Hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading system employing a method of intelligently illuminating an object so as to generate a digital image thereof which is substantially free of noise caused by specular-type reflection

作者: Anatoly Kotlarsky , Pasqual Spatafore , Thomas Amundsen , Rui Hou , Sung Byun

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关键词: Digital imagingComputer graphics (images)Artificial intelligenceBar (music)Computer visionControl systemSpecular reflectionImage formationDigital imageObject (computer science)Noise (video)Engineering

摘要: A hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reader comprises: an automatic object presence detection subsystem; a multi-mode area-type image formation and subsystem having narrow-area wide-area image-capture modes of operation; LED-based illumination independently controllable LED arrays; light exposure measurement control capturing buffering image-processing reading input/output system for controlling the subsystems. The employs method intelligently illuminating objects during capture, wherein arrays are controlled particular moments to generate images which, through analysis, determined be substantially free noise (i.e. intense spatial intensity variations) caused by specular-type reflection off imaging operations.