent
1991-10-31
1993-11-09
Hajec, Donald T.
Registers
Coded record sensors
Particular sensor structure
235463, 235470, 2502221, 250568, G06K 710
Patent
active
052605540
ABSTRACT:
A bar code label is read by automatically initiated scanning of the bar code symbol by a beam of light, as from a laser in a bar code scanner. Initially, the scanner is operated in a pulsed mode with low duty cycle (5%) pulses. These pulses are reflected from a reflective tape on one side of a detection zone or from an object carrying the label in the beam path. Then (because the beam is not scanning across the code) the reflected pulses (which are detected much like the bars and spaces of the code) are not detected. The ratio of the number of generated pulses to the reflected pulses is computed for a succession of pulses (ten pulses for example). If this ratio exceeds two (i.e., that the number of effective bars is less than the number of generated pulses during the succession), then the presence of the object is detected and the system, implemented in an application program in the microprocessor controller of the bar code scanner, initiates scanning of the bar code. Upon the detection of the code (a good read) or under conditions where the object is removed before a good read, or is not removed after a good read, the scanning mode is discontinued and the pulsing mode is again initiated. The pulsing mode is initiated continually to test for the presence of a object carrying a bar code label, when not scanning. The pulsing mode is used to detect the presence of a reflective tape or an object.
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Chin Esther
Hajec Donald T.
Lukacher M.
PSC Inc.
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