Patent ID: 8083147

Claim:
An arrangement for controlling image exposure in an imaging reader for reading symbols, comprising: an illuminating light assembly supported by the reader for illuminating a symbol with illumination light; a solid-state imager supported by the reader and having an array of image sensors for capturing return light from the symbol over a field of view; a controller operatively connected to the illuminating light assembly and the imager, for successively exposing the imager over a first exposure time period to capture the return light from, and to optimally image, a first area of the symbol, and over a second exposure time period to capture the return light from, and to optimally image, a second area of the symbol, the first and the second areas having different light intensity levels, the first and the second exposure time periods being different in duration, and the controller being operative for combining the optimally imaged first and second areas to read the symbol; and wherein the controller stitches the optimally imaged first and second areas together.