ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,713,138, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Datalogic IP Tech S.r.l. (Bologna, Italy).

"Optical scanner and image-acquisition method performed therewith" was invented by Luca Perugini (Bologna, Italy) and Simone Spolzino (Bologna, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image-acquisition method includes capturing, with an image sensor that includes a pixel array, a first image-set of a scene illuminated by an aimer-pattern. Each image of the first image-set includes a respective image-region detected by a plurality of pixels of the pixel array that define an aimer-illuminated region of the pixel array that at least in part determines a r...