Patent ID: 8919651
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. An optical code reader for capturing an image of an object in a view volume, comprising a housing having an outer opening at a front face thereof; a window disposed in the housing proximate to the outer opening; a planar printed circuit board disposed toward a rear of the housing and oriented at a first acute angle to the window; a primary mirror mounted in the housing at a second acute angle to the window for directing a first perspective of the object in the view volume along a first view segment path; an imager mounted on the printed circuit board proximate the primary mirror; a secondary mirror disposed in the first view segment path to direct the first perspective of the object toward the imager, the imager being operative for capturing a two-dimensional image of the object from the first perspective; an illumination system mounted on the printed circuit board for directing illumination into the view volume, wherein the illumination system and the imager are disposed on a common side of the printed circuit board.