US 12,475,341 B1
Tri-optic scanner
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 Sep. 24, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/895,072.
Int. Cl. G06K 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 7/10712 (2013.01) 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An indicia reader, comprising:
a housing;
a lower housing portion of the housing having a first surface defining a first horizontal plane,
a horizontal window disposed in the first surface;
an upper housing portion extending above the first horizontal plane, the upper housing portion bounded by a first frontal plane and a second horizontal plane, the first frontal plane being perpendicular to the first horizontal plane and defined by a forward extent of the upper housing portion, the second horizontal plane being parallel to the first horizontal plane and defined by an upward extent of the upper housing portion;
a first distal window disposed in a first distal corner of the upper housing portion;
a second distal window disposed in a second distal corner of the upper housing portion;
a first imaging assembly having a first imaging sensor, the first imaging assembly configured to capture first image-data from a first field of view (FOV1) extending through the first distal window, the FOV1 having an FOV1 central axis, an FOV1 working range defined along the FOV1 central axis, an FOV1 upper boundary, an FOV1 lower boundary, an FOV1 first lateral boundary, and an FOV1 second lateral boundary, the FOV1 lower boundary being closer to the first horizontal plane than the FOV1 upper boundary;
a second imaging assembly having a second imaging sensor, the second imaging assembly configured to capture second image-data from a second field of view (FOV2) extending through the second distal window, the FOV2 having an FOV2 central axis, an FOV2 working range defined along the FOV2 central axis, an FOV2 upper boundary, an FOV2 lower boundary, an FOV2 first lateral boundary, and an FOV2 second lateral boundary, the FOV2 lower boundary being closer to the first horizontal plane than the FOV2 upper boundary;
a scanning region, defined by a union of at least the FOV1 and the FOV2;
wherein the second horizontal plane intersects the first frontal plane at a first height relative to the first surface, the FOV1 upper boundary intersects the first frontal plane at second height relative to the first surface, the FOV2 upper boundary intersects the first frontal plane at third height relative to the first surface, and at least one of:
the second height is greater than the first height, and
the third height is greater than the first height; and
a visual data analysis module configured to analyze at least one of the first image-data and the second image-data to decode data corresponding to an indicium appearing in at least one of the first image-data and the second image-data.