Patent ID: 8439262

Claim:
A hand held bar code reading apparatus comprising: an imaging assembly including a two dimensional image sensor; a control circuit having an associated memory in communication with said imaging assembly, said bar code reading apparatus being configured to operate in at least a first mode; said bar code reading apparatus being operative so that when in said first mode, said bar code reading apparatus in response to a single actuator of said apparatus being actuated captures a frame of image data corresponding to a field of view of said bar code reading apparatus, decodes a representation of a bar code of said frame to produce a decoded-out message, and creates a formatted file of such format that when said formatted file is subjected to viewing, both an image representation corresponding to the field of view and the decoded-out message are viewed, said bar code reading apparatus further being operative for transmitting said formatted file to an external device, said formatted file further being of such format that when said formatted file is transmitted to an external device, both image data corresponding to the field of view and the decoded-out message are transmitted to said external device.