WO2000075857A1 - Hands free optical scanner trigger - Google Patents
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- WO2000075857A1 WO2000075857A1 PCT/US2000/009360 US0009360W WO0075857A1 WO 2000075857 A1 WO2000075857 A1 WO 2000075857A1 US 0009360 W US0009360 W US 0009360W WO 0075857 A1 WO0075857 A1 WO 0075857A1
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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
- G06K7/00—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns
- G06K7/10—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation
- G06K7/10544—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation by scanning of the records by radiation in the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum
- G06K7/10821—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation by scanning of the records by radiation in the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum further details of bar or optical code scanning devices
- G06K7/10851—Circuits for pulse shaping, amplifying, eliminating noise signals, checking the function of the sensing device
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- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
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- G06K2207/1012—Special detection of object
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DE60032904T DE60032904T2 (en) | 1999-06-03 | 2000-04-06 | HAND-HELD SCANNER TRIGGER |
EP00921892A EP1198778B1 (en) | 1999-06-03 | 2000-04-06 | Hands free optical scanner trigger |
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US09/324,794 | 1999-06-03 | ||
US09/324,794 US6357659B1 (en) | 1999-06-03 | 1999-06-03 | Hands free optical scanner trigger |
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WO2000075857A1 true WO2000075857A1 (en) | 2000-12-14 |
WO2000075857A9 WO2000075857A9 (en) | 2002-04-04 |
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PCT/US2000/009360 WO2000075857A1 (en) | 1999-06-03 | 2000-04-06 | Hands free optical scanner trigger |
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US (1) | US6357659B1 (en) |
EP (1) | EP1198778B1 (en) |
DE (1) | DE60032904T2 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2000075857A1 (en) |
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EP1198778B1 (en) | 2007-01-10 |
EP1198778A1 (en) | 2002-04-24 |
US6357659B1 (en) | 2002-03-19 |
EP1198778A4 (en) | 2004-03-31 |
DE60032904D1 (en) | 2007-02-22 |
DE60032904T2 (en) | 2007-09-06 |
WO2000075857A9 (en) | 2002-04-04 |
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