Patent ID: 9569653
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G06K

Claim:
1. A machine-readable symbol reader, comprising: a housing which includes a scanning head portion including a front surface, the front surface includes a top portion, a bottom portion opposite the top portion, a first lateral portion which extends between the top portion and the bottom portion, and a second lateral portion opposite the first lateral portion which extends between the top portion and the bottom portion; a receiving subsystem disposed within the housing which captures an image of a machine-readable symbol within a field of view of the receiving subsystem, the field of view directed along an optical axis; and an illumination system which illuminates the machine-readable symbol while the receiving subsystem captures the image thereof, the illumination system comprising: wherein at least a portion of the front surface of the scanning head portion of the housing is slanted forward at a tilt angle with respect to a plane which is normal to the optical axis, the tilt angle equal to or greater than 15 degrees and less than or equal to 30 degrees.