An indicia reading terminal comprising:nan image sensor integrated circuit having a two-dimensional image sensor, said two-dimensional image sensor including a plurality of pixels arranged in repetitive patterns, each pattern of said repetitive patterns including at least one pixel sensitive in a first spectrum region, at least one pixel sensitive in a second spectrum region, and at least one pixel sensitive in a third spectrum region;a hand held housing encapsulating said two-dimensional image sensor;an imaging lens configured to focus an image of a target decodable indicia onto said two-dimensional image sensor;wherein said image sensor integrated circuit is configured to capture a frame of image data by reading out a plurality of analog signals, each analog signal of said plurality of analog signals being representative of light incident on a pixel of said plurality of pixels;wherein said image sensor integrated circuit is further configured to convert said plurality of analog signals to a plurality of digital signals and to store said plurality of digital signals in a memory;wherein said indicia reading terminal is configured to convert digital signals representative of pixel values of a group of two or more pixels into a single digital pixel value;wherein said group of two or more pixels includes one of: a pixel sensitive in said first spectrum region and a pixel sensitive in said third spectrum region, two pixels sensitive in said second spectrum region, a pixel sensitive in said first spectrum region and a pixel sensitive in said second spectrum region, a pixel sensitive in said second spectrum region and a pixel sensitive in said third spectrum region; andwherein said indicia reading terminal is further configured to process said frame of image data for attempting to decode for decodable indicia.
›19.↳ 18The indicia reading terminal of claim 18, wherein said first spectrum region is provided by a red spectrum region, said second spectrum region is prov…d2
The indicia reading terminal of claim 18, wherein said first spectrum region is provided by a red spectrum region, said second spectrum region is provided by a green spectrum region, and said third spectrum region is provided by a blue spectrum region.
›20.↳ 18The indicia reading terminal of claim 18, wherein said group of two or more pixels is provided by a group of four pixels including a pixel sensitive i…d2
The indicia reading terminal of claim 18, wherein said group of two or more pixels is provided by a group of four pixels including a pixel sensitive in said first spectrum region, two pixels sensitive in said second spectrum region, and a pixel sensitive in said third spectrum region.
›21.↳ 18The indicia reading terminal of claim 18, wherein said group of two or more pixels is provided by a group of N adjacent pixels, wherein N is a positiv…d2
The indicia reading terminal of claim 18, wherein said group of two or more pixels is provided by a group of N adjacent pixels, wherein N is a positive integer.
›22.↳ 18The indicia reading terminal of claim 18, wherein said group of two or more pixels is provided by a group of N×N adjacent pixels, wherein N is a posi…d2
The indicia reading terminal of claim 18, wherein said group of two or more pixels is provided by a group of N×N adjacent pixels, wherein N is a positive integer.
›23.↳ 18The indicia reading terminal of claim 18, wherein said group of two or more pixels is provided by a group of M×N adjacent pixels, wherein M and N are…d2
The indicia reading terminal of claim 18, wherein said group of two or more pixels is provided by a group of M×N adjacent pixels, wherein M and N are positive integers.
›24.↳ 18The indicia reading terminal of claim 18, wherein said single digital pixel value is equal to one of: a sum of digital pixel values of one or more pix…d2
The indicia reading terminal of claim 18, wherein said single digital pixel value is equal to one of: a sum of digital pixel values of one or more pixels of said group of pixels, an average of digital pixel values of one or more pixels of said group of pixels.
›25.↳ 18The indicia reading terminal of claim 18, wherein said single digital pixel value is equal to one of: a sum of digital pixel values of one or more pix…d2
The indicia reading terminal of claim 18, wherein said single digital pixel value is equal to one of: a sum of digital pixel values of one or more pixels of said group of pixels, said one or more pixels being sensitive in one spectrum region, an average of digital pixel values of one or more pixels of said group of pixels, said one or more pixels being sensitive in one spectrum region.
›26.↳ 18The indicia reading terminal of claim 18, wherein said group of two or more pixels is provided by a group of four pixels including a pixel sensitive i…d2
The indicia reading terminal of claim 18, wherein said group of two or more pixels is provided by a group of four pixels including a pixel sensitive in said first spectrum region, two pixels sensitive in said second spectrum region, and a pixel sensitive in said third spectrum region; andnwherein said single digital pixel value is equal to one of: an average of digital pixel values of said two pixels sensitive in said second spectrum region, a sum of digital pixel values of said two pixels sensitive in said second spectrum region, a digital pixel value of a pixel sensitive in one of: said first spectrum region, said third spectrum region.
›27.↳ 18The indicia reading terminal of claim 18, wherein said plurality of analog signals comprises at least two groups of N×M pixels; andnwherein said at l…d2
The indicia reading terminal of claim 18, wherein said plurality of analog signals comprises at least two groups of N×M pixels; andnwherein said at least two groups of N×M pixels overlap by N*(M−1) pixels.
›28.↳ 18The indicia reading terminal of claim 18, including a color pattern filter disposed over said image sensor.d2
The indicia reading terminal of claim 18, including a color pattern filter disposed over said image sensor.
›29.↳ 18The indicia reading terminal of claim 18, wherein said frame of image data is a monochrome frame.d2
The indicia reading terminal of claim 18, wherein said frame of image data is a monochrome frame.
›30.↳ 18The indicia reading terminal of claim 18, wherein said plurality of analog signals represents substantially all pixels of said image sensor.d2
The indicia reading terminal of claim 18, wherein said plurality of analog signals represents substantially all pixels of said image sensor.
›31.↳ 18The indicia reading terminal of claim 18, wherein said plurality of analog signals represents a subset of pixels of said image sensor.d2
The indicia reading terminal of claim 18, wherein said plurality of analog signals represents a subset of pixels of said image sensor.
›32.↳ 18The indicia reading terminal of claim 18, wherein said plurality of analog signals represents substantially all pixels of said image sensor if a resol…d2
The indicia reading terminal of claim 18, wherein said plurality of analog signals represents substantially all pixels of said image sensor if a resolution of said frame of image data is sufficient to decode said target decodable indicia; andnwherein said plurality of analog signals represents a subset of pixels of said image sensor if said resolution of said frame of image data is insufficient to decode said target decodable indicia.
›33.↳ 18The indicia reading terminal of claim 18, wherein said plurality of analog signals represents a group of adjacent pixels centered at a center of said …d2
The indicia reading terminal of claim 18, wherein said plurality of analog signals represents a group of adjacent pixels centered at a center of said image sensor.
›34.↳ 18The indicia reading terminal of claim 18, wherein said group of two or more pixels is provided by a group of two or more pixels sensitive in one spect…d2
The indicia reading terminal of claim 18, wherein said group of two or more pixels is provided by a group of two or more pixels sensitive in one spectrum region.
