Patent ID: 9361496
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: G06K

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for audibly guiding a user to a selected barcode symbol from an array of barcode symbols, comprising: a handheld housing successively aimable by the user at successive barcode symbols in the array; a trigger supported by the housing and manually actuatable between an aiming state and a reading state; an imaging assembly supported by the housing, and operative for capturing over a field of view an image of each one of the successive barcode symbols at which the housing is successively aimed; an auditory annunciator supported by the housing; and a controller operative, in the aiming state of the trigger, for processing the image to detect when each successive barcode symbol in the array of barcode symbols moves across the center of the field of view as the field of view moving among the array of barcode symbols and for responsively controlling the annunciator to generate an audible aiming sound for each detected barcode symbol obtained from said processing the image before manually actuating the trigger to a reading state to decode the selected barcode symbol, and the controller being further operative, in the reading state of the trigger, for transmitting away from the housing data indicative of a processed image of the selected barcode symbol.