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C. Harry Knowles
Also filed as: KNOWLES C HARRY
227 granted patents·4 pending applications·9,273 citations·filing 1976–2013
99Inventor score
Files withMETROLOGIC INSTR INC214KOTLARSKY ANATOLY8KNOWLES C HARRY2METPOLOGIC INSTR INC2ADAPTIVE OPTICS ASS1
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231 records- 0199US7540424B2Compact bar code symbol reading system employing a complex of coplanar illumination and imaging stations for omni-directional imaging of objects within a 3D imaging volumeMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 2, 2009·64 cites·17 claims
- 0299US7128266B2Hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reader supporting narrow-area and wide-area modes of illumination and image captureMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 31, 2006·785 cites·8 claims
- 0399US6837432B2Method of and apparatus for automatically cropping captured linear images of a moving object prior to image processing using region of interest (roi) coordinate specifications captured by an object profiling subsystemMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 4, 2005·200 cites·22 claims
- 0498US8517271B2Optical code symbol reading system employing a LED-driven optical-waveguide structure for illuminating a manually-actuated trigger switch integrated within a hand-supportable system housingKOTLARSKY ANATOLY·Filed 2011·Granted Aug 27, 2013·597 cites·20 claims
- 0598US8479992B2Optical code symbol reading system employing an acoustic-waveguide structure for coupling sonic energy, produced from an electro-transducer, to sound wave ports formed in the system housingKOTLARSKY ANATOLY·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 9, 2013·614 cites·11 claims
- 0698US8317105B2Optical scanning system having an extended programming mode and method of unlocking restricted extended classes of features and functionalities embodied therewithinKOTLARSKY ANATOLY·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 27, 2012·624 cites·15 claims
- 0798US6913202B2Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) engineMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jul 5, 2005·105 cites·20 claims
- 0898US6739511B2Method 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 targetMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted May 25, 2004·115 cites·12 claims
- 0998US6736321B2Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) system employing wavefront control methods for reducing the power of speckle-pattern noise digital images acquired by said systemMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2001·Granted May 18, 2004·179 cites·14 claims
- 1097US7841533B2Method of capturing and processing digital images of an object within the field of view (FOV) of a hand-supportable digitial image capture and processing systemMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 30, 2010·34 cites·15 claims
- 1197US7520433B2Method 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 systemMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 21, 2009·42 cites·17 claims
- 1297US7513430B2Digital 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 arrayMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 7, 2009·36 cites·28 claims
- 1397US7086595B2Method 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 thereinMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 8, 2006·80 cites·28 claims
- 1497US6863216B2Method 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 phase modulation techniques during the transmission of the plib towards the targetFiled 2002·Granted Mar 8, 2005·70 cites·28 claims
- 1597US6827265B2Automatic vehicle identification and classification (AVIC) system employing a tunnel-arrangement of PLIIM-based subsystemsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 7, 2004·82 cites·13 claims
- 1696US7775436B2Method 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 operationsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 17, 2010·41 cites·4 claims
- 1796US7581680B2Omni-directional digital image capturing and processing system employing coplanar illumination and imaging stations in horizontal and vertical housing sections of the systemMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 1, 2009·30 cites·26 claims
- 1896US7578442B2Method 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 packagingMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 25, 2009·40 cites·12 claims
- 1996US7540422B2Digital image capturing and processing system employing imaging window protection plate having an aperture pattern and being disposed over said imaging window and beneath which resides a plurality of coplanar illumination and imaging stationsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Jun 2, 2009·22 cites·8 claims
- 2096US7516898B2Digital 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 objectMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 14, 2009·29 cites·16 claims
- 2196US7240844B2Hand-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 circuitryMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 10, 2007·70 cites·9 claims
- 2296US6971577B2Method 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 objectMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 6, 2005·57 cites·14 claims
- 2396US6962289B2Method of and system for producing high-resolution 3-D images of 3-D object surfaces having arbitrary surface geometryMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 8, 2005·73 cites·11 claims
- 2496US6857570B2Method 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 targetMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 22, 2005·66 cites·9 claims
- 2596US6152369ASystem for storing, accessing and displaying html encodedMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 1997·Granted Nov 28, 2000·300 cites·8 claims
- 2696US5340971AAutomatic bar code reading system having selectable long range and short range modes of operationMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 1991·Granted Aug 23, 1994·176 cites·51 claims
- 2795US8157174B2Digital image capture and processing system employing an image formation and detection system having an area-type image detection array supporting single snap-shot and periodic snap-shot modes of image acquisition during object illumination and imaging operationsKOTLARSKY ANATOLY·Filed 2008·Granted Apr 17, 2012·21 cites·20 claims
- 2895US8087588B2Digital image capture and processing system having a single printed circuit (PC) board with a light transmission aperture, wherein a first linear array of visible light emitting diodes (LEDs) are mounted on the rear side of the PC board for producing a linear targeting illumination beam, and wherein a second linear array of visible LEDs are mounted on the front side of said PC board for producing a field of visible illumination within the field of view (FOV) of the systemKOTLARSKY ANATOLY·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 3, 2012·22 cites·20 claims
- 2995US7571859B2Digital-imaging based code symbol reading system employing a plurality of coplanar illumination and imaging subsystems, global object motion detection subsystem for automatically detecting objects within its 3D imaging volume, and global control subsystem for managing the state of operation of said coplanar illumination and imaging substemsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 11, 2009·21 cites·12 claims
- 3095US7543749B2Digital 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 therebyMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Jun 9, 2009·27 cites·13 claims
- 3195US7537165B2Omni-directional digital image capturing and processing system employing coplanar illumination and imaging planes and area-type illumination and imaging zones within the system housingMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted May 26, 2009·21 cites·25 claims
- 3295US7281661B2Hand-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 reflectionMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 16, 2007·55 cites·25 claims
- 3395US6918541B2Object identification and attribute information acquisition and linking computer systemMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jul 19, 2005·60 cites·21 claims
- 3495US6830185B2Method 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 objectMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 14, 2004·56 cites·14 claims
- 3595US6732929B2Led-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 planarizationMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted May 11, 2004·122 cites·9 claims
- 3695US6709108B2Ophthalmic 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 eyeADAPTIVE OPTICS ASS·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 23, 2004·355 cites·37 claims
- 3795US6622917B1System and method for composing sets of URL-encoded bar code symbols while using an internet browser programMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 23, 2003·112 cites·16 claims
- 3894US7743990B2Imaging engine employing planar light illumination and linear imagingMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 29, 2010·34 cites·29 claims
- 3994US7594608B2Automatic omnidirectional bar code symbol reading system employing linear-type and area-type bar code symbol reading stations within the system housingMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 29, 2009·16 cites·21 claims
- 4094US7584892B2Digital-imaging based code symbol reading system employing a plurality of coplanar illumination and imaging subsystems, each having a local object motion detection subsystem for automatic detecting objects within the 3D imaging volume, and a local control subsystem for transmitting object detection state data to a global control subsystem for managing the state of operation of said coplanar illumination and imaging subsystemsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 8, 2009·16 cites·14 claims
- 4194US7575169B2Digital image capturing and processing system for producing and projecting a plurality of coextensive area-type illumination and imaging zones into a 3D imaging volume and controlling illumination control parameters in said system using the detected motion of objects present therewithinMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 18, 2009·20 cites·26 claims
- 4294US7568626B2Automatic POS-based digital image capturing and processing system employing a plurality of area-type illumination and imaging zones intersecting within the 3D imaging volume of the systemMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 4, 2009·20 cites·19 claims
- 4394US7559474B2Automatic omnidirectional bar code symbol reading system employing linear-type and area-type bar code symbol reading stations within the system housingMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 14, 2009·21 cites·21 claims
- 4494US7556199B2Digital image capturing and processing system employing a plurality of coplanar illuminating and imaging stations projecting a complex of coplanar illumination and imaging planes into a 3D imaging volume so as to support pass-through and presentation modes of digital imaging at a point of sale (POS) environmentMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 7, 2009·20 cites·23 claims
- 4594US7546952B2Method of illuminating objects during digital image capture operations by mixing visible and invisible spectral illumination energy at point of sale (POS) environmentsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Jun 16, 2009·30 cites·6 claims
- 4694US7527204B2Omni-directional digital image capturing and processing system comprising coplanar illumination and imaging stations automatically detecting object motion and velocity and adjusting exposure and/or illumination control parameters therewithinMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted May 5, 2009·17 cites·19 claims
- 4794US7490774B2Hand-supportable imaging based bar code symbol reader employing automatic light exposure measurement and illumination control subsystem integrated thereinMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 17, 2009·63 cites·10 claims
- 4894US7320431B2Digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading system employing a multi-mode illumination subsystem with far-field and near field led-based illumination arraysMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 22, 2008·42 cites·19 claims
- 4994US7237722B2Hand-supported imaging-based bar code symbol reader employing a multi-mode image-processing based bar code reading subsystem with modular image-processing architectureMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 3, 2007·42 cites·42 claims
- 5094US7185817B2Hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar codes symbol reader employing multi-mode subsystemsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 6, 2007·47 cites·9 claims
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