US 12,393,802 B2
Imaging engines for use with indicia readers and components thereof
Alexander J. Naney, Kings Park, NY (US); Michael A. Mottola, Sayville, NY (US); and Vladimir Gurevich, Great Neck, NY (US)
Assigned to Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US)
Filed by ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Lincolnshire, IL (US)
Filed on May 20, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/669,402.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/602,626, filed on Nov. 26, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0173531 A1, May 29, 2025
Int. Cl. G06K 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 7/10881 (2013.01) [G06K 7/10831 (2013.01); G06K 2207/1011 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging engine for use in an indicia reader, comprising:
a printed circuit board forming a mounting substrate;
an imaging sensor mounted on the printed circuit board and configured to capture image data over a field of view (FOV);
imaging optics assembly configured to form the FOV for the imaging sensor; and
an aiming assembly having an aiming illumination source, an aiming-assembly chassis, and an aiming optics assembly, the aiming optics assembly having an optic element holder and a first optical lens arrangement positioned within the optic element holder,
wherein:
the aiming-assembly chassis is at least one of a Zink and a Zink-alloy chassis;
the aiming illumination source is coupled to the aiming-assembly chassis such that the aiming-assembly chassis is a heatsink for the aiming illumination source;
the optic element holder is a polycarbonate optic element holder;
the first optical lens arrangement includes an optical polymer collimator lens;
the optic element holder includes at least one active alignment feature for engagement with an active alignment arm or an active alignment apparatus; and
the optical element holder is actively aligned relative to the aiming illumination source.