Pos-centric digital imaging system

Title: Pos-centric digital imaging system

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The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20080249884, Pos-centric digital imaging system.

1. A POS-centric digital imaging system for installation at a retail point of sale (POS) station having a countertop surface, said POS-centric digital imaging system comprising: a system housing having at least one imaging window, and providing a cashier side and a customer side for said POS-centric digital imaging system; an omni-directional digital image capturing and processing subsystem disposed in said system housing, for generating a 3D imaging volume adjacent said imaging window; and a cashier/customer terminal integrated within said system housing, for simultaneously supporting (i) cashier product scanning/imaging and checkout operations on said cashier side, and (ii) customer payment and other services on said customer side.

2. The POS-centric digital imaging system of claim 1, wherein said omni-directional digital image capturing and processing subsystem comprises: a plurality of area-type illumination and imaging stations for generating and projecting a plurality of coextensive illumination and imaging zones into said 3D imaging volume, for digitally imaging objects passed therethough and generating digital images thereof; and a digital image processing subsystem for processing said digital images so as to read one or more code symbols graphically encoded within said digital images.

3. The POS-centric digital imaging system of claim 1, wherein said omni-directional digital image capturing and processing subsystem comprises: a plurality of coplanar illumination and imaging stations for generating and projecting a plurality of coplanar illumination and imaging planes into said 3D imaging volume, for digitally imaging objects passed therethough and generating digital images thereof; and a digital image processing subsystem for processing said digital images so as to read one or more code symbols graphically encoded within said digital images.

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