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ENCODED INFORMATION READING TERMINAL WITH MICRO-PROJECTOR

  • US 20150169925A1
  • Filed: 06/27/2012
  • Published: 06/18/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An encoded information reading (EIR) terminal comprising:

  • a microprocessor;

    a memory;

    an EIR device including a two-dimensional imager, said EIR device configured to perform one of;

    outputting raw message data containing an encoded message, outputting a decoded message corresponding to an encoded message;

    a micro-projector including a light source and a light manipulation sub-system;

    wherein said EIR terminal is configured to acquire an image of a target object in a field of view (FOV) of said two-dimensional imager;

    wherein said EIR terminal is further configured, responsive to successfully locating decodable indicia within said image, to produce a decoded message by decoding said decodable indicia;

    wherein said EIR terminal is further configured, responsive to successfully decoding said decodable indicia, to repeatedly perform the following steps;

    (i) generating a projectable image;

    (ii) projecting said projectable image onto a surface of said target object using said micro-projector, so that said projectable image provides a visual reference to said decodable indicia on said surface of said target object;

    (iii) acquiring an image of an object in said FOV;

    (iv) locating said decodable indicia within said acquired image; and

    (v) looping back to step (i) unless a pre-defined condition of termination is satisfied.

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