摘要:
A multi-mode laser-based bar code symbol reading device (151) having a hand-supportable housing (161 A, 161B). A laser scanning engine (53) operates in either an omni-directional mode or a uni-directional mode. In the omni-directional mode, the laser scanning engine produces an omni-directional laser scanning pattern (500) including multiple laser scanning lines. In the uni-directional mode, the laser scanning engine produces a visible stroboscopically-pulsed omni-directional laser scanning pattern (500) against a single laser scanning line (501).
摘要:
Methods of and systems for illuminating objects using planar laser illumination beams having substantially planar spatial distribution characteristics that extend through the field of view (FOV) of image formation and detection modules employed in such systems. Each planar laser illumination beam is produced from a planar laser illumination beam array (PLIA) comprising a plurality of planar laser illumination modules (PLIMs). Each PLIM comprises a visible laser diode (VLD), a focusing lens, and a cylindrical optical element arranged therewith. The individual planar laser illumination beam components produced from each PLIM are optically combined to produce a composite substantially planar illumination beam having substantially uniform power density characteristics over the entire spatial extend thereof and thus the working range of the system. Preferably, each planar laser illumination beam component is focused so that the minimum beam width thereof occurs at a point or plane which is the farthest or maximum object distance at which the system is designed to acquire images.