Patent ID: 8146822

Claim:
A multi-imaging scanner for imaging indicia located on target objects, the multi-imaging scanner comprising: a housing supporting one or more transparent windows and defining an interior region comprising one or more cameras for imaging indicia on target objects as the target objects approach a desired range of the multi-imaging scanner; a sensor array associated with each of the one or more cameras for capturing a series of frames within a respective field of view of each of said one or more cameras; and a processor coupled to said one or more cameras for imaging and decoding the indicia on said target objects captured in said frames by said one or more cameras, said frames comprising a first frame having a first pre-set exposure time and a second frame having a second pre-set exposure time such that first and second pre-set exposure times are of different duration, wherein at least one of the first pre-set exposure time and the second pre-set exposure time is based on a light transmission efficiency of the one or more transparent windows; and wherein said one or more transparent windows comprise an indication source as to the composition of the glass forming the window such that said processor evaluates said indication source to selectively elect said first or second pre-set exposure time from a pick list.