Patent ID: 9141842
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A method for generating image data using a data reader having an imager with multiple fields of view, the method comprising: directing a first field of view of the imager along a first path; directing a second field of view of the imager along a second path; illuminating, via a first illumination source, the first field of view of the data reader with a first series of illumination pulses at a first pulse repetition rate; capturing at the imager a sequence of images at an image capture rate and in an alternating manner with a first set of images of the first field of view and a second set of images of the second field of view and wherein the first pulse repetition rate and the image capture rate are set such that the imager captures the first set of images during the first illumination source illuminating the first field of view with an illumination pulse; and in response to receiving a request to capture images of one of the first and second illuminated fields of view, causing the imager to capture images of the one of the first and second illuminated fields of view without capturing images of the other one of the first and second illuminated fields of view.