Geographic-based signal detection
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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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Abstract
The disclosure relates generally to geographic-based signal detection. One claim recites an apparatus comprising: an input for receiving a signal from a cell phone; an electronic processor for determining, based at least in part on the signal, whether the cell phone is physically located in a predetermined home area; and upon a condition of not being in the predetermined home area, communicating a machine-readable code detector to the cell phone for use as its primary machine-readable code detector to detect machine-readable code while outside of its predetermined home area. Of course, other claims and combinations are provided as well.
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32 Claims
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1. A cell phone comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus comprising:
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an input for receiving a signal from a cell phone; an electronic processor for;
i) determining, based at least in part on the signal, whether the cell phone is physically located in a predetermined home area; and
ii) upon a condition of not being in the predetermined home area, communicating a machine-readable code detector to the cell phone for use as its primary machine-readable code detector to detect machine-readable code while outside of its predetermined home area. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon, said instructions cause a processor to perform:
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obtaining a signal from a cell phone; determining, based at least in part on the signal, whether the cell phone is physically located in a predetermined home area; and upon a condition of the cell phone not being in the predetermined home area, controlling communication of a machine-readable code detector to the cell phone for use as its primary machine-readable code detector to detect machine-readable code while outside of its predetermined home area. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A cell phone comprising:
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a radio-frequency transceiver; a camera for capturing imagery; and means for obtaining information related to a current geographic area in which said cell phone is located; means for determining, using at least a portion of the obtained information, a first detector that is associated with the current geographic area, the determined first detector being determined from a plurality of different detectors; and means for controlling said cell phone to employ the determined first detector to analyze imagery captured by said camera to obtain a message encoded in a machine-readable symbology, in which the determined first detector corresponds to a particular encoder that is uniquely assigned to the current geographic area. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method of controlling a cell phone, in which the cell phone comprises a camera, said method comprising:
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obtaining imagery from the camera; obtaining information related to a current geographic area in which the cell phone is located, said obtaining yielding obtained information; determining, using at least a portion of the obtained information, a first bar code detector that is associated with the current geographic area, the determined first bar code detector being selected from a plurality of different detectors; and operating the determined first bar code detector to extract a message encoded in a bar code symbology, in which the determined first bar code detector corresponds to a particular bar code encoder that is assigned to the current geographic area. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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