Bar code detecting circuitry
CA 2106715 C · Owner: Johnson & Johnson Clinical Diagnositics, Inc. · Inventors: Cooley, Ernest Whitney; Butturini, Randal Steven
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A wide bandwidth slope detector has a, comparator with first and second time constant circuits coupled to first and second inputs thereof. Where one time constant is on the order of three times the other the comparator will change state in response to the slopes of an input analog signal coupled to the time constant circuit. Feedback can be provided by a fixed resistor or by a tracking circuit. A smoothing or clipping circuit can be used to pre-process the input analog signals to eliminate noise therefrom. A bar code reading system combines first and second clipping circuits to smooth the highs and lows of the input signal, coupled to a slope detector. The tracking circuit can be used to …
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- Filed September 22, 1993 and granted March 18, 1997. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 22, 2013.
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