US 12,477,220 B2
Apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for comprehensive focusing in imaging environments
Tao Xian, Mt. Laurel, NJ (US); Eric Alfons Youngblood, Matthews, NC (US); Timothy Good, Indian Land, SC (US); Jeffrey Harper, Charlotte, NC (US); David Matthew Wilz, Sewell, NJ (US); Manjul Bizoara, Charlotte, NC (US); Erik Van Horn, Seaville, NJ (US); Ka Au, Charlotte, NC (US); Shankar Ban, Fort Mill, SC (US); and Thomas Haggerty, Haddon Township, NJ (US)
Assigned to Hand Held Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Hand Held Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/613,905.
Prior Publication US 2025/0301219 A1, Sep. 25, 2025
Int. Cl. H04N 23/67 (2023.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/671 (2023.01) [G06K 7/10831 (2013.01); G06K 7/1413 (2013.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
projecting, during a first time occasion, an aimer pattern onto a target object within a field of view of a first imager of an imaging engine;
acquiring, during the first time occasion, a first image of the target object via the first imager;
selecting a lens focusing scheme based at least in part on a detectability level of the aimer pattern in the first image, wherein selection of the lens focusing scheme is between a first lens focusing scheme associated with a location of the aimer pattern and a second lens focusing scheme associated with at least one predefined lens position; and
determining a focus position for a lens in the imaging engine in accordance with the lens focusing scheme.