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US 8,695,880 B2Granted
Imaging devices and methods for inhibiting or removing captured aiming pattern
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsEdward C. Bremer, Runhong Deng
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Abstract
A method for obtaining an image indicia includes performing one or more exposures of an imager to capture one or more images, and controlling active portions of an aiming pattern to inhibit capture of the aiming pattern in the one or more captured images or removing the aiming pattern from the one or more captured images. An attempted may be made to decode one or more decodable indicia utilizing the one or more captured images.
Claims29
An imaging device comprising:
- illumination subsystem operative for projecting an illumination pattern;
- an aimer subsystem operative for projecting an aiming pattern;
- an imaging subsystem comprising an image sensor array and an imaging optics assembly operative for focusing an image onto said image sensor array;
- and
- wherein said imaging device is adapted to inhibit capture of or to remove the aiming pattern in one or more captured images;
- and
- an image sensor integrated circuit comprising said image sensor array, and said image sensor integrated circuit operable to provide a first signal for use in controlling said illumination subsystem and said image sensor integrated circuit operable to provide a second separate signal for use in controlling said aimer subsystem, and wherein the first signal being different from the second signal.
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A method for obtaining an image, the method comprising:
- performing one or more exposures of an imager to capture one or more images;
- controlling an illumination pattern;
- controlling active portions of an aiming pattern to inhibit capture of the aiming pattern in the one or more captured images or to remove the aiming pattern from the one or more captured images;
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- wherein the controlling the illumination pattern is based on a first signal from an image sensor integrated circuit, and the controlling active portions of the aiming pattern is based on a second separate signal from the image sensor integrated circuit, the first signal being different from the second signal.
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An imaging device comprising:
- an aimer subsystem operative for projecting an aiming pattern;
- an imaging subsystem comprising an image sensor array and an imaging optics assembly operative for focusing an image onto said image sensor array;
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- an image sensor integrated circuit comprising said image sensor array, and said image sensor integrated circuit operable to provide a first signal for use in controlling said illumination subsystem and said image sensor integrated circuit operable to provide a second separate signal for use in controlling said aimer subsystem, and wherein the first signal being different from the second signal;
- wherein said imaging device is adapted to remove the aiming pattern from one or more captured images and to adjust the value of pixels from one or more captured images having the aiming pattern.
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A method for obtaining an image, the method comprising:
- providing an image sensor integrated circuit comprising an image sensor array and an image sensor integrated circuit operable to provide a first signal for use in controlling an illumination subsystem and a second separate signal for use in controlling an aimer subsystem, the first signal being different from the second signal;
- performing one or more exposures of an imager to capture one or more images having an aiming pattern;
- and
- removing the aiming pattern from the one or more captured images;
- wherein the removing the aiming pattern from one or more captured images comprises adjusting the value of pixels from one or more captured images having the aiming pattern.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.