Digital watermark enabled scanner with white illumination source

A barcode scanning platform having a field of view (FOV) and for decoding watermark and non-watermark barcodes in the FOV, the barcode scanning platform comprising:

• a housing;
• a light source positioned at least partially within the housing and configured to emit output light such that the output light provides a white or off-white appearance to a user;
• an imaging assembly positioned at least partially within the housing, having the FOV, and disposed along an imaging axis to receive reflected light from at least one barcode in the FOV, the at least one barcode being illuminated by the output light emitted by the light source and the imaging assembly including:
• an optical element, disposed along the imaging axis of the imaging assembly to receive the reflected light from the at least one barcode, and
• a filtering element, disposed to receive at least a subset of the reflected light, the filtering element configured to transmit a first portion of the subset of the reflected light as filtered light and absorb a second portion of the subset of the reflected light, the filtered light having a wavelength of at least 600 nm;
• a monochrome sensor positioned at least partially within the housing and disposed to receive the filtered light and to generate image data based on receiving the filtered light;
• and
• a microprocessor and computer-readable media positioned at least partially within the housing and storing machine readable instructions, the microprocessor configured to:
• responsive to detecting a finder pattern indicating that the at least one barcode is associated with a non-watermark barcode process at least a first subset of the image data using a first decode operation configured to decode the non-watermark barcode to obtain a first decoded payload;
• and
• responsive to detecting a finder pattern indicating that the at least one barcode is associated with a watermark barcode, process at least a second subset of the image data using a second decode operation configured to decode the watermark barcode to obtain a second decoded payload.

An imaging device for imaging a digital watermark, the imaging device comprising:

• a light source configured to emit an output light pulse and comprising three illumination sources that each emit a distinct wavelength at a respective predetermined intensity, such that a combined output of the three illumination sources causes the output light pulse to provide a white or off-white appearance to a user;
• an imaging assembly having a field of view (FOV) and disposed along an imaging axis to receive reflected light from the digital watermark in the FOV, the digital watermark being illuminated by the output light pulse, and the imaging assembly including:
• an optical element, disposed along the imaging axis of the imaging assembly to receive the reflected light from an object, and
• a filtering element, disposed to receive at least a subset of the reflected light, the filtering element configured to transmit a first portion of the subset of the reflected light as filtered light and absorb a second portion of the subset of the reflected light, the filtered light having a wavelength of at least 600 nm;
• a monochrome sensor disposed to receive the filtered light and to generate image data based on receiving the filtered light;
• and
• a microprocessor and computer-readable media storing machine readable instructions, the microprocessor configured to:
• responsive to detecting a finder pattern associated with the digital watermark, process at least a subset of the image data using a decode operation configured to decode the digital watermark to obtain a decoded payload.