POINT-OF-TRANSACTION, DUAL WINDOW WORKSTATION FOR IMAGING INDICIA WITH A SINGLE IMAGER AND A STATIONARY OPTICAL SYSTEM

摘要

A bi-optical, dual window, point-of-transaction workstation images indicia associated with products with a single, solid-state imager that captures return light from the indicia over a field of view. A first optical subsystem is stationarily supported by the workstation and directs at least a part of the field of view of the imager as a first light collection region or regions passing through one of the windows. A second optical subsystem is also stationarily supported by the workstation and directs at least a part of the field of view of the imager as a second light collection region or regions passing through the other of the windows. A controller controls the imager and processes the captured return light in at least one of the light collection regions.