US 11,775,785 B2
Barcode reader with intelligent off-platter indication system
Edward Barkan, Miller Place, NY (US); Darran Michael Handshaw, Sound Beach, 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 Feb. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/164,596.
Application 17/164,596 is a continuation of application No. 16/724,018, filed on Dec. 20, 2019, granted, now 10,909,342.
Prior Publication US 2021/0192165 A1, Jun. 24, 2021
Int. Cl. G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 7/1413 (2013.01) [G06K 7/10574 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A barcode reader configured to be supported by a workstation, the barcode reader comprising:
a housing having a lower housing;
a weigh platter positioned within the lower housing and configured to measure a weight of an object placed on the weigh platter, the weigh platter having an upper surface facing a product scanning region, a proximal edge, a first lateral edge extending non-parallel to the proximal edge, a second lateral edge, opposite the first lateral edge, extending non-parallel to the proximal edge, and a distal edge, opposite the proximal edge, extending non-parallel to the first lateral edge and the second lateral edge; and
an off-platter detection assembly comprising:
an off-platter indication system having a plurality of linearly aligned light sources; and
controller operatively coupled to the plurality of light sources, the controller configured to:
determine if an object extends over the first lateral edge of the weigh platter;
determine a location of the object along the first lateral edge if determined that the object extends over the first lateral edge, thereby determining a location of an off-platter event; and
alter an illumination of the plurality of linearly aligned light sources to indicate the location of the off-platter event.