ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,071, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Zebra Technologies Corp. (Lincolnshire, Ill.).

"Bi-optic indicia readers and platters for use therewith having optical redirection element(s) within the platter" was invented by Yuri Astvatsaturov (Lake Forest, Ill.), Darran Michael Handshaw (Sound Beach, N.Y.) and Edward Barkan (Miller Place, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Imaging systems for imaging or scanning objects by redirecting portions of a field of view (FOV) are described herein. An example imaging system includes: an imaging assembly; a platter including a redirection element; and a computer-readable media storing machine reada...