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AMUNDSEN THOMAS
US132 patents
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METROLOGIC INSTR INC
47 patentsUS9261398B2Feb 16, 2016
Method of and system for detecting object weighing interferences
METROLOGIC INSTR INC105 citations99
US9057641B2Jun 16, 2015
Method of and system for detecting object weighing interferences
METROLOGIC INSTR INC454 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
US6913202B2Jul 5, 2005
Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) engine
METROLOGIC INSTR INC105 citations99
US6554189B1Apr 29, 2003
Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through a laser scanning tunnel
METROLOGIC INSTR INC102 citations99
US6209789B1Apr 3, 2001
Optical filtering system for a laser bar code scanner having narrow band-pass characteristics employing spatially separated filtering elements including a scanner window
METROLOGIC INSTR INC294 citations99
US8976030B2Mar 10, 2015
Point of sale (POS) based checkout system supporting a customer-transparent two-factor authentication process during product checkout operations
METROLOGIC INSTR INC535 citations98
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
US6742707B1Jun 1, 2004
Method of speckle-noise pattern reduction and apparatus therefor based on reducing the spatial-coherence of the planar laser illumination beam before the beam illuminates the target object by applying spatial phase shifting techniques during the transmission of the plib theretowards
METROLOGIC INSTR INC84 citations98
US6732929B2May 11, 2004
Led-based planar light illumination beam generation module employing a focal lens for reducing the image size of the light emmiting surface of the led prior to beam collimation and planarization
METROLOGIC INSTR INC122 citations98
US6457642B1Oct 1, 2002
Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through a laser scanning tunnel
METROLOGIC INSTR INC124 citations98
US8376233B2Feb 19, 2013
Bar code symbol reading system employing an extremely elongated laser scanning beam capable of reading poor and damaged quality bar code symbols with improved levels of performance
METROLOGIC INSTR INC625 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
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
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
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
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
US7131586B2Nov 7, 2006
Method of and apparatus for reducing speckle-pattern noise in a planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based system
METROLOGIC INSTR INC36 citations96
US6991166B2Jan 31, 2006
LED-based planar light illumination and imaging (PLIIM) engine
METROLOGIC INSTR INC13 citations96
US6988661B2Jan 24, 2006
Automated object identification and attribute acquisition system having a multi-compartment housing with optically-isolated light transmission apertures for operation of a planar laser illumination and imaging (pliim) based linear imaging subsystem and a laser-base
METROLOGIC INSTR INC24 citations96
US6837437B2Jan 4, 2005
Planar laser illumination modules (PLIMS) employed in a planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) system
METROLOGIC INSTR INC33 citations96
US6786414B2Sep 7, 2004
Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) systems
METROLOGIC INSTR INC29 citations96
US6705528B2Mar 16, 2004
Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through a laser scanning tunnel
METROLOGIC INSTR INC63 citations96
US6631842B1Oct 14, 2003
Method of and system for producing images of objects using planar laser illumination beams and image detection arrays
METROLOGIC INSTR INC58 citations96
US6629641B2Oct 7, 2003
Method of and system for producing images of objects using planar laser illumination beams and image detection arrays
METROLOGIC INSTR INC60 citations96
US6561424B1May 13, 2003
Method of and system for automatically identifying packages during package transport operations carried out by a human operator walking through the doorway of a storage warehouse
METROLOGIC INSTR INC18 citations96
US6540140B1Apr 1, 2003
Web-enabled system and method for designing and manufacturing bar code scanners
METROLOGIC INSTR INC49 citations96
US6474556B2Nov 5, 2002
Laser scanning system mounted over a conveyor belt along which packages bearing bar code symbols are transported and scanned
METROLOGIC INSTR INC25 citations96
US6439462B1Aug 27, 2002
Conveyor-belt mounted bar code symbol reading system employing a steerable bar code symbol scanner to automatically scan bar code symbols detected by a holographic-based bar code position detector
METROLOGIC INSTR INC21 citations96
US6422466B1Jul 23, 2002
Method of and system for automatically identifying packages during package transport operations carried out by a human operator walking through the doorway of a storage container
METROLOGIC INSTR INC19 citations96
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