Patent ID: 7392951
Filing Date: 2008-07-01
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a machine-readable symbol reader, the method comprising: capturing an image of an area encompassed by a field-of-view of the machine-readable symbol reader, the field-of-view encompassing a number of objects; automatically locating a respective object-representation of at least two objects of the number of objects in the image; automatically determining at least in part from the respective object-representation of the at least two objects that at least one of the number of objects is a respective object of interest; automatically producing at least one indicia in the form of light reflected from a reflector of the machine-readable symbol reader; and after determining at least in part from the respective object-representation of the at least two objects that at least one of the number of objects is a repective object of interest, selectively projecting in accordance with a respective rank of a respective object of interest at least one indicia in the form of light reflected from the reflector toward a respective region-of-interest in a respective sub-area of the area encompassed by the field-of-view of the machine-readable symbol reader which is associated with the respective object of interest of the at least one object of interest such that light reflected from the reflector illuminates at least a portion of the respective region-of-interest.