Inventor
WIRTH ALLAN
US46 patents
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METROLOGIC INSTR INC
29 patentsUS6739511B2May 25, 2004
Method of speckle-noise pattern reduction and apparatus therefor based on reducing the temporal-coherence of the planar laser illumination beam before it illuminates the target object by applying temporal phase modulation techniques during the transmission of the plib towards the target
METROLOGIC INSTR INC115 citations99
US6736321B2May 18, 2004
Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) system employing wavefront control methods for reducing the power of speckle-pattern noise digital images acquired by said system
METROLOGIC INSTR INC179 citations99
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
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
US6857570B2Feb 22, 2005
Method of speckle-noise pattern reduction and apparatus therefor based on reducing the temporal-coherence of the planar laser illumination beam before it illuminates the target object by applying temporal frequency modulation techniques during the transmission of the plib towards the target
METROLOGIC INSTR INC66 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
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
US6971576B2Dec 6, 2005
Generalized method of speckle-noise pattern reduction and particular forms of apparatus therefor based on reducing the spatial-coherence of the planar laser illumination beam after it illuminates the target by applying spatial intensity modulation techniques during the detection of the reflected/scattered plib
METROLOGIC INSTR INC17 citations96
US6669341B2Dec 30, 2003
Ophthalmic instrument having wavefront sensor with multiple imaging devices that simultaneously capture multiple images of an array of spots produced by a lenslet array
METROLOGIC INSTR INC34 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
US7343099B2Mar 11, 2008
Free space optical (FSO) laser communication system employing fade mitigation measures based on laser beam speckle tracking and locking principles
METROLOGIC INSTR INC46 citations93
US6953151B2Oct 11, 2005
Planar laser illumination and imaging (pliim) based camera system for automatically producing digital linear images of a moving object, containing pixels having a substantially square aspect-ratio independent of the measured range and/or a velocity of said moving object
METROLOGIC INSTR INC12 citations93
US7600689B2Oct 13, 2009
Tunnel-based object identification and dimensioning system
METROLOGIC INSTR INC15 citations92
US7140543B2Nov 28, 2006
Planar light illumination and imaging device with modulated coherent illumination that reduces speckle noise induced by coherent illumination
METROLOGIC INSTR INC37 citations92
US6830189B2Dec 14, 2004
Method of and system for producing digital images of objects with subtantially reduced speckle-noise patterns by illuminating said objects with spatially and/or temporally coherent-reduced planar laser illumination
METROLOGIC INSTR INC40 citations92
US7070106B2Jul 4, 2006
Internet-based remote monitoring, configuration and service (RMCS) system capable of monitoring, configuring and servicing a planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based network
METROLOGIC INSTR INC20 citations83
US6991165B2Jan 31, 2006
Method of speckle-noise pattern reduction and apparatus therefor based on reducing the temporal coherence of the planar laser illumination beam before it illuminates the target object by applying temporal intensity modulation techniques during the transmission of the plib towards the target
METROLOGIC INSTR INC9 citations82
US6978935B2Dec 27, 2005
Planar light illumination and imaging (pliim) based system having a linear image detection chip mounting assembly with means for preventing misalignment between the field of view (fov) of said linear image detection chip and the co-planar laser illumination beam (plib) produced by said pliim based system, in response to thermal expansion and/or contraction within said pliim based system
METROLOGIC INSTR INC9 citations82
US6971575B2Dec 6, 2005
Hand-supportable planar laser illumination and imaging (pliim) device employing a pair of linear laser diode arrays mounted about an area image detection array, for illuminating an object to be imaged with a plurality of optically-combined spatially-incoherent planar laser illumination beams (plibs) scanned through the field of view (fov) of said area image detection array, and reducing the speckle-pattern noise power in detected 2-d images by temporally-averaging detected speckle-noise patterns
METROLOGIC INSTR INC8 citations82
US6880756B2Apr 19, 2005
Method of speckle-noise pattern reduction and apparatus therefor based on reducing the temporal-coherence of the planar laser illumination beam (plib) after it illuminates the target by applying temporal intensity modulation techniques during the detection of the reflected/scattered plib
METROLOGIC INSTR INC6 citations82
US6969001B2Nov 29, 2005
Method of speckle-noise pattern reduction and apparatus therefor based on reducing the spatial-coherence of the planar laser illumination beam before it illuminates the target object by applying spatial intensity modulation techniques during the transmission of the plib towards the target
METROLOGIC INSTR INC6 citations80
US7527202B2May 5, 2009
Hand-supportable planar linear illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based code symbol reading system
METROLOGIC INSTR INC5 citations74
US7832643B2Nov 16, 2010
Hand-supported planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based systems with laser despeckling mechanisms integrated therein
METROLOGIC INSTR INC7 citations73
US7673803B2Mar 9, 2010
Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based engine
METROLOGIC INSTR INC7 citations73
US7584893B2Sep 8, 2009
Tunnel-type digital imaging system for use within retail shopping environments such as supermarkets
METROLOGIC INSTR INC7 citations73
US7581681B2Sep 1, 2009
Tunnel-type digital imaging system for use within retail shopping environments such as supermarkets
METROLOGIC INSTR INC4 citations73
US7513428B2Apr 7, 2009
Planar laser illumination and imaging device employing laser current modulation to generate spectral components and reduce temporal coherence of laser beam, so as to achieve a reduction in speckle-pattern noise during time-averaged detection of images of objects illuminated thereby during imaging operations
METROLOGIC INSTR INC6 citations63
US7143943B2Dec 5, 2006
Method of producing digital images of objects using planar laser illumination beams and electronic image detection arrays
METROLOGIC INSTR INC3 citations63
ADAPTIVE OPTICS ASS
7 patentsUS6595642B2Jul 22, 2003
Ophthalmic instrument having Hartmann wavefront sensor with extended source
ADAPTIVE OPTICS ASS94 citations99
US6709108B2Mar 23, 2004
Ophthalmic instrument with adaptive optic subsystem that measures aberrations (including higher order aberrations) of a human eye and that provides a view of compensation of such aberrations to the human eye
ADAPTIVE OPTICS ASS355 citations97
US6649895B1Nov 18, 2003
Dispersed Hartmann sensor and method for mirror segment alignment and phasing
ADAPTIVE OPTICS ASS16 citations93
US6631991B2Oct 14, 2003
Ophthalmic instrument having hartmann wavefront sensor deriving location of spots with spot fitting techniques
ADAPTIVE OPTICS ASS18 citations93
US4725138AFeb 16, 1988
Optical wavefront sensing system
ADAPTIVE OPTICS ASS89 citations92
US7161128B2Jan 9, 2007
Optical instrument employing a wavefront sensor capable of coarse and fine phase measurement capabilities during first and second modes of operation
ADAPTIVE OPTICS ASS12 citations84
US6630656B2Oct 7, 2003
Method and apparatus for wavefront measurement that resolves the 2-π ambiguity in such measurement and adaptive optics systems utilizing same
ADAPTIVE OPTICS ASS13 citations84
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP
5 patentsUS5270859ADec 14, 1993
Optical instrument with micro-lenses
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP76 citations93
US5291334AMar 1, 1994
Micro-lens panoramic imager
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP43 citations90
US5164578ANov 17, 1992
Two-dimensional OCP wavefront sensor employing one-dimensional optical detection
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP47 citations88
US5146073ASep 8, 1992
Linear wavefront sensor camera with deformable mirror for recording velocity compensated images
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP16 citations73
US5083015AJan 21, 1992
Optical centroid processor wavefront sensor
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP20 citations67
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP
2 patentsUS7457545B2Nov 25, 2008
Process for controlling a Hartmann wavefront sensor (WFS) in an adaptive optic (AO) system
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP30 citations93
US7437077B2Oct 14, 2008
Wavefront sensing system employing active updating of reference positions and subaperture locations on wavefront sensor
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP35 citations93