ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,822, issued on April 22, was assigned to Zebra Technologies Corp. (Lincolnshire, Ill.).

"Device and method for data capture aiming assistance" was invented by Adrian J. Stagg (Belfountain, Canada), Gregory John Evans (Merrickville, Canada), Steven William Maddigan (Brampton, Canada), John Louis Ingold (Mulmur, Canada) and Michael Wong (Etobicoke, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data capture device includes: a display, a primary image sensor having a primary field of view centered on a primary optical axis; an auxiliary image sensor having an auxiliary field of view centered on an auxiliary optical axis, wherein the auxiliary f...