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US 8,528,818 B2Granted
Optical reader having an imager
AssigneeHand Held Products, Inc.
InventorsMichael A. Ehrhart, Andrew Longacre, Jr.
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Abstract
There is described a device having a two dimensional imager. The device having a two dimensional image sensor can be a hand held device. Imaging optics can be provided for focusing light reflected from a target onto the two dimensional imager. An image including imaging data can be obtained utilizing the hand held device. The image can include a representation of a signature.
Claims18
A hand held device comprising:
- an imaging assembly comprising a two dimensional imager;
- wherein said imaging assembly further includes imaging optics for focusing light reflected from a target onto said two dimensional imager;
- a processor communicatively coupled with said two dimensional imager;
- an actuator for manually initiating image capture, the hand held device being adapted so that in response to said actuator being actuated by a user, said hand held device obtains an image for processing, said image for processing including imaging data;
- wherein said hand held device is further adapted so that said processing includes (a) processing said image according to a first process, wherein a result of said first process indicates whether a bar code symbol is represented in said image;
- and (b) subsequently determining whether a signature is represented in said image, wherein said determining step (b) is executed conditionally on the condition that a result of said processing step (a) indicates that a bar code symbol is not represented in said image;
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- wherein said hand held device is adapted to compress a represented signature conditionally responsively to a processing of said image.
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A hand held device comprising:
- an imaging assembly including a two dimensional imager;
- wherein said imaging assembly including imaging optics for focusing light reflected from a target onto said two dimensional imager;
- a processor communicatively coupled with said two dimensional imager;
- an actuator for manually initiating image capture, the hand held device being adapted so that in response to said actuator being actuated by a user, said hand held device obtains an image for processing, said image for processing including imaging data;
- wherein said hand held device is further adapted so that said processing includes (a) processing said image according to a first process, wherein a result of said first process indicates whether a bar code symbol is represented in said image;
- and (b) subsequently determining whether a signature is represented in said image, wherein said determining step (b) is executed conditionally on the condition that a result of said processing step (a) indicates that a bar code symbol is not represented in said image;
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- wherein said hand held device is adapted to crop a represented signature if said hand held device determines that a signature is represented in said image.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.