Selective output of decoded message data

• US 9,064,168 B2
• Filed: 01/17/2013
• Issued: 06/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hand Held Products Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hand Held Products Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Inventors: Todeschini, Erik, Hussey, Robert Michael, Smith, Taylor
• Primary Examiner(s): VO, TUYEN KIM
• Application Number:
  US13/743,477
• Publication Number:
  US 20140166761A1
• Time in Patent Office: 887 Days
• Field of Search: 235/462.01, 23546209-46211, 23546245-46246, 23547201-47203, 235/383, 235/385, 235/454
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10881 constructional details of hand-held scanners
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1443 locating of the code in an image
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1447 extracting optical codes from image or text carrying said optical code

Abstract

An imaging apparatus can be operative to capture a frame of image data representing a scene having one or more decodable indicia and display image data corresponding to the one or more decodable indicia. The imaging apparatus can be operative so that responsively to a user input control decoded message data of a selected decodable indicia is selectively output. One or more processor executable program can be provided for facilitating selective output of decoded message data.

Claims

1. A computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising;

displaying, using a processor, image data corresponding to one or more decodable indicia in a field of view of an imaging apparatus, wherein the one or more decodable indicia has been subject to decoding processing at a time of the displaying;

displaying, using the processor, representations of decodable indicia that have been determined to be decodable using currently captured image data and price lookup information corresponding to the one or more decodable indicia;

determining, using the processor, that an operator is looking at a certain representation of a decodable indicia from the displayed representations of decodable indicia;

determining, using the processor, that the decodable indicia corresponding to the certain representation is a selected decodable indicia; and

outputting, using the processor, decoded message data of the selected decoded indicia responsively to an operator input control to output decoded message data of the selected decodable indicia of the one or more decodable indicia.

2. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises provisioning the imaging apparatus so that the imaging apparatus is restricted from outputting decoded message data of a decodable indicia that has not been designated as a selected decodable indicia by the operator.

3. The computer program product of claim 2, wherein the method further comprises provisioning the imaging apparatus so that the imaging apparatus is so restricted from outputting decoded message data of a decodable indicia that has not been designated as a selected decodable indicia by the operator during a select one or more operating mode of the apparatus and is not so restricted from outputting a decoded message of decoded message that has not been designated as a selected decodable indicia by the operator during another one or more operating mode of the apparatus.

4. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises monitoring using the processor to determine whether an operator has touched an area of a display to designate a certain decodable indicia as a selected decodable indicia.

5. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises monitoring using the processor to determine whether an operator has vocally output a message to designate a certain decodable indicia as a selected decodable indicia.

6. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the method comprises monitoring using the processor using eye tracking information to determine which of a displayed decodable indicia representation the operator is correctly looking at.

7. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the displaying image data includes displaying representations of decodable indicia that have been determined to be decodable using currently captured image data with one or more highlight.

8. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the one or more highlight includes a border displayed about a representation of a decodable indicia.

9. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the one or more highlight includes a display of text of a decoded message of a decodable indicia.

10. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the one or more highlight is of a certain color.

11. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the price lookup information is determined by messaging an external database.

12. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the one or more highlight includes a product image obtained by messaging an external database.

13. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the image data corresponding to one or more decodable indicia is devoid of an image representation of the one or more decodable indicia and includes only one or more highlight of the decodable indicia.

14. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the decoded message data includes a decoded message.

15. An imaging apparatus comprising:

a hand held housing;

an imaging assembly having a field of view;

a display;

wherein the imaging apparatus is operative to display on the display image data representing one or more decodable indicia in a field of view of the imaging assembly, wherein the one or more decodable indicia has been subject to decoding processing at a time of the display, and to display on the display representations of decodable indicia that have been determined to be decodable using currently captured image data and price lookup information corresponding to the one or more decodable indicia;

wherein the imaging apparatus is operative to determine that an operator is looking at a certain representation of a decodable indicia from the displayed representations of decodable indicia;

wherein the imaging apparatus is operative to determine that the decodable indicia corresponding to the certain representation is a selected decodable indicia; and

wherein the imaging apparatus is operative to output decoded message data of the selected decoded indicia responsively to an operator input control to output decoded message data of the selected decodable indicia.

16. The imaging apparatus of claim 15, wherein the imaging apparatus is restricted from outputting decoded message data of a decodable indicia that has not been designated as a selected decodable indicia by the operator.

17. The imaging apparatus of claim 16, wherein the imaging apparatus is so restricted from outputting decoded message data of a decodable indicia that has not been designated as a selected decodable indicia by the operator during a select one or more operating mode of the apparatus and is not so restricted from outputting a decoded message of decoded message that has not been designated as a selected decodable indicia by the operator during another one or more operating mode of the apparatus.

18. The imaging apparatus of claim 15, having a second imaging assembly, the second imaging assembly having a field of view defined about an imaging axis that extends upward from the hand held housing, wherein the imaging apparatus is operative to determine whether an operator is looking at a certain area of the display to select the certain decodable indicia by processing image data output using the second imaging assembly.

19. The imaging apparatus of claim 15, wherein the display is mounted on an eyewear frame.

20. A computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising;

displaying, using a processor, image data corresponding to one or more decodable indicia in a field of view of an imaging displaying;

displaying, using the processor, representations of decodable indicia that have been determined to be decodable using currently captured image data and price lookup information corresponding to the one or more decodable indicia;

determining, using the processor, that an operator is looking at a certain representation of a decodable indicia from the displayed representations of decodable indicia;

determining, using the processor, that the decodable indicia corresponding to the certain representation is a selected decodable indicia; and

outputting, using the processor, decoded message data of the selected decodable indicia responsively to an operator input control to output decoded message data of the selected decodable indicia of the one or more decodable indicia.