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 bar code reader has two reading windows, i.e., a bottom window (5) and a side window (4). An increased number of scanning lines are used for constituting scanning patterns for scanning bar codes, and the arrangement of the optical system is contrived to decrease the whole size of the bar code reader and, particularly, to decrease the depth of the bar code reader. A source (21) of laser light, a splitter (22) for splitting the laser beam emitted from the laser light source into two, a reflection mirror (23, 24) for transmitting one beam from the splitter to a polygon mirror (25) which rotates to scan the incident laser beam, a mirror system (26) for emitting the beam reflected by the polygon mirror through the reading window (5), and a focusing member (30) for focusing the beam reflected by the bar code onto a detector (28) that detects the beam reflected by the bar code, are arranged on the same line in the bar code reader. By using a concave mirror (30), furthermore, the beam reflected by the bar code is folded back to one detector (28). The light-receiving surface of another detector (29) is faced downward to receive the beam reflected by the bar code through a Fresnel lens (32) and mirror (33), thereby to decrease the depth of the bar code reader. Furthermore, the beam passage from the reflection mirror goes through the lower surface of the polygon mirror intersecting the axis of rotation of the polygon mirror.
摘要:
A bar code reader has two reading windows, i.e., a bottom window (5) and a side window (4). An increased number of scanning lines are used for constituting scanning patterns for scanning bar codes, and the arrangement of the optical system is contrived to decrease the whole size of the bar code reader and, particularly, to decrease the depth of the bar code reader. A source (21) of laser light, a splitter (22) for splitting the laser beam emitted from the laser light source into two, a reflection mirror (23, 24) for transmitting one beam from the splitter to a polygon mirror (25) which rotates to scan the incident laser beam, a mirror system (26) for emitting the beam reflected by the polygon mirror through the reading window (5), and a focusing member (30) for focusing the beam reflected by the bar code onto a detector (28) that detects the beam reflected by the bar code, are arranged on the same line in the bar code reader. By using a concave mirror (30), furthermore, the beam reflected by the bar code is folded back to one detector (28). The light-receiving surface of another detector (29) is faced downward to receive the beam reflected by the bar code through a Fresnel lens (32) and mirror (33), thereby to decrease the depth of the bar code reader. Furthermore, the beam passage from the reflection mirror goes through the lower surface of the polygon mirror intersecting the axis of rotation of the polygon mirror.
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 multi-head optical scanning device used for a bar code reader having a reduced thickness and realizing more complete 360° bar code reading. The scanning device includes a bottom part (1), a side part (4) which is nearly vertical to the bottom part, a light source (5), a polygon mirror (6) and a light detector (8) contained inside the body of the side part. Light beams are emitted from the light source (5) so that they are nearly vertical to the surface of the bottom part (1), and the polygon mirror (6) has a rotation axis at a position which is nearly parallel to the surface of the bottom part. The optical scanning device eliminates the need for a mechanism which performs scanning inside the bottom part and the degree of freedom with which each of the pattern mirrors is disposed is increased, and provides a scanning pattern whose reading capacity can be upgraded by using a scanning pattern which is emitted from the bottom part (1).
摘要:
A multi-head optical scanning device used for a bar code reader having a reduced thickness and realizing more complete 360° bar code reading. The scanning device includes a bottom part (1), a side part (4) which is nearly vertical to the bottom part, a light source (5), a polygon mirror (6) and a light detector (8) contained inside the body of the side part. Light beams are emitted from the light source (5) so that they are nearly vertical to the surface of the bottom part (1), and the polygon mirror (6) has a rotation axis at a position which is nearly parallel to the surface of the bottom part. The optical scanning device eliminates the need for a mechanism which performs scanning inside the bottom part and the degree of freedom with which each of the pattern mirrors is disposed is increased, and provides a scanning pattern whose reading capacity can be upgraded by using a scanning pattern which is emitted from the bottom part (1).