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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2023
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Edward Barkan, Miller Place, NY (US);
Darran Michael Handshaw, Sound Beach, NY (US);
David P. Goren, Smithtown, NY (US);
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Abstract
Imaging devices, systems, and methods for determining whether an object is within range to be decoded based on a sharpness of the object in a captured image are described herein. An example device includes: an imaging assembly; and a computer-readable media storing machine readable instructions that, when executed, cause the imaging device to: (i) capture, using the imaging assembly, the image data of the indicia; (ii) calculate, using at least an element of the indicia, a sharpness score for the indicia; (iii) determine, based on the sharpness score, whether the indicia is within a predetermined decode operation range; (iv) when the distance of the indicia is within the predetermined decode operation range, perform a decode operation on the indicia; and (v) when the distance of the indicia is not within the predetermined decode operation range, refrain from performing the decode operation on the indicia.