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The answer depends on how exactly you define "scanner". The pantelegraph,developed by Giovanni Caselli and used commercially in the 1860s, is generally considered first such device for practical use. It worked a bit like a FAX machine, using electromagnetic components to scan and reproduce images. However, it only transmitted what a person was writing or drawing.
The credit for the first image scanning and transmission device probably goes to the Belinograph in 1913; it eventually formed the basis for AT&T's "Wirephoto" service used in the 20's and 30's.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe first scanner was the sending part of the first general-purpose fax, invented in 1881 by Shelford Bidwell.
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∙ 9y agoThe image scanner was invented by Ray Kurzweil. Kurzweil, who is also an author of many books, currently works at Google as a director of engineering.
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∙ 12y agoThe first image scanner was invented 1997.
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∙ 12y agoThe first bar code scanner was invented in 1948 by two men, Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver. They applied for a patent on the scanner in 1949, and the patent was awarded in 1952.
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∙ 11y agoThey were invented in the early 1980s and were in stores all over the country by the mid 1980s. They made things much easier for cashiers and much faster for computer processing on all items.
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Which year were bar code scanners invented?
invented in 1952
Is americium used in bar code scanners?
Americium is not used in bar code scanners.
When were bar codes scanners used?
The use of bar code scanners exploded in the 70s as the technology quickly spread to retail outlets.
Are bar code scanners available to the public?
"Bar Code scanners are available to the public. In fact, a bar code scanner application is standard fare on smart phones or phones with a camera and internet connection, and often come pre-installed."
Can someone buy a bar code reader online?
Bar code scanners can definitely be bought online. Some websites specialize in selling these scanners. They cost anywhere from 40 dollars to over 600 dollars.
Is there a good company in Oklahoma who sells bar code Scanners?
You can try DKData, they have Barcoding Equipment, Handheld Scanners, even RFIDs
Is a bar code scanner also called a handheld scanner?
There are handheld bar code scanners, so a handheld bar code scanner is a bar code scanner, but a bar code scanner is not necessarily a handheld scanner. There are bar code scanners in store checkout stands that are fixed, and there may or may not be an associated handheld scanner there for the clerk to use to scan, say, a large bag of dog food that the customer doesn't want to hoist up onto the counter.
How does one install a bar code reader into a Android?
Different bar code readers can be installed using Google's Play Store. The store offers a wide range of bar code scanners such as "Bar code Scanner from ZXing Team or Google's own implementation of a qr/bar code reader : Google Goggles.
How do the lines on a bar code and a scanner of bar codes work?
Most bar codes you will see on consumer products have the numbers below. A Bar code is a way of making information readable to a machine. It does this, similar to morse code, by encoding normal letters and numbers as patterns of thick and thin black lines. The purpose of the bar code is to tightly control the comparison between the thick and thin lines, and the space in between, so that the pattern has a high chance of being read correctly. Every letter in the alphabet has a corresponding bar code character, when the bar code reader scans the bar code its electronics translate the bar code into the letters, and send these letters in machine code to the computer. Some bar code readers use what is called a "wedge" - they are plugged in between the keyboard and the computer, and send signals into the keyboard port of the computer exactly as if the operator had typed in the numbers on the bar code.
What are the uses of bar code scanners?
Keep black people in Jails around New York area
Why was bar code invented?
to be scanned
Does a bar code scanner give me the price?
Most bar code scanners will give you the price of an item , but if you are shopping and find one that does not , the price will come up at the checkout when you plug the scanner in .
