Methods and systems for monitoring barcode scanner performance
AssigneeZebra Technologies Corporation
InventorThomas Fitzgerald
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Abstract
A system includes: a barcode scanner configured to: capture a plurality of images corresponding to a field of view of the barcode scanner, each image containing a barcode; for each of the captured images, (i) initiate an attempt to decode the barcode, (ii) generate a set of data associated with the attempt to decode the barcode; and a computing device configured to: obtain the sets of data from the barcode scanner; for each of a plurality of portions of the field of view, generate a performance metric based on at least one of the sets of data from the barcode scanner; and control a display to present the portions of the field of view, each presented portion having a visual indicator selected according to the corresponding performance metric.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a barcode scanner configured to:
- capture a plurality of images corresponding to a field of view of the barcode scanner, each image containing a barcode;
- for each of the captured images, (i) initiate an attempt to decode the barcode, and (ii) generate a set of data associated with the attempt to decode the barcode;
- and
- a computing device configured to:
- obtain the sets of data from the barcode scanner;
- for each of a plurality of portions of the field of view, generate a performance metric based on at least one of the sets of data from the barcode scanner;
- and
- control a display to present the portions of the field of view, each presented portion having a visual indicator selected according to the corresponding performance metric.
A method, comprising:
- obtaining, at a computing device communicatively connected with a barcode scanner, a plurality of sets of data associated with attempts to decode barcodes within a field of view of the barcode scanner;
- for each of a plurality of portions of the field of view, generating a performance metric at the computing device based on at least one of the sets of data from the barcode scanner;
- and
- controlling a display to present the portions of the field of view, each presented portion having a visual indicator selected according to the corresponding performance metric.
A computing device, comprising:
- a communications interface;
- a display;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- obtain, via the communications interface from a barcode scanner, a plurality of sets of data associated with attempts to decode barcodes within a field of view of the barcode scanner;
- for each of a plurality of portions of the field of view, generate a performance metric at the computing device based on at least one of the sets of data from the barcode scanner;
- and
- control the display to present the portions of the field of view, each presented portion having a visual indicator selected according to the corresponding performance metric.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.