Patent ID: 9576169
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: G06K,H04N

Claim:
1. An apparatus comprising: an integrated circuit including at least an image sensor array, wherein the image sensor array includes a plurality of pixels configured to capture image data, wherein the image sensor array is configured to capture the image data in a global shutter mode, and wherein in the global shutter mode all or substantially all of the plurality of pixels are configured to be simultaneously exposed in response to a global control timing pulse; at least one processor connected to the integrated circuit; and at least one memory associated with the at least one processor, the at least one memory including computer program instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, are configured to: search the image data for one or more markers indicating a decodable indicia; apply a decoding algorithm associated with the at least one marker in an instance in which at least one marker of the one or more markers is detected, and wherein the computer program instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, are further configured to extract features from the image data indicative of a texture of the image data.