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US 2022/0067317 A1Published application
Apparatus having hybrid monochrome and color image sensor array
AssigneeHand Held Products, Inc.
InventorYnjiun P. WANG
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Abstract
There is provided in one embodiment an apparatus having an image sensor array. In one embodiment, the image sensor array can include monochrome pixels and color sensitive pixels. The monochrome pixels can be pixels without wavelength selective color filter elements. The color sensitive pixels can include wavelength selective color filter elements.
Claims29
A bar code reading apparatus, the bar code reading apparatus comprising:
- a first image sensor array, the first image sensor array being a two-dimensional (2D) CMOS image sensor array comprising a first plurality of pixels, wherein the first plurality of pixels are disposed in a plurality of rows, the first plurality of pixels being operable in a global shutter mode of operation, wherein each pixel of the first plurality of pixels comprises a photodetector and an opaque optical shield, wherein the opaque optical shield is configured to shield one or more components of the first image sensor array, such that the photodetector is configured to be exposed to light in the global shutter mode of operation without the light causing modulation of charges stored in the one or more other components;
- a first imaging lens associated with the first image sensor array;
- a first illumination source associated with the first image sensor array;
- a second image sensor array, the second image sensor array being a pixel array having a plurality of second pixels;
- a second imaging lens associated with the second image sensor array;
- a second illumination source associated with the second image sensor array;
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- a memory storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, configure the bar code reading apparatus to:
- capture one or more frames of image data using at least one of the first image sensor array and the second image sensor array;
- and
- decode one or more decodable indicia, in the one or more frames of image data.
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A bar code reading apparatus, the bar code reading apparatus comprising:
- a color display;
- wherein the color display further comprises a graphical user interface with virtual selectable buttons;
- a radio frequency communication interface, wherein the radio frequency communication interface is operable to communicate via at least one of Bluetooth, 802.11, and GSM/GPRS;
- a first image sensor array, the first image sensor array being a two-dimensional (2D) CMOS image sensor array comprising a first plurality of pixels, wherein the first plurality of pixels are disposed in a plurality of rows, the first plurality of pixels being operable in a global shutter mode of operation, wherein each pixel of the first plurality of pixels comprises a photodetector and an opaque optical shield, wherein the opaque optical shield is configured to shield one or more components of the first image sensor array, such that the photodetector is configured to be exposed to light in the global shutter mode of operation without the light causing modulation of charges stored in the one or more other components;
- a first imaging lens associated with the first image sensor array;
- a first illumination source associated with the first image sensor array;
- a second image sensor array;
- a second imaging lens associated with the second image sensor array;
- a second illumination source associated with the second image sensor array;
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- a memory storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, configure the bar code reading apparatus to:
- capture one or more frames of image data using at least one of the first image sensor array and the second image sensor array;
- and
- decode one or more decodable indicia, in the one or more frames of image data.
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A bar code reading apparatus, the bar code reading apparatus comprising:
- a color display, wherein the color display further comprises a graphical user interface with virtual selectable buttons;
- a radio frequency communication interface, wherein the radio frequency communication interface is operable to communicate via at least one of Bluetooth, 802.11, and GSM/GPRS;
- a first image sensor array, the first image sensor array being a two-dimensional (2D) CMOS image sensor array comprising a first plurality of pixels, wherein the first plurality of pixels are disposed in a plurality of rows, the first plurality of pixels being operable in a global shutter mode of operation, wherein each pixel of the first plurality of pixels comprises a photodetector and an opaque optical shield, wherein the opaque optical shield is configured to shield one or more components of the first image sensor array, such that the photodetector is configured to be exposed to light in the global shutter mode of operation without the light causing modulation of charges stored in the one or more other components;
- a first imaging lens associated with the first image sensor array;
- a first illumination source associated with the first image sensor array;
- a second image sensor array;
- a second imaging lens associated with the second image sensor array;
- a second illumination source associated with the second image sensor array;
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- a memory storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, configure the bar code reading apparatus to:
- capture one or more frames of image data using at least one of the first image sensor array and the second image sensor array;
- and
- decode one or more decodable indicia, in the one or more frames of image data.
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A bar code reading apparatus, the bar code reading apparatus comprising:
- a color display, wherein the color display further comprises a graphical user interface with virtual selectable buttons;
- a radio frequency communication interface, wherein the radio frequency communication interface is operable to communicate via at least one of Bluetooth, 802.11, and GSM/GPRS;
- a first image sensor array, the first image sensor array being a two-dimensional (2D) CMOS image sensor array comprising a first plurality of pixels, wherein the first plurality of pixels are disposed in a plurality of rows, the first plurality of pixels being operable in a global shutter mode of operation, wherein each pixel of the first plurality of pixels comprises a photodetector and an opaque optical shield, wherein the opaque optical shield is configured to shield one or more components of the first image sensor array, such that the photodetector is configured to be exposed to light in the global shutter mode of operation without the light causing modulation of charges stored in the one or more other components;
- a first imaging lens associated with the first image sensor array;
- a first illumination source associated with the first image sensor array;
- a second image sensor array;
- a second imaging lens associated with the second image sensor array;
- a second illumination source associated with the second image sensor array;
- a processor that implements a multitasking operation system;
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- a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the bar code reading apparatus to:
- capture one or more frames of image data using at least one of the first image sensor array and the second image sensor array;
- and
- decode one or more decodable indicia, in the one or more frames of image data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.