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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
May. 26, 2006
Thomas E. Lackemann, Sayville, NY (US);
Thomas E. Lackemann, Sayville, NY (US);
Symbol Technologies, Inc., Holtsville, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for reading a target object with an image reader that includes an illumination source that illuminates an area corresponding to an indicia area when the imager is acting within an operating range of the indicia, a two-dimensional array sensor capable of collecting data from a captured image corresponding to an image reflected from the indicia area by the illumination source when the imager is acting within the operating range of the indicia, a starting coordinate located substantially about the center of the captured image, and a processing source including a search routine originating at the starting coordinate capable of analyzing the captured image by employing a plurality of scan paths associated to an algebraic equation.