US 11,775,784 B2
Systems and method for enabling selective use of illumination color to capture appropriate data
Edward Barkan, Miller Place, NY (US); Mark Drzymala, Saint James, NY (US); and Darran Michael Handshaw, Sound Beach, NY (US)
Assigned to Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US)
Filed by ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Lincolnshire, IL (US)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/474,658.
Application 17/474,658 is a continuation of application No. 16/505,202, filed on Jul. 8, 2019, granted, now 11,151,344.
Prior Publication US 2021/0406494 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. G06K 7/12 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 7/12 (2013.01) [G06K 7/10198 (2013.01); G06K 7/10415 (2013.01); G06K 7/10821 (2013.01); G06K 7/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
16. A barcode reader comprising:
a housing;
an external-device-interface positioned at least partially within the housing;
a primary imaging assembly including one or more primary imagers positioned within the housing, the one or more primary imagers configured to capture a plurality of first images of an environment appearing within the FOV during a scanning session, wherein the scanning session includes one or more frames;
a primary illumination assembly positioned within the housing, wherein the primary illumination assembly is configured to provide a primary illumination to at least a portion of the environment; and
a controller operatively coupled to the primary imaging assembly, the primary illumination assembly, and the external-device-interface, the controller having a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the controller to:
(a) output (i) a primary-illumination-on signal and (ii) an image-capture signal, wherein the primary-illumination-on signal causes the primary illumination assembly to provide the primary illumination, and wherein the image-capture signal causes the primary imaging assembly to capture a respective first image of the plurality of first images;
(b) transmit, substantially concurrently with the transmission of the primary-illumination-on signal, an interleave signal to the external-device-interface, the interleave signal being operative to communicate, via the external-device-interface, at least one characteristic associated with at least one of the primary-illumination-on signal and the image-capture signal; and
(c) iteratively perform steps (a)-(c) for each respective frame of the scanning session.