IP Library Granted Patent US 11,797,793
Granted Patent B2
US 11,797,793 · App. 16/721,514 · Granted Oct 24, 2023

Industrial digital barcode scanner

Inventors: Darran Michael Handshaw (Sound Beach, NY); Edward Barkan (Miller Place, NY); Mark Drzymala (Saint James, NY)
Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
G06K7/10722G06K7/1413
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Patent No.
US 11,797,793
App. No.
16/721,514
Granted
Oct 24, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A barcode scanner assembly for capturing at least one object appearing in a field of view (FOV) is provided that includes a scanner enclosure including a scanner enclosure body, a printed circuit board (PCB) at least partially disposed within the scanner enclosure, an imaging assembly coupled to the PCB, and a decode assembly positioned on the PCB. The scanner enclosure body has a top portion, a bottom portion opposite the top portion, a front portion, and a rear portion opposite the front portion and further defines an internal cavity. The PCB is positioned substantially parallel to an outbound imaging axis.

Claims (20)

1. A barcode scanner assembly for capturing at least one image of an object appearing in a field of view (FOV), the barcode scanner assembly comprising:

a scanner enclosure including a scanner enclosure body having a top portion, a bottom portion opposite the top portion, a front portion, and a rear portion opposite the front portion, the scanner enclosure body further defining an internal cavity;

a printed circuit board at least partially disposed within the internal cavity;

an imaging assembly coupled to the printed circuit board; and

a decode assembly positioned on the printed circuit board;

wherein the printed circuit board is positioned substantially parallel to an outbound imaging axis; and

wherein:

a lower extent of the printed circuit board is disposed above a lower third of a longitudinal length of the scanner enclosure body extending between the top portion and the bottom portion, the lower third being adjacent to the bottom portion of the scanner enclosure body;

the front portion includes an aperture having the imaging axis pass therethrough; and

the barcode scanner is configured to be operable on a working surface with the bottom portion being closer to the working surface than the top portion,

wherein the rear portion of the scanner enclosure body comprises an angled cutout to accommodate a communication cable including a connector configured to interface with the barcode scanner assembly, and

wherein the scanner enclosure body further defines a sound port positioned proximally to the angled cutout of the rear portion of the scanner enclosure to port sound outside of the scanner enclosure.

2. The barcode scanner assembly of claim 1 , wherein the outbound imaging axis is substantially perpendicular relative to a longitudinal axis of the scanner enclosure.

3. The barcode scanner assembly of claim 1 , wherein the communication cable further includes a strain relief member, wherein a majority of the strain relief member is constrained within a volume of the scanner enclosure.

4. The barcode scanner assembly of claim 1 , wherein the scanner enclosure body includes at least one internal wall configured to inhibit ingress of dust into the scanner enclosure body.

5. The barcode scanner assembly of claim 1 , further comprising at least one capacitive touch sensor disposed on the printed circuit board and extending along at least one side portion of the scanner enclosure body.

6. The barcode scanner assembly of claim 1 , wherein the barcode scanner assembly is alternately operable in at least one of a manual mode or a presentation mode.

7. The barcode scanner assembly of claim 1 , further comprising an off-axis illumination board disposed in the top portion of the scanner enclosure body.

8. The barcode scanner assembly of claim 1 , wherein the imaging assembly and the decode assembly are at least partially disposed above the lower third of the longitudinal length of the scanner enclosure.

9. The barcode scanner assembly of claim 1 , wherein the bottom portion includes a base portion configured to be positioned on a flat surface, wherein the front portion is substantially upright relative to the base portion and includes a window, and wherein the outbound imaging axis passes through the window.

Assignments (4)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 12, 2021
From: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 056471/0906 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST - 364 - DAY Recorded Mar 5, 2021
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; LASER BAND, LLC; TEMPTIME CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056036/0590 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2020
From: HANDSHAW, DARRAN MICHAEL; BARKAN, EDWARD; DRZYMALA, MARK
To: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053738/0496 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 1, 2020
From: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; LASER BAND, LLC; TEMPTIME CORPORATION
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 053841/0212 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62791420 · Jan 11, 2019
Related Publication 20200226334A1 · Jul 16, 2020