Imaging device having indicia-controlled image parsing mode
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1. A system for processing an image representation of a scene, said system comprising:
- an image reading instruction indicia disposed in said scene; and
an imaging device for capturing said image representation, said imaging device having a control circuit configured to;
capture an image representation of said scene including said image reading instruction indicia;
determine at least one of a scaling characteristic, orientation characteristic or distortion characteristic of a region of said image representation representing said image reading instruction indicia; and
parse image data from said image representation using at least one of said determined scaling, orientation, or distortion characteristics.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a system for processing image data corresponding a scene comprising an imaging device and an image reading instruction indicia. In accordance with the invention, image data corresponding to a scene comprising an image reading instruction indicia is processed in a manner that depends on features of the image reading instruction indicia. If the image reading instruction indicia is of a type whose size, scaling, orientation, and distortion can be determined, scaling, orientation, and distortion characteristics determined from the image reading instruction indicia can be used to improve the image reading process.
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1. A system for processing an image representation of a scene, said system comprising:
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an image reading instruction indicia disposed in said scene; and
an imaging device for capturing said image representation, said imaging device having a control circuit configured to;
capture an image representation of said scene including said image reading instruction indicia;
determine at least one of a scaling characteristic, orientation characteristic or distortion characteristic of a region of said image representation representing said image reading instruction indicia; and
parse image data from said image representation using at least one of said determined scaling, orientation, or distortion characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for processing image data using an imaging device having bar code decoding capability, said method comprising the steps of:
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capturing an image representation of a scene that includes a bar code;
determining at least one imaging characteristic for said bar code;
storing said image representation and data corresponding to said at least one imaging characteristic in respective buffer memory locations;
receiving a command from a user to initiate an image parsing mode, and while in said image parsing mode, and while in said image parsing mode, retrieving from said buffer memory locations said image representation and said data corresponding to at least one imaging characteristic; and
using said data corresponding to said at least one imaging characteristic in parsing image data from said image representation. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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