Patent ID: 7025272

Claim:
An optical code reader system for imaging a target object during an imaging operation, said optical code reader system comprising: imaging circuitry having an array of photo sensing devices capable of sensing light incident on the array and outputting a plurality of pixel signals corresponding to the sensed light; at least one processor for receiving and processing signals of the plurality of pixel signals; an analysis software module including programmable instructions executable by the at least one processor for analyzing the received signals and determining if the analyzing results meet a predetermined condition; a data path having a plurality of signal paths along which respective pixel signals of the plurality of pixel signals are propagated upon propagation from the imaging circuitry to the at least one processor; selector circuitry for selectively enabling selected signal paths of the plurality of signal paths for allowing propagation of signals of the respective pixel signals only along the enabled signal paths; and a selector control module for generating at least one control signal for controlling the selector circuitry for initially enabling a first subset of signal paths of the plurality of signal paths, and enabling a second subset of signal paths of the plurality of signal paths when the predetermined condition is met.