Patent ID: 8740080

Claim:
An imaging reader for imaging symbols of different symbologies and a receipt acknowledgement, comprising: a solid-state imager having an array of image sensors for capturing return light from the symbols of different symbologies and the receipt acknowledgement over a field of view to form a captured image; a controller operatively connected to the imager, and automatically configured for detecting a symbol having a specific symbology for automatically switching in real time without operator interaction between at least two operation modes; and wherein the controller decodes said symbol having said specific symbology and processes the receipt acknowledgement captured in the image in a first mode of operation after the captured image is obtained only if said symbol in the captured image having said specific symbology has been detected and decoded, and wherein the controller further decodes symbols having symbologies different from said specific symbology and does not process the receipt acknowledgement captured in the image in a second mode of operation if said symbol having said specific symbology has not been detected.