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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2009
Applicants:
Duanfeng He, S. Setauket, NY (US);
Brad Carlson, Huntington, NY (US);
Mark Dryzmla, Commack, NY (US);
Inventors:
Duanfeng He, S. Setauket, NY (US);
Brad Carlson, Huntington, NY (US);
Mark Dryzmla, Commack, NY (US);
Assignee:
Symbol Technologies, Inc., Holtsville, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of improving the performance of an imaging reader includes (1) illuminating a symbol by projecting illuminating light on the symbol from the imaging reader, (2) capturing return light form the symbol as pixel data over a two-dimensional field of view of a solid-state imager having a matrix of image sensors, (3) reducing the number of pixels to generate reduced pixel data, (4) transmitting the reduced pixel data to a decoding circuit.