PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To process discrete image data on the basis of a focus of attention within an overall set of acquired image data.SOLUTION: A processing result is configured to act on a sub-set of overall image data to generate an output value to be requested by a vision system process. The output value can be a decoded ID or other alphanumeric data. In a vision system having two processor groups, the system is configured to be executed using a memory that is smaller in capacity than an amount of image data to be read from a sensor array. A first processor group includes a plurality of SIMD processors and at least one general-purpose processor. A data reduction function is configured to generate a reduced data set to be stored in the memory. At least one portion of overall, unreduced image data is concurrently transmitted to a second processor, and a first processor is configured to transmit at least one region indicator to the second processor regarding the reduced data set.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE DATA ABOUT FOCUS OF ATTENTION WITHIN OVERALL IMAGE