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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2004
Xiaoxun Zhu, Marlton, NJ (US);
Yong Liu, Suzhou, CN;
Ka Man AU, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Rui Hou, Suzhou, CN;
Hongpeng Yu, Tianjin, CN;
Xi Tao, Suzhou, CN;
Liang Liu, Suzhou, CN;
Wenhua Zhang, Suzhou, CN;
Anatoly Kotlarsky, Holland, PA (US);
Sankar Ghosh, Boothwyn, PA (US);
Michael Schnee, Aston, PA (US);
Pasqual Spatafore, Marlton, NJ (US);
Thomas Amundsen, Turnersville, NJ (US);
Sung Byun, Cherry Hill, NJ (US);
Mark Schmidt, Williamstown, NJ (US);
Garrett Russell, Wilmington, DE (US);
John Bonanno, Woodbury, NJ (US);
C. Harry Knowles, Moorestown, NJ (US);
Xiaoxun Zhu, Marlton, NJ (US);
Yong Liu, Suzhou, CN;
Ka Man Au, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Rui Hou, Suzhou, CN;
Hongpeng Yu, Tianjin, CN;
Xi Tao, Suzhou, CN;
Liang Liu, Suzhou, CN;
Wenhua Zhang, Suzhou, CN;
Anatoly Kotlarsky, Holland, PA (US);
Sankar Ghosh, Boothwyn, PA (US);
Michael Schnee, Aston, PA (US);
Pasqual Spatafore, Marlton, NJ (US);
Thomas Amundsen, Turnersville, NJ (US);
Sung Byun, Cherry Hill, NJ (US);
Mark Schmidt, Williamstown, NJ (US);
Garrett Russell, Wilmington, DE (US);
John Bonanno, Woodbury, NJ (US);
C. Harry Knowles, Moorestown, NJ (US);
Metrologic Instruments, Inc., Blackwood, NJ (US);
Abstract
A hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading device comprises: an IR-based object presence and range detection subsystem; a multi-mode area-type image formation and detection subsystem having narrow-area and wide area image capture modes of operation; a multi-mode LED-based illumination subsystem having narrow-area and wide area illumination modes of operation; an automatic light exposure measurement and illumination control subsystem; an image capturing and buffering subsystem; a multi-mode image-processing bar code symbol reading subsystem; an input/output subsystem; a manually-activatable trigger switch; and a system control subsystem integrated with each of the above-described subsystems. The digital imaging-based bar code reading device employs a multi-mode bar code symbol reading image processor that is dynamically reconfigurable in response to real-time image analysis carried out upon captured narrow and wide area images.