Methods and Apparatus for Locating Small Indicia in Large Images

    公开(公告)号:US20230222305A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-13

    申请号:US17573575

    申请日:2022-01-11

    CPC classification number: G06K7/1417 G06T7/11 G06K2207/1011

    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for locating small indicia in large images are disclosed herein. An example method includes: identifying an aiming pattern zone that includes a detected or presumed location of an aiming light pattern, wherein an offset between the location and a center of image data varies due to a parallax; determining one or more coordinates of the aiming pattern zone; capturing image data representing an image of an environment appearing within a field of view (FOV) of a handheld scanner including the indicia; encoding the one or more coordinates into a tagline of the image; and providing the image with the tagline to an indicia decoder such that the indicia decoder attempts to decode the indicia from the image data starting in a region of the image data selected based upon the one or more coordinates.

    Methods and Apparatus for Locating Small Indicia in Large Images

    公开(公告)号:US20230359844A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-09

    申请号:US18225659

    申请日:2023-07-24

    CPC classification number: G06K7/1417 G06T7/11 G06K2207/1011

    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for locating small indicia in large images are disclosed herein. An example method includes: identifying an aiming pattern zone that includes a detected or presumed location of an aiming light pattern, wherein an offset between the location and a center of image data varies due to a parallax; determining one or more coordinates of the aiming pattern zone; capturing image data representing an image of an environment appearing within a field of view (FOV) of a scanner including the indicia; encoding the one or more coordinates into a tagline of the image; and providing the image with the tagline to an indicia decoder such that the indicia decoder attempts to decode the indicia from the image data starting in a region of the image data selected based upon the one or more coordinates.

    Systems and methods for determining an adaptive region of interest (ROI) for image metrics calculations

    公开(公告)号:US11727664B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-15

    申请号:US17241544

    申请日:2021-04-27

    CPC classification number: G06V10/25 G06V10/141 H04N23/71 H04N23/73

    Abstract: Systems and methods for adaptively determining a region of interest (ROI) are disclosed herein. An example device includes an imaging assembly and a controller. The imaging assembly captures image data comprising pixel data from a plurality of pixels. The controller calculates a contrast value for each pixel of the plurality of pixels, generates a histogram of contrast values, calculates an area under the curve of the histogram, and determines a contrast value threshold to delineate between high-contrast value pixels and low-contrast value pixels. The controller also identifies a ROI within the image data by locating a region within the image data that (i) satisfies a pre-determined size threshold and (ii) contains a largest number of high-contrast value pixels relative to all other regions that satisfy the pre-determined size threshold, and adjusts imaging parameters of the imaging assembly based on the ROI to capture at least one subsequent image.

    Systems and methods for user choice of barcode scanning range

    公开(公告)号:US11531826B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-20

    申请号:US16672008

    申请日:2019-11-01

    Abstract: Systems and methods for user choice of barcode scanning ranges are provided. This is achieved through the identification of a predetermined pixel-per-module threshold range. The pixel-per-module of a barcode being read by a reader is compared to the predetermined pixel-per-module threshold range, and a successful decode of the barcode is carried out only if the pixel-per-module of the barcode falls within the predetermined range. Thus, a user may select a desired reading distance range such that barcodes within a working distance range may not generate successful decodes if such barcodes are outside of the desired reading distance range.

    Methods and devices for improving indicia decoding with an imaging device

    公开(公告)号:US11847523B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-19

    申请号:US17575401

    申请日:2022-01-13

    CPC classification number: G06K7/1413 G01S17/10 G06F3/14

    Abstract: Methods and devices for improving indicia decoding with an imaging device are disclosed herein. An example method includes: (a) searching, by an imaging device, a search region within a current image for an indicia, wherein the search region includes a plurality of search seeds; (b) attempting, by the imaging device, to decode the indicia within the search region by analyzing image data corresponding to each seed of the plurality of search seeds; (c) responsive to not decoding the indicia, capturing, by the imaging device, a subsequent image featuring the indicia; (d) adjusting, by the imaging device, the search region based on a distance between the imaging device and the indicia featured in the subsequent image; (e) designating the subsequent image as the current image; and (f) iteratively performing (a)-(f) until the imaging device decodes the indicia.

    Methods and apparatus for locating small indicia in large images

    公开(公告)号:US11710008B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-25

    申请号:US17573575

    申请日:2022-01-11

    CPC classification number: G06K7/1417 G06T7/11 G06K2207/1011

    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for locating small indicia in large images are disclosed herein. An example method includes: identifying an aiming pattern zone that includes a detected or presumed location of an aiming light pattern, wherein an offset between the location and a center of image data varies due to a parallax; determining one or more coordinates of the aiming pattern zone; capturing image data representing an image of an environment appearing within a field of view (FOV) of a handheld scanner including the indicia; encoding the one or more coordinates into a tagline of the image; and providing the image with the tagline to an indicia decoder such that the indicia decoder attempts to decode the indicia from the image data starting in a region of the image data selected based upon the one or more coordinates.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AN ADAPTIVE REGION OF INTEREST (ROI) FOR IMAGE METRICS CALCULATIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20220343102A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-27

    申请号:US17241544

    申请日:2021-04-27

    Abstract: Systems and methods for adaptively determining a region of interest (ROI) are disclosed herein. An example device includes an imaging assembly and a controller. The imaging assembly captures image data comprising pixel data from a plurality of pixels. The controller calculates a contrast value for each pixel of the plurality of pixels, generates a histogram of contrast values, calculates an area under the curve of the histogram, and determines a contrast value threshold to delineate between high-contrast value pixels and low-contrast value pixels. The controller also identifies a ROI within the image data by locating a region within the image data that (i) satisfies a pre-determined size threshold and (ii) contains a largest number of high-contrast value pixels relative to all other regions that satisfy the pre-determined size threshold, and adjusts imaging parameters of the imaging assembly based on the ROI to capture at least one subsequent image.

    Methods and apparatus for locating small indicia in large images

    公开(公告)号:US12159190B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-03

    申请号:US18225659

    申请日:2023-07-24

    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for locating small indicia in large images are disclosed herein. An example method includes: identifying an aiming pattern zone that includes a detected or presumed location of an aiming light pattern, wherein an offset between the location and a center of image data varies due to a parallax; determining one or more coordinates of the aiming pattern zone; capturing image data representing an image of an environment appearing within a field of view (FOV) of a scanner including the indicia; encoding the one or more coordinates into a tagline of the image; and providing the image with the tagline to an indicia decoder such that the indicia decoder attempts to decode the indicia from the image data starting in a region of the image data selected based upon the one or more coordinates.

    Methods and Devices for Improving Indicia Decoding with an Imaging Device

    公开(公告)号:US20230222304A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-13

    申请号:US17575401

    申请日:2022-01-13

    CPC classification number: G06K7/1413 G06F3/14 G01S17/10

    Abstract: Methods and devices for improving indicia decoding with an imaging device are disclosed herein. An example method includes: (a) searching, by an imaging device, a search region within a current image for an indicia, wherein the search region includes a plurality of search seeds; (b) attempting, by the imaging device, to decode the indicia within the search region by analyzing image data corresponding to each seed of the plurality of search seeds; (c) responsive to not decoding the indicia, capturing, by the imaging device, a subsequent image featuring the indicia; (d) adjusting, by the imaging device, the search region based on a distance between the imaging device and the indicia featured in the subsequent image; (e) designating the subsequent image as the current image; and (f) iteratively performing (a)-(f) until the imaging device decodes the indicia.

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