Indicia reading terminal having spatial measurement functionality

An indicia reading terminal comprising:

• an image sensor having a plurality of pixels formed in a plurality of rows and columns of pixels, wherein said indicia reading terminal has a field of view;
• an imaging lens focusing an image of a article within said field of view onto said image sensor;
• a light generating assembly projecting at least a first light formation onto said article for determining a distance of said indicia reading terminal to said article, said first light formation being projected onto said article within said field of view of said indicia reading terminal;
• wherein said indicia reading terminal is operable in a spatial measurement mode of operation in which said indicia reading terminal determines a distance of said indicia reading terminal to said article;
• wherein said indicia reading terminal, when operating in said spatial measurement mode of operation processes a frame of image data including a representation of said article and determines a pixel position for a representation of said at least one formation;
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• wherein said indicia reading terminal, further while operating in said spatial measurement mode of operation to determine said distance of said indicia reading terminal to said article utilizes at least one of setup data determined prior to said spatial measurement mode of operation being made active, and data determined utilizing said setup data.

An indicia reading terminal comprising:

• an image sensor having a plurality of pixels formed in a plurality of rows and columns of pixels, wherein said indicia reading terminal has a field of view;
• an imaging lens focusing an image of an article within said field of view onto said image sensor;
• a light generating assembly projecting at least a first light formation onto said article for determining dimension information of said article, said first light formation being projected onto said article within said field of view of said indicia reading terminal;
• wherein said indicia reading terminal is operable in a spatial measurement mode of operation in which said indicia reading terminal determines at least one of a width, length or height dimension of said article;
• wherein said indicia reading terminal, when operating in said spatial measurement mode of operation processes a frame of image data including a representation of said article, determines a pixel position for a representation of said at least one light formation and finds representations of edges of said article;
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• wherein said indicia reading terminal, further in said spatial measurement mode of operation determines pn, the pixel distance between said pixel position and one of (a) a pixel position corresponding to another light formation or (b) a reference pixel position, determines Pn, the pixel distance between said representations of edges of said article, and determines a dimension of said article selected from the group consisting of width, length, and height dimensions of said article utilizing said determined pn, and Pn, values and dn where dn is an estimated present actual distance between said first light formation and (a) another light formation projected by said indicia reading terminal, and (b) a reference position.

An indicia reading terminal comprising:

• an image sensor having a plurality of pixels formed in a plurality of rows and columns of pixels, wherein said indicia reading terminal has a field of view;
• an imaging lens focusing an image of an article within said field of view onto said image sensor;
• a light generating assembly projecting at least a first light formation onto said article for determining dimension information of said article, said first light formation being projected onto said article within said field of view of said indicia reading terminal;
• wherein said indicia reading terminal is operable in a spatial measurement mode of operation in which said indicia reading terminal determines dimensions of said article;
• wherein said indicia reading terminal is in communication with an article database, the article database including dimension information for various candidate article types;
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• wherein said indicia reading terminal is configured so that in said spatial measurement mode said indicia reading terminal determines one or two of width, length, or height dimensions of said article by way of image processing, and utilizes said article database for determining one or more of (a) an article type identifier;
• (b) an article volume value;
• and (c) missing dimension(s) of said article not determined by way of image processing.

An indicia reading terminal comprising:

• an image sensor having a plurality of pixels formed in a plurality of rows and columns of pixels, wherein said indicia reading terminal has a field of view;
• an imaging lens focusing an image of an article within said field of view onto said image sensor;
• a light generating assembly projecting a first light formation and a second light formation onto said article for determining dimension information of said article, said first light formation and said second light formation being projected onto said article within said field of view of said indicia reading terminal;
• wherein said indicia reading terminal is operable in a spatial measurement mode of operation in which said indicia reading terminal determines at least one of a width, length or height dimension of said article;
• wherein said indicia reading terminal, when operating in said spatial measurement mode of operation processes a frame of image data including a representation of said article and determines a pixel distance between representations of said first and second light formations;
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• wherein said indicia reading terminal, further in said spatial measurement mode of operation utilizes said pixel distance for determination of said at least one of a width, length, of height dimension of said article.

An indicia reading terminal comprising:

• an image sensor having a plurality of pixels formed in a plurality of rows and columns of pixels, wherein said indicia reading terminal has a field of view;
• an imaging lens focusing an image of an article within said field of view onto said image sensor;
• a light generating assembly projecting at least a first light formation onto said article for determining dimension information of said article, said first light formation being projected onto said article within said field of view of said indicia reading terminal;
• wherein said indicia reading terminal is operable in a spatial measurement mode of operation in which said indicia reading terminal determines at least one of a width, length or height dimension of said article;
• wherein said indicia reading terminal, when operating in said spatial measurement mode of operation processes a frame of image data including a representation of said article and determines a pixel position for a representation of said at least one formation;
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• wherein said indicia reading terminal is configured so that in said spatial measurement mode of operation said indicia reading terminal displays on said display a frame of image data being subjected to processing for determining measurement information, and further presents on said display indicators which may be moved by an operator to designate feature information of said frame of image data.

An indicia reading terminal comprising:

• an image sensor having a plurality of pixels formed in a plurality of rows and columns of pixels, wherein said indicia reading terminal has a field of view;
• an imaging lens focusing an image of an article within said field of view onto said image sensor;
• a light generating assembly projecting at least a first light formation onto said article for determining dimension information of said article, said first light formation being projected so that said first light formation does not extend size (width, length or height) of said article, said first light formation being projected onto said article within said field of view of said indicia reading terminal;
• wherein said indicia reading terminal is operable in a spatial measurement mode of operation in which said indicia reading terminal determines at least one of a width, length or height dimension of said article;
• wherein said indicia reading terminal, when operating in said spatial measurement mode of operation processes a frame of image data including a representation of said article and determines a pixel position for a representation of said at least one formation;
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• wherein said indicia reading terminal, further in said spatial measurement mode of operation utilizes at least one of setup data determined prior to said spatial measurement mode of operation being made active, and data determined utilizing said setup data, wherein said setup data includes pixel position data for representations of the first light formation at each of a first and second terminal to target distance.