The device for the acquisition and automatic processing of data obtained from optical codes comprises a CMOS optical sensor; an analog processing unit connected to the optical sensor; an analog/digital conversion unit connected to the analog processing unity; a logic control unit connected to the CMOS optical sensor, the analog processing unit and the analog/digital conversion unit; and a data-processing unit connected to the logic control unit and the analog/digital conversion unit. The CMOS optical sensor and at least one of the analog processing, analog/digital conversion, logic control and data processing units are integrated in a single chip. The data processing unit processes the digital signals corresponding to the image acquired by the CMOS sensor and extracts the optically coded data.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of and claims priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/247,681 filed Sep. 20, 2002, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/432,105 filed Nov. 2, 1999, which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,512,218 issued Jan 28, 2003, the entirety of each of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein. This application is also a continuation of and claims priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/816,908 filed Apr. 5, 2004, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,102,116, entirety of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/247,681.
