Patent ID: 8757489

Claim:
A portable device comprising: coded information reading means and further comprising digital image acquisition means and an illuminator, said illuminator being associated with said digital acquisition means for acquiring at least a digital image of a framed zone and being powerable by a current driving signal corresponding to a first current signal in a first operating mode of said device for illuminating at least one image to be acquired and to a second current signal in a second operating mode for emitting a visual reading outcome indication relating to the reading of said coded information read by said coded information reading means, wherein said reading means is arranged at least partially on a first face of said portable device for reading said coded information arranged in a first semispace in front of said first face and said image acquisition means and said illuminator are arranged on a second face of said portable device, and wherein said illuminator illuminates at least a portion of a second semispace in front of said second face, said second face being different from said first face to orient differently in space said first semispace with respect to said second semispace.