US Patent Issued to SICK on May 12 for "Reading apparatus for a contactless readout of information on objects and methods for safeguarding such a reading apparatus" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,626,075, issued on May 12, was assigned to SICK AG (Waldkirch, Germany).

"Reading apparatus for a contactless readout of information on objects and methods for safeguarding such a reading apparatus" was invented by Frank Schutz (Rheinhausen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reading apparatus for a contactless readout of information on objects that can be guided past the reading apparatus, wherein the reading apparatus has a data processing unit, a scanner unit, a communication unit, a contact recognition unit, and a housing. The contact recognition unit is configured to recognize contacts with the housing of the reading apparatus....