ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,054, issued on Sept. 9.
"Low height proximity-based optical code reader" was invented by Shrenik Deliwala (Andover, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for optically reading an encoded pattern on a patterned test strip or other patterned target placed in proximity and moved with respect to an optical code reader. The reader can include an LED light source. A transmit baffle located between the LED light source and the target can define a transmit aperture for passing light originating from the LED light source to a target location on the patterned target. A photodetector arranged to receive light associated with the target...