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John Bonanno
Also filed as: BONANNO JOHN · BONANNO JOHN F
44 granted patents·2 pending applications·1,823 citations·filing 2003–2007
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46 records- 0199US7128266B2Hand-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
- 0297US7513430B2Digital 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
- 0397US7086595B2Method 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
- 0496US7240844B2Hand-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
- 0595US7281661B2Hand-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
- 0694US7490774B2Hand-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
- 0794US7320431B2Digital 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
- 0894US7237722B2Hand-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
- 0994US7185817B2Hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar codes symbol reader employing multi-mode subsystemsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 6, 2007·47 cites·9 claims
- 1093US7588190B2Digital-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 operationMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 15, 2009·15 cites·17 claims
- 1193US7360706B2Hand-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 analysisMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 22, 2008·39 cites·18 claims
- 1293US7357325B2Hand-supportable imaging-based bar code symbol reader employing a CMOS-type image sensor using global exposure techniquesMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 15, 2008·39 cites·8 claims
- 1393US7273180B2Hand-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 imagesMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 25, 2007·41 cites·20 claims
- 1493US7255279B2Hand-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 processingMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 14, 2007·37 cites·16 claims
- 1592US7428998B2Automatic 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 symbolMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 30, 2008·34 cites·8 claims
- 1692US7178733B2Hand-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 operationsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 20, 2007·32 cites·4 claims
- 1791US7267282B2Hand-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 integrationMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 11, 2007·29 cites·5 claims
- 1891US7225989B2Method 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 operationMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 5, 2007·29 cites·6 claims
- 1991US7188770B2Hand-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 switchMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 13, 2007·31 cites·25 claims
- 2089US7604175B2Method 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 applicationMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 20, 2009·8 cites·12 claims
- 2189US7278575B2Hand-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 thereofMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 9, 2007·24 cites·6 claims
- 2289US7213762B2Hand-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 subsystemMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted May 8, 2007·23 cites·5 claims
- 2386US7216810B2Hand-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 detectedMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted May 15, 2007·17 cites·5 claims
- 2485US7243847B2Digital imaging-based bar code symbol reader employing an LED-based illumination subsystem driven by an automatic light exposure measurement and illumination control subsystemMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 17, 2007·15 cites·9 claims
- 2582US7293714B2Hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading system automatically processing captured images along parallel virtual scan lines based on the maximum pixel height of the region of interest (ROI)METROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 13, 2007·12 cites·8 claims
- 2682US7284705B2Hand-supportable semi-automatic digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading system realized upon a multi-tier modular software platformMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 23, 2007·12 cites·24 claims
- 2782US7225988B2Hand-supportable imaging-based bar code symbol reader employing a tri-mode led-based illumination subsystemMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 5, 2007·12 cites·27 claims
- 2881US7299986B2Digital imaging-based bar code symbol driven portable data terminal systemMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 27, 2007·11 cites·34 claims
- 2981US7172126B2Wireless automatic laser scanning bar code symbol reading system, wherein the RF-based transceiver chipsets within the wireless hand-supportable unit and base station thereof are automatically deactivated and said RF data communication link therebetween terminated when said system enters its power-saving sleep mode, and reactivated and re-established when re-entering its operational modeMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2003·Granted Feb 6, 2007·18 cites·6 claims
- 3080US7347374B2Hand-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 subsystemMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 25, 2008·17 cites·12 claims
- 3180US7028904B2Wireless bar code symbol reading system capable of automatically collecting and storing symbol character data when hand-supportable unit is operated outside of its rf data communication range, and automatically transmitting stored symbol character data when the hand-supportable unit is operated within its rf data communication rangeMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 18, 2006·16 cites·15 claims
- 3278US7111786B2Automatically-activated wireless hand-supportable laser scanning bar code symbol reading system with data transmission activation switch and automatic communication range dependent controlMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 26, 2006·21 cites·17 claims
- 3377US7464878B2Automatically-activated wireless hand-supportable laser scanning bar code symbol reading system with automatic communication range dependent controlMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 16, 2008·6 cites·17 claims
- 3477US7281663B2Wireless bar code symbol reading system having hand-supportable unit and remote base stationMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 16, 2007·13 cites·21 claims
- 3576US7469835B2Digital-imaging based code symbol reading system employing an event-driven multi-tier modular software architecture and supporting automatic operating system login and loading of code symbol reading applicationMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 30, 2008·2 cites·15 claims
- 3676US7007849B2Automatically-activated hand-supportable 2-d bar code symbol reading system employing a linear laser scanning pattern generator, an automatic bar code symbol data detector, audible data capture feedback generator, and a manually-activated data transmission activation switchMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 7, 2006·12 cites·4 claims
- 3774US7325740B2Automatically-activated laser scanning 2D bar code symbol reading system employing a visible linear-type laser scanning pattern and an audible feedback signal during scan data capturing and buffering operationsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2003·Granted Feb 5, 2008·10 cites·4 claims
- 3873US7686225B2Wireless code symbol reading system with automatic communication range dependent controlMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 30, 2010·4 cites·20 claims
- 3969US7325738B2Method of and system for determining the lower limit of decoding resolution in an imaging-based bar code symbol readerMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 5, 2008·4 cites·11 claims
- 4067US7048192B2Wireless bar code symbol reading system employing a base station with a cradle having a hinged support hooks for enabling vertical and horizontal installationsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2003·Granted May 23, 2006·6 cites·6 claims
- 4165US7270272B2Digital image-based bar code symbol reading system employing a multi-mode image-processing symbol reading subsystemMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 18, 2007·10 cites·17 claims
- 4256US7278578B2Automatically-activated wireless laser scanning 2D bar code symbol reading system capable of automatically transmitting stored symbol character data when the hand-supportable unit is operated within its RF data communication range and automatically collecting and storing symbol character data when the hand-supportable unit is operated outside of its RF data communication rangeMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 9, 2007·2 cites·12 claims
- 4354US7568625B2Hand-supportable digital image-processing based bar code symbol reading system employing image cropping zone (ICZ) framing and post-image capture croppingMETPOLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 4, 2009·2 cites·5 claims
- 4446US7137561B2Wireless laser scanning bar code symbol reading system employing a low-battery protection circuit, vibrational alarm and sleep mode of operationMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 21, 2006·0 cites·2 claims
- 4542US2008000980A1Audible scan indicatorHEJL BENJAMIN·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 4642US2008000975A1Audible pattern switching indicatorHEJL BENJAMIN·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
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