Hardware controls associated with features of a scanner are removed, and a combined scanner and transaction terminal is provided without the hardware controls. Operations associated with the removed hardware controls are graphically depicted as selectable window options within scanner-generated windows. The scanner generated windows are provided as a projected human interface for the missing hardware controls. The projected human interface is provided with and accessible from a display that includes transaction windows produced by transaction software of the transaction terminal, such that the selectable window options are always accessible from the display during transaction processing performed by the transaction software.

Coded information reader (1) for reading coded information (6) from an object, comprising a first camera assembly (10) having a first resolution, a first frame rate and a first field of view (18), and a second camera assembly (20) having a second resolution, a second frame rate and a second field of view (28), wherein the first resolution is lower than the second resolution and the first frame rate is higher than the second frame rate. The first camera assembly (10) is configured to acquire frames and to process the acquired frames to perform: —detection of object presence, —determination of operating parameters for both the first camera assembly (10) and the second camera assembly (20), —coded information decoding, —in case of failure of said coded information decoding, triggering of the second camera assembly (20) to acquire frames and to process the acquired frames to perform coded information decoding with the operating parameters set as determined by the first camera assembly (10) for the second camera assembly (20).

An access code can be generated by a primary device and interpreted by a secondary device for the purpose of presenting, on the secondary device, additional content related to an application running on the primary device. The access code can be a two dimensional graphic or QR code that can be easily captured by a camera unit of the secondary device. Once captured, additional content related to the running application can be identified and displayed on the secondary device.

The present disclosure provides a method and system for allowing a receiver of a delivery item to view moving picture corresponding to the delivery item attached on the delivery item in an augmented reality form without unpacking the delivery item so as to allow to intuitively check the information of the delivery item. According to an aspect of an exemplary embodiment, a method of providing delivery item information in a device includes: activating a camera when an application program is executed; recognizing an identification code attached on a delivery item and photographed by the camera; requesting moving picture data corresponding to the identification code from a service server and receiving the moving picture data; and outputting moving picture corresponding to the moving picture data by superimposing on a real-time camera image acquired by the camera.

A computer-implemented method includes receiving a request to scan a barcode and in response, displaying a split screen having a camera image portion and a product information portion. At least part of an image currently being captured by a camera and containing a barcode is displayed in the camera image portion. Product information for a product represented by the barcode is displayed in the product information portion.

Hardware controls associated with features of a scanner are removed, and a combined scanner and transaction terminal is provided without the hardware controls. Operations associated with the removed hardware controls are graphically depicted as selectable window options within scanner-generated windows. The scanner generated windows are provided as a projected human interface for the missing hardware controls. The projected human interface is provided with and accessible from a display that includes transaction windows produced by transaction software of the transaction terminal, such that the selectable window options are always accessible from the display during transaction processing performed by the transaction software.

A method of optically scanning indicia on an object includes providing a coherent light source for illuminating the object with coherent light. The object is marked with indicia including a first feature and a second feature, with the first feature including reflection of coherent light and said second feature including emittance of non-coherent light when illuminated. An imaging device is capable of distinguishing coherent light from non-coherent light. The indicia are illuminated with coherent light generated by the coherent light source causing the indicia to reflect coherent light and emit non-coherent light. The coherent light is distinguished from the non-coherent light emitted from the indicia by a controller for identifying a pattern of one of said first feature and said second feature.

A tag comprises cells represented by marks, such as white and black, arranged in a predetermined pattern. Reference cells are used to determine the edges of the tag and orientation, while others are used to encode data and error correction data. During processing, a tag is detected based on a variability metric within a given region of an image exceeding a threshold value. Once detected, the orientation of the tag is determined using the reference cells. Confidence values, indicative of a likelihood that the cell is a particular cell value, such as white or black, are determined for each cell in a first set of cell values. If the first set is invalid, the cell values for a set of lowest confidence cell values are inverted to produce a second set of cell values. The second set is tested, and if valid, is used to produce output data.

A code reader and method thereof may include capturing monochrome images of a scene by a monochrome imager, and capturing color images of the scene by a color imager aligned with the monochrome imager. Stereo 3D images of the scene may be generated from the monochrome and color images.

A controlled image sample is obtained of a produce item. The controlled image sample may be captured using an integrated camera of a mobile device or by a specialized produce image meter from a handheld scanning device. The image sample is processed to obtain a produce signature that is unique to a type of produce associated with the image sample. The produce signature is matched to a specific produce identifier and the produce identifier is added to a list of items being purchased by a shopper through a self-shopping system.