US 12,236,311 B2
Device for scanning data matrix codes
Julian Thiemo Kolb, Bad Kreuznach (DE); Marco Siegler, Bingen am Rhein (DE); and André Blümel, Bechtolsheim (DE)
Assigned to Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG, Pfäffikon, Pfäffikon (CH)
Appl. No. 18/283,098
Filed by Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG, Pfäffikon, Pfäffikon (CH)
PCT Filed Mar. 24, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/057827
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 20, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/200527, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 29, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 001 523.1 (DE), filed on Mar. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0169169 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 7/10722 (2013.01) [G06K 7/10861 (2013.01); G06K 7/1417 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for scanning at least a DMC or a barcode on the shaft of a tool, comprising:
a scan camera,
a housing on which the scan camera is arranged and aligned in such a way that it can scan an area inside the housing, the alignment of the scan camera defining a scanning direction from the scan camera to the tool shaft to be scanned and the area defining a scanning area,
wherein the housing has an opening on a wall substantially parallel to the scanning direction, such that the shaft of the tool provided with at least a DMC or barcode can be inserted perpendicular to the scanning direction into the scanning area for scanning.