Patent ID: 9262660
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: G06K

Claim Text:
1. An optical indicia reading terminal comprising: a microprocessor; a memory communicatively coupled to said microprocessor; an image sensor integrated circuit communicatively coupled to said memory, said image sensor integrated circuit including a two-dimensional color image sensor including a plurality of pixels; a housing encapsulating said two-dimensional color image sensor; wherein said image sensor integrated circuit is configured to output a plurality of digital signals, each digital signal of said plurality of digital signals being representative of light incident on at least one pixel of said plurality of pixels; wherein said optical indicia reading terminal is configured to store in said memory a frame of monochrome image data by selectively acquiring a plurality of luminance signals from said plurality of digital signals, each luminance signal of said plurality of luminance signals being representative of a luminance of light incident on at least one pixel of said plurality of pixels; and wherein said optical indicia reading terminal is configured to decode said frame of monochrome image data.