ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,858, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Hand Held Products Inc (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Imaging reader with dual imager scan engine with single illumination system" was invented by Timothy Good (Indian Land, S.C.) and Gennady Germaine (Cherry Hill, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an optical assembly comprising a first imaging sensor having a first field of view (FOV) and a first scanning range, a second imaging sensor having a second FOV greater than the first FOV and a second scanning range less than the first scanning range, and an illumination system comprising a single illumination light source and a ...