US Patent 7281662 Methods and apparatus for information capture illumination

Patent 7281662 was granted and assigned to Symbol Technologies on October, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Symbol Technologies

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7281662

Date of Patent

October 16, 2007

Patent Application Number

11027733

Date Filed

December 30, 2004

Patent Primary Examiner

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Karl D Frech

Patent abstract

Methods and apparatus for illuminating objects comprising asymmetrically illuminating an object using an illumination medium on one side of an optical module of an information capturing module, capturing an electronic representation of the object and decoding the electronic representation of said object. In alternate embodiments, the scanner successively illuminates the object from a plurality of different angles until the object and/or dataform is decoded. The illumination medium can be external to the information capturing module.