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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2019
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Przemyslaw Kowalewski, Rocky Point, NY (US);
Darran Michael Handshaw, Sound Beach, NY (US);
Robert W. DiGiovanna, Shirley, NY (US);
Mark D. Anderson, Dix Hills, NY (US);
Eugene B. Joseph, Coram, NY (US);
Mark Drzymala, Saint James, NY (US);
Miguel Orlando Rodriguez Ortiz, Coram, NY (US);
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Abstract
A method of activating an illumination assembly within a symbology reader is provided, the illumination assembly having a first illumination source and a second illumination source, the symbology reader having an imaging sensor configured to operate at a predetermined framerate where each frame includes an exposure period over which the imaging sensor is active to capture image data and a non-exposure period over which the imaging sensor is not active to capture image data, the method comprising: during a first frame, activating the first illumination source during at least a portion of the respective exposure period and activating the second illumination source over at least a portion of the respective non-exposure period; and during a second frame, activating the second illumination source during at least a portion of the respective exposure period and activating the first illumination source over at least a portion of the respective non-exposure period.