US 11,868,842 B2
Point-of-sale scanner signaling to a camera
Thomas Conticello, Saint James, NY (US)
Assigned to Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US)
Filed by ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Lincolnshire, IL (US)
Filed on Sep. 9, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/564,940.
Prior Publication US 2021/0073494 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01)
CPC G06K 7/1404 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/208 (2013.01); H04N 7/181 (2013.01); H04N 7/188 (2013.01); G06K 2007/10524 (2013.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for transmitting barcode scan information, the method comprising:
detecting a triggering event at a barcode reader, wherein the barcode reader is within a first field of view defined by one or more image capturing devices of an external imaging system, the external imaging system being external to the barcode reader;
responsive to detecting the triggering event at the barcode reader, capturing, by the barcode reader, a plurality of images of an environment appearing within a second field of view defined by the barcode reader;
attempting to decode, at the barcode reader, an indicia appearing within at least one of the plurality of images; and
performing at least one of:
responsive to successfully decoding the indicia, transmitting, from the barcode reader to the external imaging system and via an optical signal assembly, a first optical signal based at least in part on the indicia, and
responsive to detecting an object within a product scanning region of the barcode reader and no successful decode of the indicia, transmitting, from the barcode reader to the external imaging system and via the optical signal assembly, a second optical signal indicating the object being passed within the product scanning region with no successful decode.