摘要:
A laser beam generation control system (14) of an optical mark reader device including a laser generating element, a laser generation control unit (14a), a laser scanner unit (13) for scanning a mark (12), such as a bar code or the like, and a signal processor unit (18) for photoconverting a reflected light to read thereof; wherein the laser beam generation control unit (14) turns ON/OFF the laser generation element (13) by a predetermined duty to carry out a generation of the laser intermittently. Further, when a reflected light from the mark is detected during an intermittent generation of the laser beam, the laser generation element (13) is turned ON to generate a laser beam continuously; and when a reflected light from the mark is not detected for more than a predetermined first time period during a continuous generation of a laser beam, the system is switched from continuous generation to intermittent generation.
摘要:
A hologram scanner (30) comprising: a laser source (22); a rotary body (28) having a rotational axis (21); at least one hologram facet (24) arranged on the rotary body (28) for diffracting a laser beam from the laser source to scan an objective (e.g. bar code) and receiving the scattered light from the objective for detection thereof; a motor means (25) for driving the rotary body; and, an optical detector (29) for detecting the scattered light received and diffracted by the hologram facet (24). The hologram facet is inclined with respect to the rotational axis (21) of the rotary body.
摘要:
Light-beam scanning apparatus mainly used for a bar-code reader in a point-of-sale system to identify sold articles. The apparatus comprises at light-beam emitting device (3), a hologram disk (1) having a plurality of hologram segments with different diffraction characteristics mounted along its circumference and being rotated at a predetermined speed, and deflecting means (5, 16, 19) for directing the emitted light beam from the light-beam emitting device to one side of the hologram disk at a first direction. The scanning apparatus further comprises a first mirror group (20) including a plurality of mirrors placed at a second direction corresponding to the other side of the hologram disk, each of which mirrors is arranged to receive a diffracted light beam from a corresponding hologram segment, and a second mirror group (30) including a plurality of mirrors, each of which mirrors is placed to receive a light beam reflected by a corresponding mirror of the first mirror group and to reflect the incident light beam to a predetermined space (50). positioned in the first direction where an article (14) having a bar-code label (15) is moved. In the apparatus, a light path from the other side of the hologram disk to the predetermined space has a predetermined length to form a predetermined scanning light pattern in the space.
摘要:
A hand-held beam scanning information readout device for reading information, for example presented in a bar-code format, has a housing (4) within which are accommodated a beam generator (11), an optical scanner (17) and an optical detector (120). Generator (11) generates for example a coherent laser beam (14) which passes to scanner (17) for example provided by a rotating hologram to provide a scanning output beam (110) which scans in a circle (113) for example. Light (116) of the scanning output beam (110) reflected from information to be read, for example bar-code symbol BCS, passes via hologram (17) to a convergence lens (118), for example a Fresnel lens, to detector (120). Other scanning patterns are also proposed.
摘要:
A laser beam generation control system (14) of an optical mark reader device including a laser generating element, a laser generation control unit (14a), a laser scanner unit (13) for scanning a mark (12), such as a bar code or the like, and a signal processor unit (18) for photoconverting a reflected light to read thereof; wherein the laser beam generation control unit (14) turns ON/OFF the laser generation element (13) by a predetermined duty to carry out a generation of the laser intermittently. Further, when a reflected light from the mark is detected during an intermittent generation of the laser beam, the laser generation element (13) is turned ON to generate a laser beam continuously; and when a reflected light from the mark is not detected for more than a predetermined first time period during a continuous generation of a laser beam, the system is switched from continuous generation to intermittent generation.
摘要:
An optical beam scanner, for reading a bar-code, comprises a housing (10) accommodating therein a beam generator (1) for projecting a laser beam (34) along a fixed axis, a rotary mirror (30, 40) rotatable about its axis (32) and having a plurality of reflection surfaces (30a, 30b) arranged in a polygonal manner on the periphery of a body thereof, which surfaces receive and reflect the laser beam (34) projected from the beam generator (1), and a unit for driving the rotary mirror (30) to rotate at a predetermined speed during the operation. The housing is provided with a window (21) on an upper wall thereof, through which passes the laser beam (35) reflected from the respective reflection surfaces (30a, 30b) of the rotary mirror (30) for scanning a bar-code disposed above the window (21), and each of the reflection surfaces (30a, 30b) of the rotary mirror (30) is formed by a part of a circular cylindrical surface cut out along a height thereof in an elongated rectangular shape and disposed so that a ridgeline (33) is transverse to the axis (32) of the rotary mirror (30). A direction of a normal vector to the reflection surface (30a, 30b) is smoothly varied in one direction along a scanning line (X) on the reflection surface (30a, 30b) traced by sequential points of incidence of the laser beam (34) across the reflection surface (30a, 30b) when the rotary mirror (30) is rotated, whereby the reflected beam (35) traces various linear scanning patterns (A, B), each corresponding to the respective reflection surface (30a, 30b), on a plane of the window (21) above which the bar-code is scanned. An optical beam scanner embodying the present invention can be cheaper to manufacture, and smaller in size, than prior art beam scanners.
摘要:
Light-beam scanning apparatus mainly used for a bar-code reader in a point-of-sale system to identify sold articles. The apparatus comprises at light-beam emitting device (3), a hologram disk (1) having a plurality of hologram segments with different diffraction characteristics mounted along its circumference and being rotated at a predetermined speed, and deflecting means (5, 16, 19) for directing the emitted light beam from the light-beam emitting device to one side of the hologram disk at a first direction. The scanning apparatus further comprises a first mirror group (20) including a plurality of mirrors placed at a second direction corresponding to the other side of the hologram disk, each of which mirrors is arranged to receive a diffracted light beam from a corresponding hologram segment, and a second mirror group (30) including a plurality of mirrors, each of which mirrors is placed to receive a light beam reflected by a corresponding mirror of the first mirror group and to reflect the incident light beam to a predetermined space (50). positioned in the first direction where an article (14) having a bar-code label (15) is moved. In the apparatus, a light path from the other side of the hologram disk to the predetermined space has a predetermined length to form a predetermined scanning light pattern in the space.