ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,221, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Datalogic IP Tech S.r.l. (Lippo di Calderara di Reno, Italy).

"Data reading systems with multiple image-processing modes" was invented by WenLiang Gao (Eugene, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a data reading system and related methods of operation designed for optimizing and efficiently handling various image-processing functionalities of a data reading system. The data reading system includes a data reader configurable in at least a first image-processing mode for reading and decoding optical codes from acquired image data and in a second image-processing mode for ...