Inventor
BLAKE ROBERT E
US35 patents
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METROLOGIC INSTR INC
34 patentsUS7527205B2May 5, 2009
Automated package dimensioning system
METROLOGIC INSTR INC186 citations99
US7104453B1Sep 12, 2006
Unitary package identification and dimensioning system employing ladar-based scanning methods
METROLOGIC INSTR INC125 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
US6554189B1Apr 29, 2003
Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through a laser scanning tunnel
METROLOGIC INSTR INC102 citations99
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
US6283375B1Sep 4, 2001
Automatically-activated hand-supportable laser scanning bar code symbol reading system with data transmission activation switch
METROLOGIC INSTR INC97 citations97
US6705528B2Mar 16, 2004
Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through a laser scanning tunnel
METROLOGIC INSTR INC63 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
US7611063B2Nov 3, 2009
Automatically-activated code symbol reading system
METROLOGIC INSTR INC8 citations93
US6637659B2Oct 28, 2003
Automatically-activated hand-supportable omni-directional laser scanning bar code symbol reading system with data transmission activation switch
METROLOGIC INSTR INC14 citations93
US6616048B2Sep 9, 2003
Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through an omnidirectional laser scanning tunnel
METROLOGIC INSTR INC18 citations93
US6227450B1May 8, 2001
Electronically-controlled mechanically-damped off-resonant light beam scanning mechanism and code symbol readers employing the same
METROLOGIC INSTR INC37 citations93
US7124950B2Oct 24, 2006
Bar code symbol reading system employing electronically-controlled raster-type laser scanner for reading bar code symbols during on hands-on and hands-free modes of operation
METROLOGIC INSTR INC22 citations92
US7000839B2Feb 21, 2006
Automated method of and system for identifying and measuring packages transported through a laser scanning tunnel
METROLOGIC INSTR INC24 citations92
US6619550B1Sep 16, 2003
Automated tunnel-type laser scanning system employing corner-projected orthogonal laser scanning patterns for enhanced reading of ladder and picket fence oriented bar codes on packages moving therethrough
METROLOGIC INSTR INC47 citations92
US6382515B1May 7, 2002
Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through a laser scanning tunnel
METROLOGIC INSTR INC43 citations92
US6874689B2Apr 5, 2005
Laser beam scanning device employing a scanning element having a flexible photo-etched gap region disposed between an anchored base portion and a light beam deflecting portion having a natural frequency of oscillation tuned by the physical dimensions of said flexible photo-etched gap region and forcibly oscillated about a fixed pivot point at an electronically-controlled frequency of oscillation substantially different from said natural resonant frequency of oscillation
METROLOGIC INSTR INC18 citations90
US7905410B2Mar 15, 2011
Automated tunnel-type scanning system enabling automated tracking and identification of packages transported therethrough
METROLOGIC INSTR INC8 citations84
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
US7614561B2Nov 10, 2009
Scanner flipper oscillation frequency detection and adjustment thereof
METROLOGIC INSTR INC7 citations74
US7275693B2Oct 2, 2007
Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through a laser scanning tunnel
METROLOGIC INSTR INC7 citations74
US7104454B2Sep 12, 2006
Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through an omnidirectional laser scanning tunnel
METROLOGIC INSTR INC8 citations74
US6783075B2Aug 31, 2004
Portable hand-supportable data terminal with automatically-activated laser scanning bar code symbol reader integrated therein
METROLOGIC INSTR INC9 citations74
US6742709B2Jun 1, 2004
Bar code symbol reading system employing electronically-controlled raster-type laser scanner for reading bar code symbols during hands-on and hands-free modes of operation
METROLOGIC INSTR INC10 citations73
US7832641B2Nov 16, 2010
Scanner switched to active state by sensed movement in quiescent scanning mechanism
METROLOGIC INSTR INC5 citations63
US7549583B2Jun 23, 2009
Method for waking up in-counter fixed scanners
METROLOGIC INSTR INC4 citations63
US7255280B2Aug 14, 2007
Electronically-controlled mechanically-damped off-resonant light beam scanning mechanism and code symbol readers employing the same
METROLOGIC INSTR INC3 citations63
US7252238B2Aug 7, 2007
Automatically-activated hand-supportable laser scanning bar code symbol reading system with data transmission activation switch
METROLOGIC INSTR INC2 citations63
US8002183B2Aug 23, 2011
Scanner flipper integrity indicator
METROLOGIC INSTR INC0 citations52
US7156310B2Jan 2, 2007
Automatically-activated hand-supportable laser scanning bar code symbol reading system with data transmission activation switch
METROLOGIC INSTR INC1 citations52