US Patent Issued to Hand Held Products on Jan. 28 for "Scanning device" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,210,162, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Hand Held Products Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Scanning device" was invented by Erik Todeschini (Camillus, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example methods, apparatuses and systems are disclosed for providing a device for capturing a barcode image within an augmented reality environment. An example method includes detecting a target object within a field of view of an augmented reality viewing device. The method further includes rendering an image of a scanning device within the field of view of the augmented reality viewing device, and rendering a scanning area within the field of view of the ...