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US 10,242,240 B1Granted
Decoded imaging engine using standard un-decoded engine interface
AssigneeSymbol Technologies, Inc.
InventorChristopher W. Brock
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Abstract
An imaging reader captures and analyzes image data, including raw captured image data, and analyzes that capture image data to decode indicia contained therein. The indicia may be one or more two-dimensional barcodes. A dedicated front-end controller of the imaging reader generates decode data for the indicia and combines the decode data with the image data using a combinational protocol, after which a resulting decode enhanced image data frame is communicated to a host processor for processing.
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An imaging reader comprising:
- a solid-state imager configured to capture return an image of a target over a field of view and configured to generate image data corresponding to the target;
- an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) operatively connected to the solid-state imager to receive the image data of the target from the solid-state imager and to receive capture data indicating system conditions for capturing the image of the target;
- the ASIC being configured to analyze the image data and decode an indicia on the target located in the image and to generate decode data corresponding to the indicia;
- the ASIC being further configured to combine the image data and the decode data into a decode enhanced image frame;
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- the ASIC being further configured to send the decode enhanced image frame in one frame to a host processor operatively connected to the ASIC and configured to process the decode enhanced image frame from the ASIC.
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A method for imaging a target with an imaging reader, the method comprising:
- capturing, in a solid-state imager, an image of the target over a field of view and generating image data corresponding to the target;
- receiving, at an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) operatively connected to the solid-state imager, the image data of the target and capture data indicating system conditions for capturing the image of the target,
- analyzing, at the ASIC, the image data, decoding indicia on the target located in the image, and generating decode data corresponding to the indicia;
- combining, at the ASIC, the image data and the decode data into a decode enhanced image frame;
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- sending, via the ASIC, the decode enhanced image frame in one frame to a host processor operatively connected to the ASIC, the host processor being configured to process the decode enhanced image frame from the ASIC.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.