Patent ID: 7492493

Claim:
A bar code reading device for reading a bar code symbol disposed within an area, said bar code reading device comprising: an imaging assembly comprising a two dimensional image sensor having a plurality of pixels, said plurality of pixels formed in a plurality of rows of pixels, said imaging assembly having optics focusing an image onto said image sensor, wherein there is a maximum number of pixels of said image sensor from which image data can be read out from when said bar code reading device is operated to read said bar code symbol; and a user interface enabling an operator to select between a first and a second alternative operating state, said bar code reading device being configured to attempt to decode a bar code symbol represented in captured image data captured by said bar code reading device whether said first operating state or said alternative operating state is active; wherein said bar code reading device, when said first operating state is active is restricted from reading out image data corresponding to said maximum number of pixels of said image sensor; wherein said bar code reading device, when said alternative operating state is active is capable of reading out said maximum number of pixels of said image sensor.