ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,952, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Datalogic USA Inc. (Eugene, Ore.).

"Systems and methods for higher scan rates of human aimed scanners in various environments" was invented by Scott William Haines (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A code reader may include an image sensor to image a scene with a machine-readable indicia, an aimer illuminator to output an aiming signal to cause an aiming pattern, and at least one processor to enable the aimer illuminator to output the aiming signal. The aiming signal may be longer in at least one dimension than a width of a face of an electronic device at a defined distance on...