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Sankar Ghosh
Also filed as: GHOSH SANKAR
62 granted patents·3,059 citations·filing 1999–2018
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62 records- 0199US7527205B2Automated package dimensioning systemMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2006·Granted May 5, 2009·186 cites·11 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
- 0497US7513430B2Digital 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
- 0597US7104453B1Unitary package identification and dimensioning system employing ladar-based scanning methodsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 12, 2006·125 cites·4 claims
- 0697US7086595B2Method 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
- 0796US7240844B2Hand-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
- 0896US6971577B2Method 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
- 0995US7281661B2Hand-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
- 1095US6918541B2Object identification and attribute information acquisition and linking computer systemMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jul 19, 2005·60 cites·21 claims
- 1195US6830185B2Method 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
- 1295US6554189B1Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through a laser scanning tunnelMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 29, 2003·102 cites·28 claims
- 1394US7490774B2Hand-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
- 1494US7320431B2Digital 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
- 1594US7237722B2Hand-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
- 1694US7185817B2Hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar codes symbol reader employing multi-mode subsystemsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 6, 2007·47 cites·9 claims
- 1794US6978936B2Method of and system for automatically producing digital images of moving objects, with pixels having a substantially uniform white level independent of the velocities of the moving objectsMETPOLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 27, 2005·59 cites·14 claims
- 1893US7527200B2Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) systems with integrated despeckling mechanisms provided thereinMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2006·Granted May 5, 2009·17 cites·10 claims
- 1993US7360706B2Hand-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
- 2093US7357325B2Hand-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
- 2193US7255279B2Hand-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
- 2293US6830184B2Method of and apparatus for automatically compensating for viewing-angle distortion in digital linear images of object surfaces moving past a planar laser illumination and imaging (pliim) based camera system at skewed viewing anglesMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 14, 2004·34 cites·18 claims
- 2393US6457642B1Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through a laser scanning tunnelMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 1999·Granted Oct 1, 2002·124 cites·43 claims
- 2492US7428998B2Automatic 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
- 2592US7178733B2Hand-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
- 2692US7066391B2Hand-supportable planar laser illumination and imaging (pliim) based camera system capable of producing digital linear images of an object, containing pixels having a substantially uniform aspect-ratio independent of the measured relative velocity of an object while manually moving said pliim based camera system past said object during illumination and imaging operationsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 27, 2006·33 cites·7 claims
- 2792US6959868B2Tunnel-based method of and system for identifying transported packages employing the transmission of package dimension data over a data communications network and the transformation of package dimension data at linear imaging subsystems in said tunnel-based system so as to enable the control of auto zoom/focus camera modules therewithin during linear imaging operationsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 1, 2005·29 cites·39 claims
- 2891US7267282B2Hand-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
- 2991US7225989B2Method 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
- 3091US7188770B2Hand-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
- 3191US6705528B2Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through a laser scanning tunnelMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 16, 2004·63 cites·11 claims
- 3290US7600689B2Tunnel-based object identification and dimensioning systemMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 13, 2009·15 cites·3 claims
- 3389US7604175B2Method 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
- 3489US7278575B2Hand-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
- 3589US7213762B2Hand-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
- 3689US7028899B2Method of speckle-noise pattern reduction and apparatus therefore 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 2001·Granted Apr 18, 2006·19 cites·12 claims
- 3786US7216810B2Hand-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
- 3885US7243847B2Digital 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
- 3983US7905410B2Automated tunnel-type scanning system enabling automated tracking and identification of packages transported therethroughMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 15, 2011·8 cites·30 claims
- 4083US6978935B2Planar 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 systemMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 27, 2005·9 cites·30 claims
- 4182US7293714B2Hand-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
- 4282US7284705B2Hand-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
- 4382US7225988B2Hand-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
- 4482US7000839B2Automated method of and system for identifying and measuring packages transported through a laser scanning tunnelMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2003·Granted Feb 21, 2006·24 cites·14 claims
- 4582US6953151B2Planar 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 objectMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 11, 2005·12 cites·14 claims
- 4681US7832643B2Hand-supported planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based systems with laser despeckling mechanisms integrated thereinMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 16, 2010·7 cites·29 claims
- 4781US7673803B2Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based engineMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 9, 2010·7 cites·14 claims
- 4881US7584893B2Tunnel-type digital imaging system for use within retail shopping environments such as supermarketsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 8, 2009·7 cites·22 claims
- 4981US7299986B2Digital imaging-based bar code symbol driven portable data terminal systemMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 27, 2007·11 cites·34 claims
- 5081US6953152B2Hand-supportable planar laser illumination and imaging (pliim) based camera system capable of producing digital linear images of a object, containing pixels having a substantially uniform white level independent of the velocity of the object while manually moving said film based camera system past said object during illumination imaging operationsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 11, 2005·11 cites·5 claims
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