Method and apparatus for remotely reading and decoding bar codes

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ABSTRACT:
A remote bar code reading camera for detecting dark and light areas of a bar code carried on an object disposed at a distance from the camera has a substantially continuously operating non-coherent light source for illuminating the bar code, an optical arrangement with a rectangular aperture for directing the reflected light from the bar code onto an image sensor, the optical arrangement having a depth of field such that reflections from remote objects are accurately transmitted to the image sensor, and a processing circuit for shaping and analyzing the signals from the image sensor. The processing circuit includes an external random access memory which, during a first portion of a signal processing cycle is used with loading circuitry to store digital information corresponding to the scanned bar code, and during a second portion of a processing cycle is utilized as the working memory for a microcomputer for decoding the information. The camera has an interface means for transferring the decoded data to an external device.

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