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AU KA MAN
US159 patents
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METROLOGIC INSTR INC
44 patentsUS7527205B2May 5, 2009
Automated package dimensioning system
METROLOGIC INSTR INC186 citations99
US7487917B2Feb 10, 2009
Automatic digital-imaging based code symbol reading system supporting pass-through and presentation modes of system operation using automatic object direction detection, narrow-area and wide-area illumination control, and narrow-area and wide-area video image capture and processing techniques
METROLOGIC INSTR INC60 citations99
US7240844B2Jul 10, 2007
Hand-suportable imaging-based bar code symbol reader employing an automatic light exposure measurement and illumination control subsystem for measuring illumination exposure on CMOS image sensing array and controlling LED illumination array driver circuitry
METROLOGIC INSTR INC70 citations99
US7128266B2Oct 31, 2006
Hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reader supporting narrow-area and wide-area modes of illumination and image capture
METROLOGIC INSTR INC785 citations99
US7104453B1Sep 12, 2006
Unitary package identification and dimensioning system employing ladar-based scanning methods
METROLOGIC INSTR INC125 citations99
US7086595B2Aug 8, 2006
Method of and apparatus for processing captured digital images of objects within a semi-automatic hand-supportable imaging-based bar code symbol reader so as to read 1d and/or 2d bar code symbols graphically represented therein
METROLOGIC INSTR INC80 citations99
US6971580B2Dec 6, 2005
Automated method of and system for dimensioning objects over a conveyor belt structure by applying contouring tracing, vertice detection, corner point detection, and corner point reduction methods to two-dimensional range data maps of the space above the conveyor belt captured by an amplitude modulated laser scanning beam
METROLOGIC INSTR INC162 citations99
US6837432B2Jan 4, 2005
Method of and apparatus for automatically cropping captured linear images of a moving object prior to image processing using region of interest (roi) coordinate specifications captured by an object profiling subsystem
METROLOGIC INSTR INC200 citations99
US6554189B1Apr 29, 2003
Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through a laser scanning tunnel
METROLOGIC INSTR INC102 citations99
US7490774B2Feb 17, 2009
Hand-supportable imaging based bar code symbol reader employing automatic light exposure measurement and illumination control subsystem integrated therein
METROLOGIC INSTR INC63 citations98
US6705526B1Mar 16, 2004
Automated method of and system for dimensioning objects transported through a work environment using contour tracing, vertice detection, corner point detection, and corner point reduction methods on two-dimensional range data maps captured by an amplitude modulated laser scanning beam
METROLOGIC INSTR INC125 citations98
US6517004B2Feb 11, 2003
Automated system for identifying and dimensioning packages transported through a laser scanning tunnel using laser scanning beam indexing techniques
METROLOGIC INSTR INC109 citations98
US6457642B1Oct 1, 2002
Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through a laser scanning tunnel
METROLOGIC INSTR INC124 citations98
US7490778B2Feb 17, 2009
Method of reading code symbols using a hand-supportable digital image capturing and processing device employing a micro-computing platform supporting an event-driven multi-tier modular software architecture
METROLOGIC INSTR INC43 citations97
US7360706B2Apr 22, 2008
Hand-supportable imaging-based auto-discriminating 1D/2D bar code symbol reader employing a multi-mode image processing bar code symbol reading subsystem having a plurality of modes of operation which are dynamically reconfigurable in response to real-time image analysis
METROLOGIC INSTR INC39 citations97
US7357325B2Apr 15, 2008
Hand-supportable imaging-based bar code symbol reader employing a CMOS-type image sensor using global exposure techniques
METROLOGIC INSTR INC39 citations97
US7320431B2Jan 22, 2008
Digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading system employing a multi-mode illumination subsystem with far-field and near field led-based illumination arrays
METROLOGIC INSTR INC42 citations97
US7281661B2Oct 16, 2007
Hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading system employing a method of intelligently illuminating an object so as to generate a digital image thereof which is substantially free of noise caused by specular-type reflection
METROLOGIC INSTR INC55 citations97
US7273180B2Sep 25, 2007
Hand-supportable imaging-based bar code symbol reader having a multi-mode bar code symbol image processor dynamically reconfigurable in response to real-time image processing operations carried out on captured images
METROLOGIC INSTR INC41 citations97
US7237722B2Jul 3, 2007
Hand-supported imaging-based bar code symbol reader employing a multi-mode image-processing based bar code reading subsystem with modular image-processing architecture
METROLOGIC INSTR INC42 citations97
US7185817B2Mar 6, 2007
Hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar codes symbol reader employing multi-mode subsystems
METROLOGIC INSTR INC47 citations97
US6976626B2Dec 20, 2005
Wireless bar code symbol driven portable data terminal (PDT) system adapted for single handed operation
METROLOGIC INSTR INC84 citations97
US6971577B2Dec 6, 2005
Method of and system for automatically producing digital images of a moving object, with pixels having a substantially uniform white level independent of the velocity of said moving object
METROLOGIC INSTR INC57 citations97
US6830185B2Dec 14, 2004
Method of and system for automatically producing digital images of a moving object, with pixels having a substantially uniform white level independent of the velocity of said moving object
METROLOGIC INSTR INC56 citations97
US7950583B2May 31, 2011
Automatic digital video imaging based code symbol reading system employing an automatic object motion controlled illumination subsystem
METROLOGIC INSTR INC20 citations96
US7845563B2Dec 7, 2010
Digital image capture and processing system employing an illumination subassembly mounted about a light transmission aperture, and a field of view folding mirror disposed beneath the light transmission aperture
METROLOGIC INSTR INC31 citations96
US7841533B2Nov 30, 2010
Method of capturing and processing digital images of an object within the field of view (FOV) of a hand-supportable digitial image capture and processing system
METROLOGIC INSTR INC34 citations96
US7735737B2Jun 15, 2010
Automatically-triggered digital video-imaging based code symbol reading system supporting ambient illumination mode automatically selected by adaptive control process
METROLOGIC INSTR INC37 citations96
US7681799B2Mar 23, 2010
Method of reading code symbols using a digital image capturing and processing system employing a micro-computing platform with an event-driven multi-tier software architecture
METROLOGIC INSTR INC35 citations96
US7637432B2Dec 29, 2009
Automatic point-of-sale based code symbol reading system employing automatic object motion detection and illumination control, and digital video image capturing and processing techniques
METROLOGIC INSTR INC20 citations96
US7588190B2Sep 15, 2009
Digital-imaging code symbol reading system supporting automatic programming of system parameters for automatic configuration of said system in hands-on and hands-free modes of operation
METROLOGIC INSTR INC15 citations96
US7527206B2May 5, 2009
Method of setting the time duration of illumination from an LED-based illumination array employed in a digital imaging-based code symbol reader, using an image-processing based illumination metering program executed therewithin
METROLOGIC INSTR INC37 citations96
US7527200B2May 5, 2009
Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) systems with integrated despeckling mechanisms provided therein
METROLOGIC INSTR INC17 citations96
US7513430B2Apr 7, 2009
Digital image capturing and processing system employing an area-type image sensing array exposed to narrow-band illumination from a narrow-band illumination subsystem for a time duration controlled using a photodetector operated independently from said area-type image sensing array
METROLOGIC INSTR INC36 citations96
US7503499B2Mar 17, 2009
Digital image capturing and processing system producing narrow-band illumination when image sensor elements in a state of integration, and simultaneously detecting narrow-band illumination using an area-type image sensor and independently-operated photo-detector
METROLOGIC INSTR INC36 citations96
US7503498B2Mar 17, 2009
Hand-supportable digital image capturing and processing system employing an area-type image sensing array exposed to illumination from an LED-based illumination array only when all sensor elements in said image-sensing array are activated and in a state of integration
METROLOGIC INSTR INC14 citations96
US7494063B2Feb 24, 2009
Automatic imaging-based code symbol reading system supporting a multi-tier modular software architecture, automatic illumination control, and video image capture and processing techniques
METROLOGIC INSTR INC40 citations96
US7428998B2Sep 30, 2008
Automatic hand-supportable image-based bar code symbol reader having image-processing based bar code reading subsystem employing simple decode image processing operations applied in an outwardly-directed manner referenced from the center of a captured narrow-area digital image of an object bearing a 1D bar code symbol
METROLOGIC INSTR INC34 citations96
US7278575B2Oct 9, 2007
Hand-supportable image-based bar code symbol reader employing helically-sweeping feature-extraction analysis on a captured digital image of an object referenced from the center thereof
METROLOGIC INSTR INC24 citations96
US7267282B2Sep 11, 2007
Hand-supportable imaging-based bar code symbol reader capable of exposing an automatically detected object to a field of narrow-band LED-based illumination only when substantially all rows of pixels in a CMOS image sensing array are in a state of integration
METROLOGIC INSTR INC29 citations96
US7255279B2Aug 14, 2007
Hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code reading system wherein, during each imaging cycle, a single frame of pixel data is automatically detected by a CMOS area-type image sensing array when substantially all rows of pixels therein are in a state of integration and have a common integration time, and then pixel data is transmitted from said CMOS area-type image sensing array into a FIFO buffer, and then mapped into memory for subsequent image processing
METROLOGIC INSTR INC37 citations96
US7243847B2Jul 17, 2007
Digital imaging-based bar code symbol reader employing an LED-based illumination subsystem driven by an automatic light exposure measurement and illumination control subsystem
METROLOGIC INSTR INC15 citations96
US7225989B2Jun 5, 2007
Method of performing auto-discrimination of 1D/2D bar code symbologies in a semi-automatic hand-supportable imaging-based bar code symbol reader having narrow-area and wide-area image capture modes of operation
METROLOGIC INSTR INC29 citations96
US7216810B2May 15, 2007
Hand-supportable multi-mode digital imaging-based bar code symbol reader employing an automatic illumination and exposure control subsystem that automatically controls the operation of a multi-mode led-based illumination subsystem so that detected objects are sufficiently illuminated and good quality digital images thereof are formed and detected
METROLOGIC INSTR INC17 citations96
KOTLARSKY ANATOLY
5 patentsUS8517271B2Aug 27, 2013
Optical code symbol reading system employing a LED-driven optical-waveguide structure for illuminating a manually-actuated trigger switch integrated within a hand-supportable system housing
KOTLARSKY ANATOLY597 citations99
US8479992B2Jul 9, 2013
Optical code symbol reading system employing an acoustic-waveguide structure for coupling sonic energy, produced from an electro-transducer, to sound wave ports formed in the system housing
KOTLARSKY ANATOLY614 citations99
US8317105B2Nov 27, 2012
Optical scanning system having an extended programming mode and method of unlocking restricted extended classes of features and functionalities embodied therewithin
KOTLARSKY ANATOLY624 citations99
US8157174B2Apr 17, 2012
Digital image capture and processing system employing an image formation and detection system having an area-type image detection array supporting single snap-shot and periodic snap-shot modes of image acquisition during object illumination and imaging operations
KOTLARSKY ANATOLY21 citations96
US8087588B2Jan 3, 2012
Digital image capture and processing system having a single printed circuit (PC) board with a light transmission aperture, wherein a first linear array of visible light emitting diodes (LEDs) are mounted on the rear side of the PC board for producing a linear targeting illumination beam, and wherein a second linear array of visible LEDs are mounted on the front side of said PC board for producing a field of visible illumination within the field of view (FOV) of the system
KOTLARSKY ANATOLY22 citations96
HAND HELD PROD INC
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