Patent ID: 8833660
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for reading a target by image capture, comprising: a housing; a window supported by the housing; a solid-state monochrome imager supported by the housing and having an array of light sensors looking at a field of view that extends through the window to the target, and operative for capturing return light from the target to be read, and for generating an output data stream in a monochrome format having a plurality of slots containing pixel data indicative of an image of the target; a controller for controlling the monochrome imager and having a color video input for receiving the output data stream in a color format different from the monochrome format; and a converter circuit for formatting the output data stream to have additional slots to convert the monochrome format into the color format, for receiving auxiliary pixel data related to the image of the target, for inserting the auxiliary pixel data into the additional slots, and for processing both the pixel data and the auxiliary pixel data to enhance the reading of the target.