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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 10009054', 'Application No. 02', 'Application No. 02', 'Application No. 02723063', 'Application No. 02723063', 'Application No. 06015349', 'Application No. 02723063', 'Application No. 06015349', 'Application No. 2002']

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A method for decoding a decodable symbol using an optical reader having a 2D image sensor that is configured to operate in a partial frame capture operating mode. In a partial frame operating mode, the reader clocks out and captures at least one partial frame of image data having image data corresponding...http://www.google.fr/patents/US8702000?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US8702000 - Reading apparatus having partial frame operating mode
Numéro de publication US8702000 B2
Numéro de demande US 13/892,921
Autre référence de publication DE60213559D1, DE60213559T2, DE60237553D1, EP1354291A2, EP1354291B1, EP1717728A1, EP1717728B1, EP2249284A2, EP2249284A3, EP2249284B1, US8439264, US20090032597, US20130248605, US20140299665, WO2002063543A2, WO2002063543A3
Numéro de publication 13892921, 892921, US 8702000 B2, US 8702000B2, US-B2-8702000, US8702000 B2, US8702000B2
Citations de brevets (289), Citations hors brevets (42), Référencé par (102), Classifications (11), Événements juridiques (1)
US 8702000 B2
1. A reading apparatus for reading decodable indicia disposed within an area, the reading apparatus comprising:
wherein the reading apparatus is adapted to enable an operator to select between a first user selected operating state and an alternative user selected operating state, the reading apparatus being adapted for attempting to decode decodable indicia represented in a frame of image data captured using the two dimensional image sensor whether the first user selected operating state or the alternative user selected operating state is active;
wherein the reading apparatus is adapted to clock out image data corresponding to pixels of the two dimensional image sensor whether the first user selected operating state or the alternative user selected operating state is active;
wherein with the first user selected operating state active, the reading apparatus is adapted for capturing a partial frame of image data and for attempting to decode decodable indicia represented in the partial frame of image data, the reading apparatus not being adapted for capturing a full frame of image data with the first user selected operating state active;
wherein with the alternative user selected operating state active, the reading apparatus is adapted for capturing a full frame of image data and attempting to decode decodable indicia in the full frame of image data.
2. The reading apparatus of claim 1, wherein the reading apparatus incorporates a hand graspable housing.
3. The reading apparatus of claim 1, wherein the reading apparatus includes a menu symbol reading system configured for enabling said operator to select between a first user selected operating state and an alternative user selected operating state.
4. The reading apparatus of claim 1, wherein the reading apparatus includes a GUI configured for enabling said operator to select between a first user selected operating state and an alternative user selected operating state.
5. The reading apparatus of claim 1, wherein the reading apparatus is adapted to subject an adjacent set of pixels of the two dimensional image sensor array to clock out for capture of a frame of image data for processing to attempt to decode the decodable indicia whether the first user selected operating state or the alternative operating state is active.
6. The reading apparatus of claim 1, wherein the number of pixels subject to clock out for capture of a frame of image data for processing to attempt to decode the decodable indicia increases between frames when the alternative user selected operating state is active.
7. The reading apparatus of claim 1, wherein pixels subject to clock out with the alternative user selected operating state active include each pixel of the two dimensional image sensor.
8. The reading apparatus of claim 1, wherein the reading apparatus when operating in the first user selected operating state clocks out image data corresponding to a set of pixels of the image sensor defining a linear pattern.
9. The reading apparatus of claim 1, wherein the reading apparatus when operating in the first user selected operating state clocks out image data corresponding to a set of pixels of the two dimensional image sensor at or near a center of the two dimensional image sensor defining a horizontally oriented linear pattern.
10. The reading apparatus of claim 1, wherein the reading apparatus when operating in the first user selected operating state clocks out image data corresponding to a set of pixels of the two dimensional image sensor defining a linear pattern, the linear pattern having a plurality of spaced apart lines.
11. The reading apparatus of claim 1, wherein the reading apparatus when operating in the first user selected operating state clocks out image data corresponding to a set of pixels defining a linear pattern, the linear pattern having a plurality of angularly offset lines.
12. The reading apparatus of claim 1, wherein the reading apparatus when operating in the alternative user selected operating state is further adapted to control the two dimensional image sensor for capture of partial frame of image data corresponding to electrical signals representing less than all of the pixels of the two dimensional image sensor.
13. The reading apparatus of claim 1, wherein the reading apparatus when operating in the alternative user selected operating state is adapted to control the two dimensional image sensor so that the full frame of image data corresponds to electrical signals representing each pixel of the two dimensional image sensor.
This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/249,742, filed Oct. 10, 2008, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/637,231, filed Dec. 11, 2006, (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,270,273) which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/651,298 filed Aug. 28, 2003, (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,270,273) which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/766,806, filed Jan. 22, 2001, (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,637,658). The aforesaid U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/249,742 is also a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/895,803, filed Aug. 27, 2007 which is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/766,922, filed Jan. 22, 2001 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,268,924). Each of the above applications is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
FIGS. 2 b through 2 g show examples of types of housings in which the present invention may be incorporated. FIGS. 2 b-2 g show 1D/2D optical readers 10-1, 10-2 and 10-3. Housing 12 of each of the optical readers 10-1 through 10-3 is adapted to be graspable by a human hand and has incorporated therein at least one trigger switch 74 for activating image capture and decoding and/or image capture and character recognition operations. Readers 10-1 and 10-2 include hard-wired communication links 79 for communication with external devices such as other data collection devices or a host processor, while reader 10-3 includes an antenna 80 for providing wireless communication device or a host processor. In addition to the above elements, readers 10-2 and 10-3 each include a display 82 for displaying information to a user and a keyboard 78 for enabling a user to input commands and data into the reader.
Any one of the readers described with reference to FIGS. 2 b through 2 g may be mounted in a stationary position as is illustrated in FIG. 2 h showing a generic optical reader 10 docked in a scan stand 90. Scan stand 90 adapts portable optical reader 10 for presentation mode scanning In a presentation mode, reader 10 is held in a stationary position and an indicia bearing article is moved across the field of view of reader 10.
In the examples illustrated with reference to FIGS. 4 f and 4 g an optical reader operating in a partial frame clock out mode clocks out electrical signals corresponding to nonlinear groupings of pixels. It is useful to cause a reader to clock out electrical signals corresponding to pixel groupings as shown in FIGS. 4 f and 4 g when a reader will be used to decode symbols which are expected to be within a certain position in an image sensor's field of view.
Any one of the readers described with reference to FIGS. 5 b-5 g may be mounted in a stationary position as is illustrated in FIG. 5 h showing a generic optical reader 110 docked in a scan stand 190. Scan stand 190 adapts portable optical reader 110 for presentation mode scanning In a presentation mode, reader 110 is held in a stationary position and an indicia bearing article is moved across the field of view of reader 110.
In the examples illustrated with reference to FIGS. 6 e, 6 f and 6 g an optical reader operating in a partial frame clock out mode clocks out electrical signals corresponding to nonlinear groupings of pixels. It is useful to cause a reader to clock out electrical signals corresponding to pixel groupings as shown in FIGS. 6 e, 6 f and 6 g when a reader will be used to decode symbols which are expected to be within a certain position in an image sensor's field of view.
Any one of the readers described with reference to FIGS. 7 b-7 g may be mounted in a stationary position as is illustrated in FIG. 7 h showing a generic optical reader 1110 docked in a scan stand 1190. Scan stand 1190 adapts portable optical reader 1110 for presentation mode scanning In a presentation mode, reader 1110 is held in a stationary position and an indicium-bearing article is moved across the field of view of reader 1110. By comparison, in a hand-held mode, the reader 1110 is manually positioned so that the 2D imager can view an encoded indicium within a target area of the reader.
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Classification aux États-Unis 235/462.01, 235/462.15, 235/462.12, 235/462.09, 235/454, 235/462.45
Classification internationale G06T1/00, G06K7/10
Classification coopérative G06K7/10821, G06K7/10752, G06K7/10722