System and method for selectively reading code symbols

A system for reading code symbols, comprising:

• a code-symbol-capturing subsystem configured for:
• detecting a marked region of interest within the code-symbol-capturing subsystem's initial field of view;
• and
• adjusting the code-symbol-capturing subsystem's initial field of view to an adjusted field of view that corresponds to the region of interest;
• and
• acquiring information about code symbols within the code-symbol-capturing subsystem's adjusted field of view that corresponds to the region of interest;
• and
• a code-symbol-decoding processor for processing code-symbol information acquired by the code-symbol-capturing subsystem.

A method for selectively reading code symbols, comprising:

• providing a code symbol reader having a code-symbol-capturing subsystem for acquiring information about code symbols within the code-symbol-capturing subsystem's field of view, and a code-symbol-decoding processor for decoding code-symbols captured by the code-symbol-capturing subsystem;
• detecting a marked region of interest within the code-symbol-capturing subsystem's field of view;
• and
• decoding only those code symbols that are within the marked region of interest.