Patent ID: 11922270
Assignee: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for locating barcodes, the method comprising:
obtaining a color digital image using, directly or indirectly, an image sensor, wherein the color digital image includes a plurality of pixels represented by respective ones of a plurality of luminance components and respective ones of a plurality of color components;
determining, based on the plurality of luminance components, a plurality of barcode indicative characteristics for respective ones of a plurality of regions of the color digital image;
determining, based on the plurality of color components, a plurality of color content amounts for respective ones of the plurality of regions;
identifying one or more regions of the plurality of regions that have their respective color content amount satisfy a first criteria, and their respective barcode indicative characteristic satisfy a second criteria; and
processing at least some image data corresponding to each of the one or more regions of the color digital image to attempt to identify one or more barcodes in the color digital image.