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Geographic-based signal detection

  • US 9,648,199 B2
  • Filed: 08/26/2014
  • Issued: 05/09/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A cell phone comprising:

  • a radio-frequency transceiver;

    a camera for capturing imagery; and

    an electronic processor programmed for;

    receiving information related to a current geographic area in which said cell phone is located;

    selecting, using at least a portion of the received information, a first bar code detector that is associated with the current geographic area, the selected first bar code detector being selected from a plurality of different detectors; and

    controlling said cell phone to employ the selected first bar code detector to analyze imagery captured by said camera to obtain a message encoded in a bar code symbology, in which the selected first bar code detector corresponds to a particular bar code encoder that is assigned to the current geographic area.

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