Inventor
SCHNEE MICHAEL
US39 patents
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METROLOGIC INSTR INC
36 patentsUS9030964B2May 12, 2015
Wireless network device
METROLOGIC INSTR INC523 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
US7213762B2May 8, 2007
Hand-supportable imaging-based bar code symbol reader employing a CMOS-type image sensing array in combination with a band-pass optical filter subsystem, narrow-band illumination subsystem, and automatic light exposure measurement and illumination control subsystem
METROLOGIC INSTR INC23 citations96
US7188770B2Mar 13, 2007
Hand-supportable semi-automatic imaging-based bar code reading system wherein an led-based illumination subsystem automatically illuminates a detected target object in a narrow-area field of illumination, and illuminates the detected target object in a wide-area field of illumination upon manual activation of a trigger switch
METROLOGIC INSTR INC31 citations96
US7178733B2Feb 20, 2007
Hand-supportable imaging-based bar code symbol reader employing automatic object presence and range detection to control the generation of near-field and far-field wide-area illumination during bar code symbol imaging operations
METROLOGIC INSTR INC32 citations96
US7604175B2Oct 20, 2009
Method of reading bar code symbols using a digital-imaging based code symbol reading system employing an event-driven multi-tier modular software architecture and supporting automatic operating system login and loading of bar code symbol reading application
METROLOGIC INSTR INC8 citations93
US7347374B2Mar 25, 2008
Hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reader employing an event-driven system control subsystem, automatic IR-based object detection, and trigger-switch activated image capture and processing subsystem
METROLOGIC INSTR INC17 citations93
US7299986B2Nov 27, 2007
Digital imaging-based bar code symbol driven portable data terminal system
METROLOGIC INSTR INC11 citations93
US7293714B2Nov 13, 2007
Hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading system automatically processing captured images along parallel virtual scan lines based on the maximum pixel height of the region of interest (ROI)
METROLOGIC INSTR INC12 citations93
US7284705B2Oct 23, 2007
Hand-supportable semi-automatic digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading system realized upon a multi-tier modular software platform
METROLOGIC INSTR INC12 citations93
US7225988B2Jun 5, 2007
Hand-supportable imaging-based bar code symbol reader employing a tri-mode led-based illumination subsystem
METROLOGIC INSTR INC12 citations93
US7344082B2Mar 18, 2008
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 INC13 citations84
US7270272B2Sep 18, 2007
Digital image-based bar code symbol reading system employing a multi-mode image-processing symbol reading subsystem
METROLOGIC INSTR INC10 citations84
US7469835B2Dec 30, 2008
Digital-imaging based code symbol reading system employing an event-driven multi-tier modular software architecture and supporting automatic operating system login and loading of code symbol reading application
METROLOGIC INSTR INC2 citations74
US7325738B2Feb 5, 2008
Method of and system for determining the lower limit of decoding resolution in an imaging-based bar code symbol reader
METROLOGIC INSTR INC4 citations74
US7472831B2Jan 6, 2009
System for detecting image light intensity reflected off an object in a digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading device
METROLOGIC INSTR INC3 citations63
US7395971B2Jul 8, 2008
Method of and system for profile equalization employing visible laser diode (VLD) displacement
METROLOGIC INSTR INC3 citations63