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Richard Hou
Also filed as: HOU RICHARD
8 granted patents·164 citations·filing 2006–2007
90Inventor score
Technology areasG06K
Files withMETROLOGIC INSTR INC8
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8 records- 0197US7487917B2Automatic digital-imaging based code symbol reading system supporting pass-through and presentation modes of system operation using automatic object direction detection, narrow-area and wide-area illumination control, and narrow-area and wide-area video image capture and processing techniquesMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 10, 2009·60 cites·24 claims
- 0296US7845563B2Digital image capture and processing system employing an illumination subassembly mounted about a light transmission aperture, and a field of view folding mirror disposed beneath the light transmission apertureMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 7, 2010·31 cites·27 claims
- 0394US7637432B2Automatic point-of-sale based code symbol reading system employing automatic object motion detection and illumination control, and digital video image capturing and processing techniquesMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 29, 2009·20 cites·24 claims
- 0493US7654461B2Automatically-triggered digital video imaging based code symbol reading system employing illumination and imaging subsystems controlled in response to real-time image quality analysisMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 2, 2010·18 cites·27 claims
- 0592US7540425B2Method of dynamically controlling illumination and image capturing operations in a digital image capture and processing systemMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Jun 2, 2009·16 cites·16 claims
- 0689US7789309B2Automatic digital video-imaging based code symbol reading system employing illumination and imaging subsystems controlled within a control loop maintained as long as a code symbol has not been successfully read and the object is detected in the field of view of the systemMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 7, 2010·10 cites·22 claims
- 0782US7484666B2Automatic digital-imaging based bar code symbol reading system supporting pass-through and presentation modes of system operation using automatic object direction detection and illumination control, and video image capture and processing techniquesMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 3, 2009·5 cites·23 claims
- 0880US7854384B2Digital image capture and processing engine employing optical waveguide technology for collecting and guiding LED-based illumination during object illumination and image capture modes of operationMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 21, 2010·4 cites·28 claims
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