Patent ID: 8534556

Claim:
In a reader for electro-optically reading symbols to be read by image capture, an arrangement for reducing vertical parallax between an imaging linear field of view (FOV) and an aiming light pattern, the arrangement comprising: an imaging assembly mounted on a tilted printed circuit board (PCB) within a tilted handle of the reader including a solid-state imager having a linear array of image sensors, and an imaging lens system for capturing return light over the imaging linear FOV from a symbol and for projecting the captured return light onto the linear array, the imaging linear FOV extending predominantly in a horizontal direction, wherein the PCB and the handle are tilted relative to the vertical; an aiming light assembly spaced vertically away from the imaging assembly on the tilted PCB within the tilted handle of the reader, for generating the aiming light pattern on the symbol prior to reading; and an optical assembly for intercepting the aiming light pattern and for vertically aligning the aiming light pattern with the imaging linear FOV substantially on a same horizontal plane that is parallel to both the horizontal direction and a principle propagation direction of the aiming light pattern to reduce the vertical parallax.