Patent ID: 8608076

Claim:
An optical code reader comprising: an imager that captures images of items bearing optical codes in a viewing volume of the optical code reader, the imager having a field of view; a fixed mirror structure comprising a base and at least first and second highly reflective surfaces mounted or formed on the base, wherein the structure is positioned in the optical code reader in a field of view of the imager and oriented so that the at least first and second highly reflective surfaces appear in the field of view of the imager, to thereby split the field of view of the imager into at least first and second different fields of view, the first field of view being of a first region of the imager and the second field of view being of a different second region of the imager; and a set of pattern mirrors disposed about the structure for reflecting the first and second different views from the highly reflective surfaces into the viewing volume, wherein each of the highly reflective surfaces of the structure reflects a respective view only once.