Patent ID: 8322617

Claim:
A method of processing an optical code within a scan volume of a data reader, comprising the steps of: acquiring, via the data reader, scan data including an image or scan of an optical code located within the scan volume of the data reader, the scan volume having associated therewith a configurable exclusion zone that includes a first exclusion parameter defining a minimum amount of optical code overlap with the exclusion zone required to reject the optical code; processing the scan data for decodable data corresponding to the optical code; determining an extent to which the optical code overlaps with the exclusion zone; determining whether the extent to which the optical code overlaps with the exclusion zone meets or exceeds the minimum amount of optical code overlap defined by the first exclusion parameter; and if the extent to which the optical code overlaps with the exclusion zone does not meet or exceed the minimum amount of optical code overlap defined by the first exclusion parameter, reporting the acceptance of the optical code.