Patent ID: 7152795
Filing Date: 2006-12-26
Classification: B82Y,G02B,G06K,H01S

Abstract:
1. A bioptical system which comprises: a housing having a bottom portion and a side portion; bottom and side light transmission apertures formed in said bottom and side portions, respectively; a first imaging window mounted over said bottom light transmission aperture, and a second imaging window mounted over said side light transmission aperture; a bottom planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based subsystem mounted within said bottom portion of the housing, and producing and projecting a first coplanar laser illumination beam (PLIB) and field of view (FOV) through said bottom light transmission aperture and said first imaging window; a side PLIIM-based subsystem mounted within said side portion of the housing, and producing and projecting a second coplanar laser illumination beam (PLIB) and field of view (FOV) through said side light transmission aperture and said second imaging window; an electronic product weight scale operably connected to said bottom PLIIM-based subsystem; a data communication network mounted within the housing, and establishing a high-speed data communication link between said bottom and side PLIIM-based subsystems and said electronic product weight scale; and wherein each bottom and side PLIIM-based subsystem comprises: a plurality of visible laser diodes (VLDs) having different color producing wavelengths to produce a multi-spectral planar laser illumination beam (PLIB) from the respective imaging window; and a linear electronic image detection array for capturing color images of objects as the objects are manually transported past said first and second imaging windows, along the direction of an indicator arrow, by the user or operator of said bioptical system.