PICTURE TAKING READING APPARATUS

• US 20130008964A1
• Filed: 09/14/2012
• Published: 01/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hand Held Products Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hand Held Products Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Inventors: Hawley, Thomas, Ehrhart, Michael A., Meier, Timothy P., Longacre, Andrew Jr., Hussey, Robert M.
• Granted Patent: US 8,789,758 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/472.01
• 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

Abstract

An apparatus having an image sensor is provided. An image sensor of the apparatus can include a two dimensional image sensor. A lens assembly can be provided in combination with an image sensor. In one aspect, an apparatus can attempt to decode a decodable symbol representation. In one aspect an apparatus can output a frame of image data.

Claims

1. A portable apparatus comprising:

a portable housing;

a user interface;

a two dimensional image sensor including pixels;

a lens assembly focusing an image onto said two dimensional image sensor;

wherein the apparatus is operative for capture of a frame of image data responsively to an actuation of an actuator;

wherein the apparatus is further operative for subjecting the frame of image data to decoding to determine a decoded message;

wherein the apparatus is further operative for output of the decoded message;

wherein the apparatus is further operative for, subsequent to the decoding, improving a visual output quality of the frame of image data;

wherein the apparatus is further operative for outputting the frame of image data subsequent to it being subject to visual output quality improvement.

2. The portable apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is operative to perform visual quality improvement on the frame of image data responsively to an operator entered command entered using the user interface.

3. The portable apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is operative to perform visual quality improvement on the frame of image data by increasing a value of dark pixels.

4. The portable apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is operative to perform visual quality improvement on the frame of image data by decreasing a value of light pixel values.

5. The portable apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is operative to perform visual quality improvement on the frame of image data by increasing a value of dark pixel values and decreasing a value of light pixel values.

6. The portable apparatus of claim 1, wherein the user interface is a graphical user interface.

7. The portable apparatus of claim 1, wherein the user interface includes menu symbols.

8. The portable apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus includes a display.

9. The portable apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus includes a touch screen display.

10. The portable apparatus of claim 1, wherein the lens assembly is a fixed range lens assembly.

11. The portable apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus has a fixed best focus distance of less than two feet.