US 12,136,016 B2
Handheld barcode readers and assemblies with vision cameras
Darran Michael Handshaw, Sound Beach, NY (US); Edward Barkan, Miller Place, NY (US); and Ronald Steven Ethe, Commack, NY (US)
Assigned to Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US)
Filed by ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Lincolnshire, IL (US)
Filed on Oct. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/380,544.
Application 18/380,544 is a continuation of application No. 17/710,526, filed on Mar. 31, 2022, granted, now 11,790,194.
Prior Publication US 2024/0037354 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 7/10722 (2013.01) [G06K 7/10881 (2013.01); G06K 7/1413 (2013.01); G06K 2007/10524 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A handheld barcode reader, comprising:
a housing defining a head portion and a base portion;
a vision camera positioned at least partially in the head portion, the vision camera having a first field-of-view (FOV);
a barcode reading module positioned at least partially in the head portion, the barcode reading module having a second FOV directed through a scan window in the head portion; and
a controller in communication with the barcode reading module and the vision camera, the controller configured to decode barcodes read by the barcode reading module, receive captured images from the vision camera, and synchronize the barcode reading module and the vision camera such that the vision camera does not capture images when the barcode reading module is active.