Patent ID: 9189674
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A 2D barcode scanner comprising a housing having a reading window and a digital camera arranged in the housing for capturing an image area of the reading window either directly or via a deflecting mirror arrangement, and at least one external light source for illuminating an area in front of the reading window on the side of the reading window that faces from the digital camera, the improvement wherein said at least one external light source includes a plurality of such light sources, each with an optical adapter for distributing the light therefrom, such that reflection paths at the inside of the reading window back into the camera are not illuminated or are illuminated with a very low intensity, wherein the external light sources are arranged in such manner that the location of bright spots that result are shifted in the image of the digital camera to an edge of the reading window where a read-out of barcodes is less frequent or less probable, and wherein the optical adapter associated with each external light source is designed individually for that respective light source and for the arrangement and orientation thereof, thereby avoiding or significantly reducing the intensity of the light reflections that arise on the inside of the reading window and are superimposed on a barcode that is to be read as very bright spots in the image of the digital camera.