Indicia reading terminal including optical filter
First Claim
1. An indicia reading terminal for imaging decodable indicia comprising a printed material visible in response to light in a non-visible spectrum, said terminal comprising:
- an illumination source for casting light onto the decodable indicia, the light having a wavelength in the non-visible spectrum, the wavelength causing light emitted from the printing material having an emission wavelength in a visible spectrum;
an optical filter receiving the emitted light, the optical filter comprising a filter region having a pass-band matching the emission wavelength;
an image sensor responsive to the emission wavelength in a manner permitting decoding of the decodable indicia, the image sensor comprising a plurality of pixels including one or more of a first subset of monochrome pixels and a second subset of color pixels; and
a hand held housing in surrounding relation to one or more of the illumination source, the image sensor, and the optical filter,wherein the image sensor defines an optical axis on which is aligned the filter region of the optical filter, wherein said hand held terminal is operative for manual activation by a trigger depressed by an operator, wherein the trigger causes at least one attempt to decode the decodable indicia, and wherein said handheld terminal is operative to assign one or more of the pass-band of the optical filter and the wavelength of the light generated by the illumination source based the attempt to decode the decodable indicia.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention comprise an indicia reading terminal that is operatively configured to decode visible and non-visible decodable indicia. The terminal can comprise an excitation illumination module for illuminating the decodable indicia with light that has a wavelength selected so as to permit the decodable indicia to emit light. The terminal can also comprise a filter module with an optical filter that has filter regions configured to pass certain wavelengths of light. The terminal can also comprise an image sensor module with an image sensor located so as to receive light emitted from the decodable indicia from the filter region.
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1. An indicia reading terminal for imaging decodable indicia comprising a printed material visible in response to light in a non-visible spectrum, said terminal comprising:
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an illumination source for casting light onto the decodable indicia, the light having a wavelength in the non-visible spectrum, the wavelength causing light emitted from the printing material having an emission wavelength in a visible spectrum; an optical filter receiving the emitted light, the optical filter comprising a filter region having a pass-band matching the emission wavelength; an image sensor responsive to the emission wavelength in a manner permitting decoding of the decodable indicia, the image sensor comprising a plurality of pixels including one or more of a first subset of monochrome pixels and a second subset of color pixels; and a hand held housing in surrounding relation to one or more of the illumination source, the image sensor, and the optical filter, wherein the image sensor defines an optical axis on which is aligned the filter region of the optical filter, wherein said hand held terminal is operative for manual activation by a trigger depressed by an operator, wherein the trigger causes at least one attempt to decode the decodable indicia, and wherein said handheld terminal is operative to assign one or more of the pass-band of the optical filter and the wavelength of the light generated by the illumination source based the attempt to decode the decodable indicia. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of decoding decodable indicia comprising a printed material visible in response to light in a non-visible spectrum, said method comprising:
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aligning on an optical axis an image sensor and an optical filter, the optical filter comprising at least one filter region having a pass-band for passing an emission wavelength of light emitted by the printing material; generating light from an illumination source, the light having a wavelength in the non-visible spectrum; and setting one or more of the wavelength of the light for illuminating the decodable indicia and the pass-band for the optical filter by correlating each of the wavelength and the pass-band to a successful decode of the decodable indicia. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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