Inventor

SHEPARD HOWARD

US65 patents

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SHEPARD HOWARD

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Techniques for miniaturizing bar code scanners including spiral springs and speckle noise reduction

Optical code reader for producing video displays and measuring physical parameters of objects

Retro-reflective scan module for electro-optical readers

Integrated code reading systems including tunnel scanners

Bar code reader with an integrated scanning component module mountable on printed circuit board

Down-loadable hand-held optical reader

Scanner and method for eliminating specular reflection

Scan module with pin stop

Terminal with board-mounted slim scan module

Electromagnetically activated scanner with suspended scanner component and stop

Electro-magnetically activated scanner with scanner component suspended by single flexural component

Electromagnetically activated scanner with shock-protected scanner component

Electro-magnetically activated scanner with suspended scanner component

Optical scanners having dual surface optical elements for dual working ranges

Terminal with slim scan module with generally orthogonal circuit board arrangement

Slim scan module with interchangeable X-Y scan element

Scanning module with spring made resistant to overflexing

Parallelepiped-shaped optical scanning module

Omni-directional scan pattern generator in electro-optical scanners

Slim scan module with dual detectors

Optical scanners with scan motion damping and orientation of astigmantic laser generator to optimize reading of two-dimensionally coded indicia

Slim scan module with interchangeable scan element

Scanning arrangement and method

Scan pattern generators for bar code symbol readers

Bar code reader with an integrated scanning component module mountable on printed circuit board

Scanner with shock-absorbing canopy overmolded with linear of housing

One piece optical assembly for low cost optical scanner

Simplified assembly and automatic testing of components in electro-optical systems for reading coded indicia

High speed scanning arrangements

Multi-dimensional scanning arrangement with U-shaped planar spring

Optical scanning module having multiple-sided enclosure

Portable optical scanning system including ring and track

Arrangement for two-dimensional optical scanning with springs of different moduli of elasticity

Compact scanning module for reading bar codes

Fiber optic barcode readers using purely mechanical scanner oscillation

Laser diode device incorporating structure with integral scanning motor

Point-of-transaction workstation for electro-optically reading one-dimensional and two-dimensional indicia by image capture

Synchronous and resonant drives for producing multiple scan line pattern for electro-optically reading indicia

Low cost bar code reader

Electro-optical reader with hands-free and hand-held modes of operation

Slim scan module with dual detectors

Bar code scanner actuated by detection of scanner motion

Light emitting diode scanner

Scanning devices and methods using surface emitting laser diodes

Electro-optical scan module using selectable mirrors

Scanner and method for eliminating specular reflection

Dynamic omni-directional scan pattern generating arrangement and method in electro-optical readers

Integrated bar code scanner and communications module

Scan module

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Scan pattern generators for bar code symbol readers