IMAGING DEVICE OPERATIVE FOR IMAGE PROCESSING

• US 20110121067A1
• Filed: 11/29/2010
• Published: 05/26/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/1997
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Andrew Longacre Jr, Carl W. Gerst, III, Charles P. Barber, James Rosetti, Robert M. Hussey, Timothy P. Meier
• Original Assignee: Andrew Longacre Jr, Carl W. Gerst, III, Charles P. Barber, James Rosetti, Robert M. Hussey, Timothy P. Meier
• Inventors: Longacre, Andrew JR., Rosetti, James, Barber, Charles P., Gerst, Carl W. III, Hussey, Robert M., Meier, Timothy P.
• Granted Patent: US 8,282,006 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/375
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 2207/1017 Programmable
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10712 Fixed beam scanning
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10792 Special measures in relation to the object to be scanned
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10851 Circuits for pulse shaping, amplifying, eliminating noise signals, checking the function of the sensing device basic electronic circuitry H03
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10881 constructional details of hand-held scanners
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/14 using light without selection of wavelength, e.g. sensing reflected white light G06K7/10831 - G06K7/1097 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1417 2D bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1443 locating of the code in an image
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1456 determining the orientation of the optical code with respect to the reader and correcting therefore

Abstract

The invention relates to an imaging device of the type having an imaging assembly including a two dimensional image sensor. In one embodiment an imaging device can be used to obtain an area image representation. In one embodiment, the image representation can be processed. The processing of the image representation can include recognition of an indicia represented in the image representation.

Claims

1. A portable imaging device in communication with a first external processor system and a second external processor system, the portable imaging device comprising:

an imaging assembly comprising a two dimensional image sensor and an imaging optics assembly for focusing an image onto the two dimensional image sensor;

a portable hand held housing supporting the imaging assembly;

a display;

wherein the portable imaging device is operative to obtain an image representation representing a scene;

wherein the portable imaging device is operative to recognize first indicia and second indicia represented in image data, the first indicia and second indicia being other than bar code indicia and being differentiated from one another;

wherein the portable imaging device is operative so that responsively to recognition of the first indicia in the image representation by the portable imaging device, the portable imaging device outputs image data to the first external processor system;

wherein the portable imaging device is operative so that responsively to recognition of the second indicia in the image representation by the portable imaging device, the portable imaging device outputs image data to the second external processor system.

2. The portable imaging device of claim 1, wherein the portable imaging device is configured as a wireless telephone.

3. The portable imaging device of claim 1, wherein the portable imaging device is operative so that responsively to recognition of the first indicia in the image representation, the portable imaging device parses image data from the image representation.

4. The portable imaging device of claim 1, wherein the portable imaging device for outputting the image data responsively to recognition of the first indicia, outputs the image data to a local external processor system.

5. The portable imaging device of claim 1, wherein the portable imaging device for outputting the image data responsively to recognition of the first indicia, outputs the image data to a remote external processor system.

6. The portable imaging device of claim 1, wherein the two dimensional image sensor is provided by a color image sensor.

7. The portable imaging device of claim 1, wherein the portable imaging device is operative to attempt to decode a representation of a bar code symbol represented in the image representation.

8. The portable imaging device of claim 1, wherein the second external processor system is located remotely from the first external processor system.

9. The portable imaging device of claim 1, wherein the portable imaging device is operative so that responsively to recognition of the first indicia in the image representation by the portable imaging device, the portable imaging device outputs image data representing a portion of the scene to the first external processor system, and wherein the portable imaging device is operative so that responsively to recognition of the second indicia in the image representation by the portable imaging device, the portable imaging device outputs image data representing a portion of the scene to the second external processor system.

10. The portable imaging device of claim 1, wherein the portable imaging device is operative so that responsively to recognition of the first indicia in the image representation by the portable imaging device, the portable imaging device outputs an image data representation representing the first indicia to the first external processor system, and wherein the portable imaging device is operative so that responsively to recognition of the second indicia in the image representation by the portable imaging device, the portable imaging device outputs an image data representation of the second indicia to the second external processor system.

11. The portable imaging device of claim 1, wherein the portable imaging device is operative so that responsively to recognition of the first indicia in the image representation by the portable imaging device, the portable imaging device outputs an image data representation representing the first indicia to the first external processor system, the image data representing the first indicia representing a portion of the scene, and wherein the portable imaging device is operative so that responsively to recognition of the second indicia in the image representation by the portable imaging device, the portable imaging device outputs an image data representation of the second indicia to the second external processor system, the image data representing the second indicia representing a portion of the scene.

12. The portable imaging device of claim 1, wherein the portable imaging device is operative so that responsively to recognition of the first indicia in the image representation by the portable imaging device, the portable imaging device outputs an image data representation representing the first indicia to the first external processor system, the image data representing the first indicia representing a portion of the scene, and wherein the portable imaging device is operative so that responsively to recognition of the second indicia in the image representation by the portable imaging device, the portable imaging device outputs an image data representation of the second indicia to the second external processor system, the image data representing the second indicia representing a portion of the scene, wherein the first external processor system is a local external processor system, and wherein the second external processor system is a remote external processor system.