Optical reader having partial frame operating mode
First Claim
1. An apparatus for decoding information from a decodable symbol, the apparatus comprising:
- an imaging assembly having a 2D image sensor and optics focusing an image onto said 2D image sensor;
a housing adapted to be grasped by a human hand;
wherein said apparatus is configured to operate in a first operating mode in which said apparatus operates said 2D image sensor to capture a partial frame of image data representing at least a portion of said decodable symbol and corresponding to a first set of pixels of said 2D image sensor, wherein said apparatus when operating in said first operating mode avoids obtaining electrical signals representing light intensity at each pixel of said image sensor;
wherein said apparatus is configured to process said partial frame of image data corresponding to said first set of pixels to attempt to decode therefrom information encoded by said decodable symbol; and
wherein said apparatus is further configured to operate in a second operating mode in which said apparatus operates said 2D image sensor to capture a frame of image data representing at least a portion of said decodable symbol and corresponding to a second set of pixels of said 2D image sensor, said second set of pixels being different from said first set; and
wherein said apparatus is configured to switch out of said first operating mode and into said second operating mode on the condition that said apparatus fails to decode information encoded by said decodable symbol when operating in said first operating mode.
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Abstract
A method for decoding a decodable symbol using an optical reader having a 2D image sensor that is configured to operate in a partial frame capture operating mode. In a partial frame operating mode, the reader clocks out and captures at least one partial frame of image data having image data corresponding to less than all of the pixels of an image sensor pixel array. In one embodiment, the reader operating in a partial frame operating mode captures image data corresponding to a linear pattern of pixels of the image sensor, reads the image data, and attempts to decode for a decodable bar code symbol which may be represented in the image data.
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1. An apparatus for decoding information from a decodable symbol, the apparatus comprising:
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an imaging assembly having a 2D image sensor and optics focusing an image onto said 2D image sensor; a housing adapted to be grasped by a human hand; wherein said apparatus is configured to operate in a first operating mode in which said apparatus operates said 2D image sensor to capture a partial frame of image data representing at least a portion of said decodable symbol and corresponding to a first set of pixels of said 2D image sensor, wherein said apparatus when operating in said first operating mode avoids obtaining electrical signals representing light intensity at each pixel of said image sensor; wherein said apparatus is configured to process said partial frame of image data corresponding to said first set of pixels to attempt to decode therefrom information encoded by said decodable symbol; and wherein said apparatus is further configured to operate in a second operating mode in which said apparatus operates said 2D image sensor to capture a frame of image data representing at least a portion of said decodable symbol and corresponding to a second set of pixels of said 2D image sensor, said second set of pixels being different from said first set; and wherein said apparatus is configured to switch out of said first operating mode and into said second operating mode on the condition that said apparatus fails to decode information encoded by said decodable symbol when operating in said first operating mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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