Patent ID: 6509893
Filing Date: 2003-01-21
Classification: G06K,H04N

Abstract:
A handheld device for reading an image such as printed text on a substrate, said device having an elongate casing with a reading opening arranged in one end thereof, a printed circuit board arranged inside the casing, light-emitting diodes arranged inside the reading opening and adapted to illuminate the image to be read, and a light-sensitive sensor arranged inside the reading opening and adapted to read the illuminated image, the printed circuit board having an end portion at said one end of the casing, said end portion substantially corresponding to the form of the casing, the longitudinal extension of the circuit board being directed towards the image; and the light-emitting diodes are arranged at a first side of said circuit board on said end portion directing light essentially parallel with said circuit board towards said image; and the light-sensitive sensor being arranged on said end portion at a second side of said circuit board to receive light from said image illuminated by said light-emitting diodes.