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Method and apparatus for rapid image capture in an image system

  • US 7,118,042 B2
  • Filed: 01/18/2002
  • Issued: 10/10/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An article of manufacture comprising:

  • a machine-readable medium that provides instructions, including instructions to;

    process a single received trigger signal communicated from a triggering device in response to a location of a component in an automated identification system;

    capture multiple images of at least a portion of a surface of the component in response to the received trigger signal, the multiple images comprising a series of images including a first two-dimensional image and at least one subsequent two-dimensional image, wherein the instructions to capture multiple images include instructions to switch between two or more sources configured to capture the multiple images, including instructions to switch from one source to another source in response to an occurrence of user-specified criteria that includes an image-capture-quantity parameter;

    store the multiple images in a memory; and

    process the multiple images to identify and read a symbol code, if any, contained within at least one or a combination of two or more of the multiple images.

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