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Devices and methods employing dual target auto exposure

US8646692B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 30, 2011
Grant dateFeb 11, 2014
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Expiry dateSep 30, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K7/1465
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The method includes automatically adjusting a first control parameter in a device for capturing a first plurality of images, automatically adjusting a second control parameter in the device for capturing a second plurality of images such that automatic adjustment of the first control parameter is interspersed with, separate from, and obtained generally concurrently with the automatic adjustment of the second control parameter. The adjustment of the first control parameter being determined differently compared to adjustment of the second control parameter. The method may include attempting to decode a decodable indicia utilizing one or more images of the first and second plurality of images.

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