公开(公告)号：US09679175B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-13

申请号：US14304830

申请日：2014-06-13

申请人： The Code Corporation

发明人： Ming Lei

IPC分类号： G06K7/10

CPC分类号： G06K7/10732 ,  G06K7/10811

摘要： A barcode reader comprising a targeting illumination system, a plurality of illumination systems, and a lens assembly may also comprise feature offset data. The feature offset data may be offsets between locations of a plurality of features projected by the targeting illumination system within a plurality of calibration image frames captured at different calibration distances. The barcode reader may (i) select two features projected by the targeting illumination system that are present in a barcode image captured via the first lens, (ii) determine a feature offset that indicates an offset between the two features, and (iii) estimate a barcode distance based on the feature offset and the feature offset data.

公开(公告)号：US09672399B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-06

申请号：US15230380

申请日：2016-08-06

申请人： The Code Corporation

发明人： Ming Lei ,  George Powell

IPC分类号： G06K7/10 ,  G06K7/14 ,  G06K19/06

CPC分类号： G06K7/10742 ,  G06K7/10732 ,  G06K7/10811 ,  G06K7/10831 ,  G06K7/1413 ,  G06K19/06028

摘要： One aspect of the present disclosure is related to a barcode reader that includes a bright field illumination system, a dark field illumination system, and an additional illumination system that is better able to illuminate an area of the reader's field of view between the far zone (where bright field illumination is optimal) and the close zone (where dark field illumination is optimal). In this “center zone,” the dark field illumination may not be bright enough and the bright field illumination may not be diffuse enough for reading a barcode.

公开(公告)号：US09665760B1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-30

申请号：US15207484

申请日：2016-07-11

申请人： The Code Corporation

发明人： Ming Lei ,  George Powell ,  Ryan Hoobler

IPC分类号： G06K7/14 ,  G06K7/10 ,  G06K19/06 ,  G06F17/30 ,  H04W88/02

CPC分类号： G06F17/30879 ,  G06K7/10732 ,  G06K7/10881 ,  G06K7/1417 ,  G06K7/1447 ,  G06K7/1478 ,  G06K19/06037 ,  G06K19/0614 ,  H04W88/02

摘要： This patent specification describes a barcode-reading system for a mobile device. The mobile device include an image sensor array for generating a color image of a target area. The color image includes sub-images each captured with a portion of the image sensor array sensitive to different bands of illumination. The barcode reading system may include an optic system configured to produce a targeting illumination pattern of a particular band of illumination passed by an optical filter within the target area. An image processing function of a barcode-reading application may create a grayscale composite image of a barcode by combining the sub-images. In combining the sub-images, a contribution from a sub-image captured by a portion of the image sensor array most sensitive to the particular band for the targeting illumination may be smaller than a contribution from the other two sub-images captured by other portions of the image sensor array.

公开(公告)号：US09639727B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-02

申请号：US15162588

申请日：2016-05-23

申请人： The Code Corporation

发明人： Ming Lei ,  Jason J. Lee ,  Ryan Hoobler

IPC分类号： G06K7/10 ,  G06K7/14

CPC分类号： G06K7/10732 ,  G06K7/10584 ,  G06K7/10821 ,  G06K7/10851 ,  G06K7/146 ,  G06K2207/1018

摘要： A method for glare reduction may be implemented by a graphical code reader. The graphical code reader includes an optic system, a plurality of light sources, and a control system. The control system is configured to determine that glare is present in an image captured by the optic system by identifying reflection from at least one of the plurality of light sources. The control system may take a corrective action to reduce the glare in subsequent images. The control system may be configured to take a first corrective action if a diffraction pattern is present at a periphery of the glare, and take a second corrective action if a diffraction pattern is not present at the periphery of the glare.

公开(公告)号：US20160321487A1

公开(公告)日：2016-11-03

申请号：US14717112

申请日：2015-05-20

申请人： The Code Corporation

发明人： Ming Lei ,  Mark Ashby ,  Ryan Hoobler

IPC分类号： G06K7/14 ,  G06K7/10

CPC分类号： G06K7/146 ,  G06K7/10722 ,  G06K7/10732 ,  G06K7/10752 ,  G06K7/10792 ,  G06K7/10851 ,  G06K7/1465

摘要： A barcode reader may perform image processing functions to generate distinct image data records from the frame of image data of a barcode, select an image data record from the distinct image data records and decode the selected image data record. Each image data record may be generated by applying a distinct image processing function to the frame of image data. The barcode reader may capture multiple frames of image data in sequence based on image capture parameters. At least one of the multiple frames of image data may be captured with a distinct parameter value. The image capture parameters may include an exposure setting, a gain setting, a resolution setting, and/or an illumination setting.

摘要翻译： 条形码读取器可以执行图像处理功能，以从条形码的图像数据的帧中生成不同的图像数据记录，从不同的图像数据记录中选择图像数据记录，并对所选择的图像数据记录进行解码。 可以通过将不同的图像处理功能应用于图像数据的帧来生成每个图像数据记录。 条形码读取器可以基于图像捕获参数依次捕获多帧图像数据。 图像数据的多个帧中的至少一个可以用不同的参数值来捕获。 图像拍摄参数可以包括曝光设置，增益设置，分辨率设置和/或照明设置。

公开(公告)号：US20160321482A1

公开(公告)日：2016-11-03

申请号：US14717193

申请日：2015-05-20

申请人： The Code Corporation

发明人： Mark Ashby ,  Ming Lei ,  Ryan Hoobler

IPC分类号： G06K7/10

CPC分类号： G06K7/146 ,  G06K7/10722 ,  G06K7/10732 ,  G06K7/10752 ,  G06K7/10792 ,  G06K7/10851 ,  G06K7/1465

摘要： A barcode reader may perform image processing functions to generate distinct image data records from the frame of image data of a barcode, select an image data record from the distinct image data records and decode the selected image data record. Each image data record may be generated by applying a distinct image processing function to the frame of image data. The barcode reader may capture multiple frames of image data in sequence based on image capture parameters. At least one of the multiple frames of image data may be captured with a distinct parameter value. The image capture parameters may include an exposure setting, a gain setting, a resolution setting, and/or an illumination setting.

公开(公告)号：US09411999B2

公开(公告)日：2016-08-09

申请号：US14221242

申请日：2014-03-20

申请人： The Code Corporation

发明人： Ming Lei ,  George Powell

IPC分类号： G06K7/10

CPC分类号： G06K7/10831 ,  G06K7/10792

摘要： The present disclosure provides a barcode reader including a second set of imaging optics having a larger effective depth of field than a first set of imaging optics and requiring a larger amount of time to process a resulting image of a barcode into a decodable format. The barcode reader also includes a processor providing a decoded output based on an image acquired with the second set of imaging optics if an image acquired with the first set of imaging optics is not decodable.

摘要翻译： 本公开提供了一种条形码读取器，其包括第二组成像光学器件，其具有比第一组成像光学元件更大的有效景深，并且需要更大量的时间来将条形码的所得图像处理成可解码格式。 如果用第一组成像光学器件获取的图像不可解码，则条形码读取器还包括提供基于用第二组成像光学器件获取的图像的解码输出的处理器。

公开(公告)号：US09367726B1

公开(公告)日：2016-06-14

申请号：US14717167

申请日：2015-05-20

申请人： The Code Corporation

发明人： Mark Ashby ,  Ming Lei ,  Ryan Hoobler

IPC分类号： G06K7/10 ,  G06K7/14

CPC分类号： G06K7/146 ,  G06K7/10722 ,  G06K7/10732 ,  G06K7/10752 ,  G06K7/10792 ,  G06K7/10851 ,  G06K7/1465

摘要： A barcode reader may perform image processing functions to generate distinct image data records from the frame of image data of a barcode, select an image data record from the distinct image data records and decode the selected image data record. Each image data record may be generated by applying a distinct image processing function to the frame of image data. The barcode reader may capture multiple frames of image data in sequence based on image capture parameters. At least one of the multiple frames of image data may be captured with a distinct parameter value. The image capture parameters may include an exposure setting, a gain setting, a resolution setting, and/or an illumination setting.

摘要翻译： 条形码读取器可以执行图像处理功能，以从条形码的图像数据的帧中生成不同的图像数据记录，从不同的图像数据记录中选择图像数据记录，并对所选择的图像数据记录进行解码。 可以通过将不同的图像处理功能应用于图像数据的帧来生成每个图像数据记录。 条形码读取器可以基于图像捕获参数依次捕获多帧图像数据。 图像数据的多个帧中的至少一个可以用不同的参数值来捕获。 图像拍摄参数可以包括曝光设置，增益设置，分辨率设置和/或照明设置。

公开(公告)号：US20150363626A1

公开(公告)日：2015-12-17

申请号：US14304794

申请日：2014-06-13

申请人： The Code Corporation

发明人： Mark Ashby ,  George Powell ,  Ryan Hoobler ,  Ming Lei ,  Steve Pierce

IPC分类号： G06K7/14 ,  H04L29/12 ,  H04L29/08

CPC分类号： H04L67/34 ,  G06F3/123 ,  G06F8/60 ,  G06F8/65 ,  G06F9/4416 ,  G06F9/445 ,  G06F9/44505 ,  G06F9/44557 ,  G06F9/44568 ,  G06F12/0238 ,  G06F21/572 ,  G06F2212/202 ,  G06K7/10722 ,  G06K7/10821 ,  G06K7/1439 ,  G06K19/06028 ,  H04L41/0806 ,  H04L61/1552 ,  H04L67/1095

摘要： A barcode reader may include one or more advancements in the manner in which its software and/or firmware are updated and/or installed. The barcode reader may have an image sensor that captures an image of a barcode, a communication interface, volatile memory, non-volatile memory, and a processor. The barcode reader may receive executable code, selected from multiple versions, from a configuration server remote from the barcode reader. The executable code may be loaded directly into the volatile memory, without first being loaded into the non-volatile memory. The executable code may be loaded at a location in the volatile memory that begins at a start address stored in the non-volatile memory or in a header of the executable code. The barcode reader may execute the executable code to commence operation of the barcode reader directly after the executable code has been loaded into the volatile memory.

摘要翻译： 条形码读取器可以以其软件和/或固件被更新和/或安装的方式包括一个或多个进步。 条形码读取器可以具有捕获条形码，通信接口，易失性存储器，非易失性存储器和处理器的图像的图像传感器。 条形码读取器可以从远离条形码读取器的配置服务器接收从多个版本中选择的可执行代码。 可执行代码可以直接加载到易失性存储器中，而不首先被加载到非易失性存储器中。 可执行代码可以被加载在从存储在非易失性存储器中的起始地址或可执行代码的头部开始的易失性存储器中的位置处。 条形码读取器可以执行可执行代码，以在可执行代码已被加载到易失性存储器之后直接开始条形码读取器的操作。

公开(公告)号：US20150363623A1

公开(公告)日：2015-12-17

申请号：US14317268

申请日：2014-06-27

申请人： The Code Corporation

发明人： Mark Ashby ,  George Powell ,  Ryan Hoobler ,  Ming Lei ,  Steve Pierce

IPC分类号： G06K7/10 ,  G06F9/445

CPC分类号： H04L67/34 ,  G06F3/123 ,  G06F8/60 ,  G06F8/65 ,  G06F9/4416 ,  G06F9/445 ,  G06F9/44505 ,  G06F9/44557 ,  G06F9/44568 ,  G06F12/0238 ,  G06F21/572 ,  G06F2212/202 ,  G06K7/10722 ,  G06K7/10821 ,  G06K7/1439 ,  G06K19/06028 ,  H04L41/0806 ,  H04L61/1552 ,  H04L67/1095

摘要： A barcode reader for decoding data from a barcode includes barcode reading hardware, including an image sensor which captures an image of a barcode within a field of view. The barcode reader also includes a processor. The processor executes embedded firmware to operate the barcode reading hardware. The processor also generates decoded data representative of data encoded in the barcode by executing supplemental operating instructions which the barcode reader obtains from a remote configuration server upon power up of the barcode reader. The supplemental operating instructions are distinct from the embedded firmware and include instructions which, when executed by the processor, enable the barcode reader to output the decoded data from the barcode within the field of view.

摘要翻译： 用于从条形码解码数据的条形码读取器包括条形码读取硬件，包括在视场内捕获条形码图像的图像传感器。 条形码读取器还包括处理器。 处理器执行嵌入式固件来操作条形码读取硬件。 处理器还通过执行条形码读取器在条形码读取器加电时从远程配置服务器获得的补充操作指令，生成代表编码在条形码中的数据的解码数据。 补充操作指令与嵌入式固件不同，并且包括当由处理器执行时使得条形码读取器能够在视场内从条形码输出解码的数据的指令。