ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,532, issued on May 13, was assigned to KEYENCE Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Code reader and code reading method" was invented by Hiroomi Ohori (Osaka, Japan) and Taichi Tajika (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Evaluation of a code misassignment risk is enabled, and occurrence of misassignment of a code is prevented. A code reader includes: an imaging unit that includes a Scheimpflug optical system including a lens and an image sensor having a light receiving surface inclined with respect to an optical axis of the lens, the imaging unit generating and outputting a code image including the code; and a control unit that executes de...