Arrangement for and method of enhancing performance of an imaging reader

An imaging reader for electro-optically reading a symbol by image capture, comprising:

• a mobile handheld housing;
• a solid-state imager supported by the housing and having a two-dimensional array of image sensors for capturing return light from the symbol as pixel data over a two-dimensional field of view;
• an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) operatively connected to the imager, for receiving the pixel data from the solid-state imager;
• a controller operatively connected to the ASIC, for mapping the ASIC with at least two virtual scan lines that extends over the field of view;
• the ASIC being operative for storing the pixel data from the solid-state imager received by the ASIC that lies on the at least two virtual scan lines as stored pixel data;
• and
• the controller being operative for decoding the stored pixel data, wherein the controller is operative for performing one-dimensional linear decoding on any barcode symbol crossed by each of the at least two virtual scan lines with the stored pixel data for the corresponding virtual scan line.

A method of enhancing performance of an imaging reader for imaging symbols to be read, comprising the steps of:

• capturing return light from a symbol as pixel data over a two-dimensional field of view of a solid-state imager having a two-dimensional array of image sensors;
• receiving the pixel data from the solid-state imager with an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC);
• mapping the ASIC with at least two virtual scan lines that extends over the field of view;
• storing the pixel data from the solid-state imager received by the ASIC that lies on the at least two virtual scan lines as stored pixel data;
• and
• performing one-dimensional linear decoding on any barcode symbol crossed by each of the at least two virtual scan lines with the stored pixel data by decoding the stored pixel data for the corresponding virtual scan line.