Patent ID: 8215550
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A method for orienting a hand-held scanning device with respect to a target location, the method comprising: orienting the hand-held scanning device, the orienting comprising setting a location of the hand-held scanning device and setting a direction of the hand-held scanning device; initiating, by the hand-held scanning device, a scan; receiving, by the hand-held scanning device, results of the scan; analyzing the received results of the scan to determine a presence condition of the target location, the presence condition based, at least in part, on the received results of the scan, wherein the presence condition is selected from the group consisting of: presenting to a user interface of the hand-held scanning device, by the hand-held scanning device, an indication of the determined presence condition; and repeating, when necessary, orienting the hand-held scanning device based on an indication, presented by the user interface, of how to re-orient the hand-held scanning device toward the target location, initiating a scan, receiving results of the scan, analyzing the received results, and presenting an indication until the determined presence condition of the target location is presence condition (c) above.