Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to the field of inventory management. In an embodiment, the present application is a method of reading barcodes. The method includes capturing, by an imaging assembly, an image of a target, the target including: (i) a symbol encoding a payload data, and (ii) a set of one or more alphanumeric characters containing a payload descriptor associated with the symbol; decoding, by a first processor, the symbol to extract the payload data; performing, by a second processor, an optical character recognition analysis on the set of one or more alphanumeric characters to identify the payload descriptor associated with the symbol; associating the payload data with the payload descriptor, resulting in an associated pair; and forwarding the associated pair to a third processor for further processing of the payload data based on the payload descriptor.

Abstract: A method of decoding spatially related indicia includes: at an imaging controller, controlling an image sensor to capture an image containing a plurality of indicia; at the imaging controller, detecting image positions of each of the indicia; at the imaging controller, for each of a plurality of indicia pairs: determining whether the image positions of the indicia in the pair have a predefined spatial relationship; and responsive to determining that the indicia in the pair have the predefined spatial relationship, presenting (i) values decoded from the indicia in the pair, and (ii) an indicator that the decoded values are related.

Abstract: A method in a data capture device of dynamically capturing indicia includes: responsive to initiation of a capture session, receiving a quantity indicator defining an expected number of the indicia to be captured during the capture session; capturing an indicium from a set of indicia and storing a string decoded from the indicium in a capture session buffer; responsive to storing the string, determining whether a number of strings in the capture session buffer matches the expected number defined by the quantity indicator; when the number of strings in the capture session buffer does not match the expected number, repeating (i) the capturing and the storing for a further indicium from the set of indicia, and (ii) the determining; and when the number of strings in the capture session buffer matches the expected number, generating a session termination signal to terminate the capture session.