US 11,868,841 B1
Bi-optic barcode readers with specially designed platters
Edward Barkan, Miller Place, NY (US); Darran Michael Handshaw, New York, NY (US); and Mark Drzymala, Saint James, NY (US)
Assigned to Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US)
Filed by ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Lincolnshire, IL (US)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/870,186.
Int. Cl. G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G01G 19/414 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 7/1096 (2013.01) [G01G 19/4144 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A barcode reader comprising:
a housing having a lower housing portion with an upper surface facing a product scanning region and an upper housing portion extending above the lower housing portion; and
a weigh platter configured to support an object placed on the weigh platter for obtaining a weight of the object, the weigh platter having:
a central region extending in a transverse plane, the central region including a window configured to permit light to pass therethrough, the window having a transparent medium having a top surface extending parallel to the transverse plane;
a proximal edge region adjacent the upper housing portion and having a proximal edge;
a first lateral edge region extending non-parallel to the proximal edge and having a first lateral edge, the first lateral edge region being positioned along one side of the window;
a second lateral edge region, opposite the first lateral edge region, extending non-parallel to the proximal edge and having a second lateral edge, the second lateral edge region being positioned along another side of the window; and
a distal edge region, opposite the proximal edge region, extending non-parallel to the first and second lateral edges and having a distal edge,
wherein:
each of the first lateral edge and the second lateral edge extends at least 2 mm above the transverse plane;
the first lateral edge region includes a first-lateral-edge-region surface extending along at least a portion of the first lateral edge;
the second lateral edge region includes a second-lateral-edge-region surface extending along at least a portion of the second lateral edge;
at least some portion of each of the first-lateral-edge-region surface and the second-lateral-edge-region surface is non-parallel relative to the transverse plane;
the at least some portion of the first-lateral-edge-region surface slopes toward the central region at a first angle of at least 2.5 degrees relative to the transverse plane; and
the at least some portion of the second-lateral-edge-region surface slopes toward the central region at a second angle of at least 2.5 degrees relative to the transverse plane.