IP Library Granted Patent US 12,299,527
Granted Patent B2
US 12,299,527 · App. 18/698,167 · Granted May 13, 2025

Barcode scanning device for cylindrical secondary battery

Inventors: Gun Hong Park (Daejeon, KR); Tae Kwang Jung (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
G06K7/10831H01M10/4221
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Patent No.
US 12,299,527
App. No.
18/698,167
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A barcode scanning device for a cylindrical secondary battery which scans a barcode positioned on a side surface of the cylindrical secondary battery, the barcode scanning device including: an illuminator configured to emit light; a barcode reader configured to scan a barcode by receiving the light; sub mirrors which include one sub mirror located relatively close to the barcode reader and another sub mirror located relatively close to the cylindrical secondary battery; and a main mirror configured to reflect, toward the barcode reader, the light which is reflected from the sub mirror located relatively close to the barcode reader. The sub mirror located close to the cylindrical secondary battery is located at a position capable of receiving the light reflected from the side surface of the cylindrical secondary battery, and reflects the received light to the sub mirror located close to the barcode reader.

Claims (24)

1. A barcode scanning device for a cylindrical secondary battery, the barcode scanning device being configured to scan a barcode positioned on a side surface of the cylindrical secondary battery, the barcode scanning device comprising:

an illuminator configured to emit light;

a barcode reader configured to scan the barcode by receiving the light;

a first sub mirror located relatively close to the barcode reader;

a second sub mirror located relatively close to the cylindrical secondary battery; and

a main mirror configured to reflect, toward the barcode reader, the light which is reflected from the first sub mirror,

wherein the second sub mirror is located at a position capable of receiving the light reflected from the side surface of the cylindrical secondary battery, and reflects the received light to the first sub mirror located close to the barcode reader.

2. The barcode scanning device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a third sub mirror located relatively close to the barcode reader; and

a fourth sub mirror located relatively close to the cylindrical secondary battery,

wherein the first sub mirror and the second sub mirror are arranged in a first pair on a first side of the cylindrical secondary battery, and

wherein the third sub mirror and the fourth sub mirror are arranged in a second pair on a second side of the cylindrical secondary battery opposite the first side.

3. The barcode scanning device of claim 2 , wherein the main mirror is located between the first pair and the second pair.

4. The barcode scanning device of claim 3 , wherein the main mirror has two reflective surfaces so that the light received from the first side and the second side are simultaneously emitted to the barcode reader.

5. The barcode scanning device of claim 3 ,

wherein the first sub mirror is located on the first side in a horizontal direction perpendicular to an extension direction of the barcode reader and the cylindrical secondary battery,

wherein the third sub mirror is located on the other second side in the horizontal direction perpendicular to the extension direction of the barcode reader and the cylindrical secondary battery,

wherein the second sub mirror is located on the first side in the horizontal direction, and

wherein the fourth sub mirror is located on the second side in the horizontal direction.

6. The barcode scanning device of claim 5 , wherein the first pair and the second pair are arranged symmetrically to each other.

7. The barcode scanning device of claim 5 , further comprising at least two illuminators spaced apart from each other.

8. The barcode scanning device of claim 7 , wherein the at least two illuminators are located on opposite sides of the barcode reader, and respectively provided at a position closer to the first sub mirror than the second sub mirror in the extension direction of the barcode reader and the cylindrical secondary battery and a position closer to the third sub mirror than the fourth sub mirror in the extension direction of the barcode reader and the cylindrical secondary battery.

9. The barcode scanning device of claim 5 , wherein each of the first sub mirror, the second sub mirror, the third sub mirror, and the fourth sub mirror is individually adjustable in angle and position to adjust an angle of incidence and an angle of reflection.

10. The barcode scanning device of claim 1 , further comprising a grip device configured to adjust angles and positions of the first sub mirror and the second sub mirror so that the light emitted via the first sub mirror and the second sub mirror arrives at the side surface of the cylindrical secondary battery.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2024
From: PARK, GUN HONG; JUNG, TAE KWANG
To: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
Reel/Frame 067007/0928 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0174177 · Dec 7, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240403585A1 · Dec 5, 2024
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