Patent ID: 7533819

Claim:
An imaging system for use in an imaging-based bar code reader including a housing having a window, the imaging system comprising: a dual camera assembly including a first camera assembly and a second camera assembly mounted within the housing for imaging, the first camera assembly including a first field of view and the second camera assembly including a second field of view; the imaging system further including a fold mirror and positioned within the housing to intersect and direct the field of view of at least one of the first and second camera assemblies such that the first and second fields of view pass through the window and are substantially congruent exterior of the housing; the first camera assembly including a two dimensional sensor array having a global shutter pixel structure for imaging a target bar code swiped through the first field of view; and the second camera assembly including a two dimensional sensor array adapted for high resolution imaging of a target bar code comprising a high density two dimensional bar code positioned in the second field of view.