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SCHMIDT MARK
US147 patents
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METROLOGIC INSTR INC
45 patentsUS7240844B2Jul 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
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
US7578442B2Aug 25, 2009
Method of and apparatus for identifying consumer products in a retail environment when bar code symbols on the products are not readable or have been removed from packaging
METROLOGIC INSTR INC40 citations97
US7520433B2Apr 21, 2009
Method for intelligently controlling the illumination and imagine of objects as they are moved through the 3D imaging volume of a digital image capturing and processing system
METROLOGIC INSTR INC42 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
US6283375B1Sep 4, 2001
Automatically-activated hand-supportable laser scanning bar code symbol reading system with data transmission activation switch
METROLOGIC INSTR INC97 citations97
US8042740B2Oct 25, 2011
Method of reading bar code symbols on objects at a point-of-sale station by passing said objects through a complex of stationary coplanar illumination and imaging planes projected into a 3D imaging volume
METROLOGIC INSTR INC19 citations96
US7806335B2Oct 5, 2010
Digital image capturing and processing system for automatically recognizing objects in a POS environment
METROLOGIC INSTR INC22 citations96
US7775436B2Aug 17, 2010
Method of driving a plurality of visible and invisible LEDs so as to produce an illumination beam having a dynamically managed ratio of visible to invisible (IR) spectral energy/power during object illumination and imaging operations
METROLOGIC INSTR INC41 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
US7588188B2Sep 15, 2009
Pos-based digital image capturing and processing system using automatic object detection, spectral-mixing based illumination and linear imaging techniques
METROLOGIC INSTR INC23 citations96
US7575170B2Aug 18, 2009
POS-based digital image capturing and processing system using automatic object detection, spectral-mixing based illumination and linear imaging techniques
METROLOGIC INSTR INC21 citations96
US7546952B2Jun 16, 2009
Method of illuminating objects during digital image capture operations by mixing visible and invisible spectral illumination energy at point of sale (POS) environments
METROLOGIC INSTR INC30 citations96
US7543749B2Jun 9, 2009
Digital image capturing and processing system having a plurality of coplanar illumination and imaging subsystems, each employing a dual-type coplanar linear illumination and imaging engine that supports image-processing based object motion and velocity detection, and automatic image formation and detection along the coplanar illumination and imaging plane produced thereby
METROLOGIC INSTR INC27 citations96
US7516898B2Apr 14, 2009
Digital image capturing and processing system for producing and projecting a complex of coplanar illumination and imaging planes into a 3D imaging volume and controlling illumination control parameters in said system using the detected motion and velocity of object
METROLOGIC INSTR INC29 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
US6607133B2Aug 19, 2003
Automatically-activated hand-supportable laser scanning bar code symbol reading system with data transmission activation switch
METROLOGIC INSTR INC46 citations96
US6595420B1Jul 22, 2003
Automatically-activated body-wearable laser scanning bar code symbol reading system having data-transmission activation switch
METROLOGIC INSTR INC41 citations96
US6772949B2Aug 10, 2004
Portable hand-supportable data terminal with automatically-activated laser scanning bar code symbol reader integrated therein
METROLOGIC INSTR INC46 citations95
US7878407B2Feb 1, 2011
POS-based digital image capturing and processing system employing automatic object motion detection and spectral-mixing based illumination techniques
METROLOGIC INSTR INC9 citations93
US7841524B2Nov 30, 2010
POS-based checkout system configured to enable the reading of code symbols on cashier and customer sides thereof, during a retail transaction being carried out at a point-of-sale (POS) station
METROLOGIC INSTR INC22 citations93
US7731091B2Jun 8, 2010
Digital image capturing and processing system employing automatic object detection and spectral-mixing based illumination techniques
METROLOGIC INSTR INC10 citations93
US7611063B2Nov 3, 2009
Automatically-activated code symbol reading system
METROLOGIC INSTR INC8 citations93
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
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