# US 7,609,193 B2 · Method and system for a configurable communications interface > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,609,193 B2 - Document ID: US7609193B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/957,054 - Filed: 2007-12-14 - Published: 2009-06-18 - Granted: 2009-10-27 - Earliest claimed: 2007-12-14 - Assignees: Symbol Technologies, Inc. - Inventors: Gary Schneider; James Giebel; Peter Fazekas; Dariusz Madej - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7609193B2 ## CPC - H03M 1/0678: {using additional components or elements, e.g. dummy components} - G06K 7/10851: {Circuits for pulse shaping, amplifying, eliminating noise signals, checking the function of the sensing device (basic electronic circuitry H03)} - H03M 1/12: Analogue/digital converters ({H03M1/001 – } H03M1/10 take precedence) - H03M: CODING; DECODING; CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL (using fluidic means F15C4/00; optical analogue/digital converters G02F7/00; coding, decoding or code conversion, specially adapted for particular applications, see the relevant subclasses, e.g. G01D, G01R, G06F, G06T, G09G, G10L, G11B, G11C, H04B, H04L, H04M, H04N; ciphering or deciphering for cryptography or other purposes involving the need for secrecy G09C) - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS ## Abstract An electronic device having a receiver generating an analog signal from collected image data, a digitizer generating a digital signal from the analog signal and a micro-controller receiving the analog signal and the digital signal and generating a corrected digital signal, wherein the device outputs one of the digital signal and the corrected digital signal. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device, comprising: a receiver generating an analog signal from collected image data; a digitizer generating a digital signal from the analog signal; and a micro-controller receiving the analog signal and the digital signal and generating a corrected digital signal, wherein the electronic device selects for output one of the digital signal and the corrected digital signal, wherein the digital signal and the corrected digital signal are an un-decoded digital signal and an un-decoded corrected digital signal, respectively. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, further comprising: a switch, wherein a state of the switch corresponds to the output of the one of the digital signal and the corrected digital signal. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the micro-controller controls the state of the switch. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the micro-controller includes an adjustable system clock, the micro-controller adjusting the system clock based on the output of the one of the digital signal and the corrected digital signal. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the micro-controller includes an analog to digital converter (ADC) sampling the analog signal. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the micro-controller further includes digital signal processing (DSP) components receiving input from the ADC and the digital signal, the DSP components generating the corrected signal. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the analog signal is an analog bar pattern signal corresponding to a scanned bar code. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the digital signal corresponding to the analog bar pattern signal is compressed in time. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the digital signal is a digital bar pattern signal corresponding to a scanned bar code. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising: an analog peak detector (APD) detecting peaks in the analog signal. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the micro-controller controls settings of other components of the device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the settings is one of a sensitivity of the digitizer and a bandwidth of the receiver. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the analog signal corresponds to a single scan line and the digitizer includes a plurality of digitizers generating a plurality of digital signals corresponding to a number of the plurality of digitizers. ### Claim 14 A method, comprising: generating an analog signal from collected image data; generating a digital signal from the analog signal; correcting the digital signal; and selecting for output one of the digital signal and the corrected digital signal, wherein the digital signal and the corrected digital signal are an un-decoded digital signal and an un-decoded corrected digital signal, respectively. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising: selecting a state of a switch, wherein the state of the switch corresponds to the output of the one of the digital signal and the corrected digital signal. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising: adjusting a system clock based on the output of the one of the digital signal and the corrected digital signal. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein correcting the digital signal includes sampling the analog signal. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the analog signal is an analog bar pattern signal corresponding to a scanned bar code. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the digital signal is a digital bar pattern signal corresponding to a scanned bar code. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein correcting the digital signal includes detecting peaks in the analog signal. ### Claim 21 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising: setting a sensitivity of a digitizer based on one of the analog signal and the digital signal. ### Claim 22 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising: setting a bandwidth of a receiver based on one of the analog signal and the digital signal. ### Claim 23 An electronic device, comprising: a means for generating an analog signal from collected image data; a means for generating a digital signal from the analog signal; a means for receiving the analog signal and the digital signal and generating a corrected digital signal, wherein the electronic device selects for output one of the digital signal and the corrected digital signal, wherein the digital signal and the corrected digital signal are an un-decoded digital signal and an un-decoded corrected digital signal, respectively.