US Patent 7428991 1-D barcode decoding with 2-D sensor array

Patent 7428991 was granted and assigned to Symbol Technologies on September, 2008 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

7428991

Date of Patent

September 30, 2008

Patent Application Number

11262606

Date Filed

October 31, 2005

Patent Primary Examiner

Michael G. Lee

Patent abstract

A scanner with a two dimensional array of sensors generates an aiming pattern that is concurrently used as illumination for a segment of the array. In this manner, one-dimensional and simple two-dimensional barcodes can be quickly processed by loading and decoding only the segment of the array.