Patent ID: 8561906

Claim:
A method for reading a selected one out of a plurality of optical codes present in a scan region, using a data reader, comprising the steps of: by operation of the data reader, projecting a visible aiming pattern into the scan region; by operation of a user, aligning the aiming pattern onto a selected first optical code; by operation of the data reader: acquiring a two-dimensional image of the entire scan region into a sensor array, the image including the entire first optical code and an entire second optical code; processing the image of the scan region to locate both the first and second optical codes at any position(s) within the scan region; determining if the aiming pattern intersects either one of the first and second optical codes; if the aiming pattern is determined by the data reader to intersect the first optical code and to not intersect the second optical code, acknowledging and transmitting data acquired from the first optical code and not acknowledging and not transmitting data acquired from the second optical code; decoding the data acquired, wherein the step of decoding occurs to determining if the aiming pattern intersects the first optical code.