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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2015
Applicant:
Hand Held Products, Inc., Fort Mill, SC (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hand Held Products, Inc., Fort Mill, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10851 (2013.01); G06K 7/1404 (2013.01); G06K 7/1465 (2013.01); G06K 7/1478 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method controls the exposure of an image containing a barcode for a barcode reading device. The method obtains a line of scan data from the image and identifies areas of saturation within the scan data. If there are saturated areas within the scan data, the method switches from an automatic gain control to a predetermined gain control. The method then resumes automatic gain control after a predetermined time.