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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
May. 23, 2016
Symbol Technologies, Llc, Holtsville, NY (US);
Richard M. Clayton, Manorville, NY (US);
Karthik Lakshminarayanan, Ronkonkoma, NY (US);
Miklos Stern, Woodmere, NY (US);
Symbol Technologies, LLC, Holtsville, NY (US);
Abstract
An example disclosed method includes generating a composite image by merging unblocked portions of first and second images, each of the first and second images being representative of an environment; identifying a blocked portion of the first and second images; determining, by the processor, whether the blocked portion has been blocked for greater than a threshold amount of time; and in response to determining that the blocked portion has been blocked for greater than the threshold amount of time, including the blocked portion in the composite image.