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Real-time adjustable window feature for barcode scanning and process of scanning barcode with adjustable window feature

  • US 9,830,488 B2
  • Filed: 12/29/2015
  • Issued: 11/28/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A barcode scanning device, the device comprising:

  • an embedded camera;

    a user interface system, comprising a visual display, the user interface system being configured to allow a user to access features of the barcode scanning device with touch gestures on the visual display;

    a barcode scanning application, the barcode scanning application being initialized by an act of a user of the barcode scanning device; and

    an operating system, the operating system communicatively coupled to the embedded camera, the barcode scanning application, and the user interface system;

    wherein the visual display provides a viewfinder for the embedded camera and an adjustable barcode scanning window overlaid on the viewfinder, the adjustable barcode scanning window being adjustable in size, orientation, and/or location in real-time by a touch gesture on the visual display by the user of the mobile barcode scanning device, such that a barcode to be scanned and decoded can be defined and selected by the user in real-time from among a plurality of barcodes located within the viewfinder based at least in part on the touch gesture resizing, reorienting, and/or relocating the adjustable barcode scanning window so as to at least partially encompass the barcode to be scanned and decoded, the barcode scanning device being configured to scan and decode any barcode within the adjustable barcode scanning window.

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