WO2002093458A3 - Optical reader having a plurality of imaging modes - Google Patents

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WO2002093458A3
WO2002093458A3 PCT/US2002/015095 US0215095W WO02093458A3 WO 2002093458 A3 WO2002093458 A3 WO 2002093458A3 US 0215095 W US0215095 W US 0215095W WO 02093458 A3 WO02093458 A3 WO 02093458A3
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K7/00—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns
    • G06K7/10—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation
    • G06K7/10544—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation by scanning of the records by radiation in the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum
    • G06K7/10821—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation by scanning of the records by radiation in the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum further details of bar or optical code scanning devices
    • G06K7/10851—Circuits for pulse shaping, amplifying, eliminating noise signals, checking the function of the sensing device
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K7/00—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns
    • G06K7/10—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation
    • G06K7/10544—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation by scanning of the records by radiation in the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum
    • G06K7/10821—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation by scanning of the records by radiation in the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum further details of bar or optical code scanning devices
    • G06K7/10881—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation by scanning of the records by radiation in the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum further details of bar or optical code scanning devices constructional details of hand-held scanners
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K7/00—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns
    • G06K7/10—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation
    • G06K7/14—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation using light without selection of wavelength, e.g. sensing reflected white light

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The present invention is an imaging device which in one embodiment is equipped with decode functionality and is configured to operate in at least one of four user selected modes. In a first, 'message only' mode, the device stores a decoded-out message corresponding to a decodable indicia. In a second, 'image only' mode, the device stores an image representation of a scene. In a third, 'image plus message' mode the device stores an image representation comprising a representation of a decodable symbol and decoded-out message data decoded from the decodable indicia, or data corresponding to the same. In the fourth, 'two-step message and image' mode, the device is controlled to capture an image a first time for decoding a decodable indicia and a second time for capturing an image.
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JP2002590059A JP2005512164A (en) 2001-05-15 2002-05-14 Optical reader having a plurality of imaging modes
DE60212960T DE60212960T2 (en) 2001-05-15 2002-05-14 METHOD FOR OPERATING AN OPTICAL READER WITH A MULTIPLE OF IMAGE CAPTION MODES
EP02736788A EP1388118B1 (en) 2001-05-15 2002-05-14 Method for operating an optical reader having a plurality of imaging modes
AU2002309767A AU2002309767A1 (en) 2001-05-15 2002-05-14 Optical reader having a plurality of imaging modes

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US09/858,163 US7111787B2 (en) 2001-05-15 2001-05-15 Multimode image capturing and decoding optical reader
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US10/143,158 US6942151B2 (en) 2001-05-15 2002-05-10 Optical reader having decoding and image capturing functionality

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