Patent ID: 8479995

Claim:
A hybrid optical code scanner comprising: a vertical scanning window; a laser scanner for reading optical codes where the laser scanner generates at least one laser scan beam that passes through the vertical scanning window; an imaging scanner for reading optical codes where the imaging scanner captures a image of an optical code that is positioned in a predetermined area in front of the vertical scanning window and where the space between the imaging scanner and the predetermined area forms a first image path; an ultra-violet light source; and an optically translucent material applied as a thin band to the inside surface of the vertical scanning window where the material fluoresces when exposed to ultra-violet light from the ultra-violet light source and where the thin band encompasses an area of the vertical scanning window that includes the portion of the first image path that passes through the vertical scanning window and where the ultra-violet light source is turned on when the imaging scanner is operating causing the optically translucent material to fluoresce creating a visual indicator indicating the location of the predetermined area.