Patent ID: 11968441
Assignee: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A camera assembly, comprising:
a camera having a field of view (FOV);
an energy storage device;
an energy collector, configured to charge the energy storage device;
a wireless communications interface;
a controller configured to:
(i) detect a capture initiation condition;
(ii) in response to detecting the capture initiation condition, control the camera to capture an image; and
(iii) control the wireless communications interface to transmit the image; and

a housing supporting the camera, the energy storage device, the energy collector, the wireless communications interface, and the controller;
wherein the housing is configured for coupling to a first support structure to direct the FOV of the camera towards a second support structure supporting a plurality of items;
wherein the controller is configured to detect the capture initiation condition by:
selecting one of a plurality of transmission windows; and
determining that a current time corresponds to the selected transmission window;

wherein the controller is configured to select the transmission window by:
capturing an initial image;
determining a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) value from the initial image; and
selecting the transmission window based on the CRC value.