Patents in subclass Registers/Extended Reader Working Range (E.G., Multiple Focal Planes)
Parent class: Registers
| Number | Patent title | Issue Date |
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| 07407103 | Bioptical holographic laser scanning system A bioptical holographic laser scanning system employing a plurality of laser scanning stations about a holographic scanning disc having scanning facets with high and low elevation angle characteristics, as well as positive, negative and... |
08/05/2008 |
| 07407105 | Apparatus for diagonal progressive scanning video and method of improving aiming visibility, reducing tilt dependence and improving read range A laser scanner with a 2D resonant electrostatic micro-mirror has improved aiming visibility, reduced tilt dependence and improved read range. The laser scanner has a field of view that defines a 3D volume and utilizes a laser beam in a... |
08/05/2008 |
| 07395971 | Method of and system for profile equalization employing visible laser diode (VLD) displacement A method of equalizing the illumination produced by a planar laser illumination array within a planar laser illumination and (electronic) imaging system, comprising the steps of: providing an image formation and detection module having... |
07/08/2008 |
| 07385510 | Container manifest integrity maintenance system and method A system, method, and medium for tracking the contents of a container in which the items stored in the container are provided with radio frequency identification ("RFID") tags, and a tracker affixed to the container periodically polls the... |
06/10/2008 |
| 07380721 | Low-cost compact bar code sensor A barcode sensor package has an optical emitter circuit and an optical detector circuit which are formed as one or more integrated optical circuits disposed in a housing which has a reading surface and one or more apertures located... |
06/03/2008 |
| 07360706 | Hand-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 respo A hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading device comprises: an IR-based object presence and range detection subsystem; a multi-mode area-type image formation and detection subsystem having narrow-area and wide area... |
04/22/2008 |
| 07357325 | Hand-supportable imaging-based bar code symbol reader employing a CMOS-type image sensor using global exposure techniques A hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading device comprises: an automatic object presence and range detection subsystem; an area-type image formation and detection subsystem having a CMOS area-type image detection... |
04/15/2008 |
| 07325738 | Method of and system for determining the lower limit of decoding resolution in an imaging-based bar code symbol reader A method of determining the lower limit of decoding resolution in a digital imaging-based bar code symbol reader. A software-based optical design program is used to generate the composite DOF chart of image formation optics employed in... |
02/05/2008 |
| 07320431 | Digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading system employing a multi-mode illumination subsystem with far-field and near field led-based illumination arrays A digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading system which comprises: an automatic object presence and range detection subsystem; an image formation and detection subsystem having an area-type image sensing array with a field of view... |
01/22/2008 |
| 07318552 | Apparatus for reading codes Apparatus for reading codes for capturing one- and/or two-dimensional codes located at varying distances. A light receiver is arranged in a housing that also includes a projection optics and a deflecting mirror located on the optical axis... |
01/15/2008 |
| 07311260 | Camera positioning and confirmation feedback system An apparatus is disclosed comprising a base capable of receiving a camera including a lens, and a projector coupled to the base and adapted to project a plurality of beams of light onto a plane positioned at a focus distance from the... |
12/25/2007 |
| 07311261 | Discrete optical correlation system The present invention relates to a discrete optical correlation system. One embodiment of the present invention includes a portable electrical illumination system and an optically opaque hollow module, configured to releasably couple to... |
12/25/2007 |
| 07303131 | Automatic focusing system for imaging-based bar code reader An automatic focusing system for an imaging-based bar code reader. The automatic focusing system employs a two step process for moving a lens of an imaging system along its path of travel such that a sharp image of a target bar code is... |
12/04/2007 |
| 07299986 | Digital imaging-based bar code symbol driven portable data terminal system A wireless hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading device comprising: an automatic object presence and range detection subsystem; a multi-mode image formation and detection subsystem having narrow-area and wide area... |
11/27/2007 |
| 07296749 | Autofocus barcode scanner and the like employing micro-fluidic lens A machine-readable symbol reader includes a microfluidic lens assembly providing responsive, reliable auto-focus functionality. A range finder may provide distance to a planar target (e.g., barcode symbol) information for use in... |
11/20/2007 |
| 07293714 | Hand-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) A hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading system comprises: an automatic object presence detection subsystem; an image formation and detection subsystem having an area-type image sensing array with a field of view... |
11/13/2007 |
| 07281661 | Hand-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 reflecti A hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reader comprises: an automatic object presence detection subsystem; a multi-mode area-type image formation and detection subsystem having narrow-area and wide-area image-capture... |
10/16/2007 |
| 07278575 | Hand-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 thereof A hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reader comprises: an automatic object presence detection subsystem; an image formation and detection subsystem; a LED-based illumination subsystem having a wide area illumination... |
10/09/2007 |
| 07273180 | Hand-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 images A hand-supportable Digital Imaging-Based Bar Code Symbol Reading Device comprises: an IR-based Object Presence and Range Detection Subsystem; a Multi-Mode Area-type Image Formation and Detection Subsystem having narrow-area and wide area... |
09/25/2007 |
| 07270272 | Digital image-based bar code symbol reading system employing a multi-mode image-processing symbol reading subsystem A hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading system comprises: an automatic object presence and range detection subsystem; an image formation and detection subsystem; a multi-mode LED-based illumination subsystem... |
09/18/2007 |
| 07267282 | Hand-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 st A hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reader comprises: an automatic object presence detection subsystem; an image formation and detection subsystem employing a CMOS area-type image detection array; an LED-based... |
09/11/2007 |
| 07255279 | Hand-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 A hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading device comprises: image formation and detection subsystem; a LED-based illumination subsystem; an automatic light exposure measurement and illumination control subsystem; an... |
08/14/2007 |
| 07252237 | Code reader A scanner, especially one for the detection of one- and/or two-dimensional codes with a reception optics, projects the image of a reading line onto a linear arrangement of photoreceivers. An illumination arrangement for linearly... |
08/07/2007 |
| 07243847 | Digital imaging-based bar code symbol reader employing an LED-based illumination subsystem driven by an automatic light exposure measurement and illumination control subsystem A digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading device comprises: an automatic object presence detection subsystem; an image formation and detection subsystem employing a CMOS area-type image sensing array; an LED-based illumination... |
07/17/2007 |
| 07240844 | Hand-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 A hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading system comprises: an automatic object presence detection subsystem; an image formation and detection subsystem employing a CMOS area-type image detection array; an LED-based... |
07/10/2007 |
| 07237722 | Hand-supported imaging-based bar code symbol reader employing a multi-mode image-processing based bar code reading subsystem with modular image-processing architecture A hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading device comprises: an IR-based object presence and range detection subsystem; a multi-mode area-type image formation and detection subsystem having narrow-area and wide area... |
07/03/2007 |
| 07225988 | Hand-supportable imaging-based bar code symbol reader employing a tri-mode led-based illumination subsystem A hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading device comprises: an ir-based object presence and range detection subsystem; a multi-mode area-type image formation and detection subsystem having a field of view (FOV) and... |
06/05/2007 |
| 07222793 | Arrangement and method of imaging one-dimensional and two-dimensional optical codes at a plurality of focal planes A non-complex imaging arrangement is aligned along an imaging axis. A mirror assembly is configured to reflect an image from an optical axis, which intersects the imaging axis, toward the optics assembly. The imaging arrangement includes... |
05/29/2007 |
| 07216810 | Hand-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 d A hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading device comprises: an automatic object presence detection subsystem; a multi-mode area-type image formation and detection subsystem having a field of view (FOV), and... |
05/15/2007 |
| 07213762 | Hand-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 illum A digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading system comprising: an area image formation and detection subsystem having a CMOS area image sensing array with an image capture mode; a LED-based illumination subsystem for producing... |
05/08/2007 |
| 07210632 | On-axis control over scanning beam spot size and shape in electro-optical readers A cylindrical lens is axially moved along an optical axis to control a shape and size of a laser beam spot that is scanned across a symbol to be read by an electro-optical reader. |
05/01/2007 |
| 07207492 | Laser scanning bar code symbol reader employing variable passband filter structures having frequency response characteristics controlled by time-measurement of laser-scanned bar code symbol elements The effects of paper/substrate noise are significantly reduced in multi-focal zone laser scanning systems by processing analog scan data signals with a scan data signal processor having a plurality of pass-band filters and amplifiers that... |
04/24/2007 |
| 07188770 | Hand-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 A hand-supportable Digital Imaging-Based Bar Code Symbol Reading Device comprises: an IR-based Object Presence and Range Detection Subsystem; A Multi-Mode Area-type Image Formation and Detection Subsystem having narrow-area and wide area... |
03/13/2007 |
| 07178733 | Hand-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 operations A hand-supportable Digital Imaging-Based Bar Code Symbol Reading Device comprises: an IR-based Object Presence and Range Detection Subsystem; a Multi-Mode Area-type Image Formation and Detection Subsystem having narrow-area and wide area... |
02/20/2007 |
| 07128266 | Hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reader supporting narrow-area and wide-area modes of illumination and image capture A hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading device comprises: an ir-based object presence and range detection subsystem; a multi-mode area-type image formation and detection subsystem having narrow-area and wide area... |
10/31/2006 |
| 07104451 | System and method of bar code error detection in large volume mailing A system for bar code error detection in large volume mailings against a print run which prints the bar code on a mail piece. The system checks the print quality of the bar code and compares it with pre-selected standards. The bar code is... |
09/12/2006 |
| 07104455 | Planar light illumination and imaging (PLIIM) system employing LED-based planar light illumination arrays (PLIAS) and an area-type image detection array Methods of and systems for illuminating objects using planar light illumination beams having substantially-planar spatial distribution characteristics that extend through the field of view (FOV) of image formation and detection modules... |
09/12/2006 |
| 07086594 | Planar light illumination and imaging (PLIIM) systems employing LED-based planar light illumination arrays (PLIAS) and linear electronic image detection arrays Methods of and systems for illuminating objects using planar light illumination beams having substantially-planar spatial distribution characteristics that extend through the field of view (FOV) of image formation and detection modules... |
08/08/2006 |
| 07073715 | Interface for interfacing an imaging engine to an optical code reader An interface assembly is provided for interfacing an imaging engine having an adjustable lens assembly to a circuitry assembly of an optical code reader system, the interface assembly includes a first coupling circuitry assembly for... |
07/11/2006 |
| 07070107 | Led-based planar light illumination and imaging (PLIIM) systems A planar light illumination and imaging system for illuminating an object and forming an image thereof. The planar light illumination and imaging system which comprises an image formation and detection module having a field of view (FOV)... |
07/04/2006 |
| 07066391 | HAND-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 V A hand-supportable planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based camera system for producing digital linear images of a object within a working range, wherein the digital linear images contain pixels having a substantially uniform... |
06/27/2006 |
| 07055747 | Long range optical reader An indicia decoding device can have an image sensor and a laser diode assembly configured to project laser light onto a substrate. When a trigger signal is received by the indicia decoding device, the device can calculate a delay and... |
06/06/2006 |
| 07051922 | Compact bioptical laser scanning system A bioptical holographic laser scanning system employing a plurality of laser scanning stations about a holographic scanning disc having scanning facets with high and low elevation angle characteristics, as well as positive, negative and... |
05/30/2006 |
| 07038853 | Athermalized plastic lens A plastic lens includes refractive and diffractive optical apparatus configured to produce optothermal changes substantially canceling each other over a predetermined working temperature range to render the plastic lens substantially... |
05/02/2006 |
| 07025271 | Imaging optical code reader having selectable depths of field Several optical systems for imaging engines of imaging optical code readers are disclosed. Each optical system includes the abilities to change the depth of field of the imaging field and to adjust a focus quality of the imaging field.... |
04/11/2006 |
| 07017812 | Variable distance angular symbology reader A variable distance angular symbology reader utilizes at least one light source to direct light through a beam splitter and onto a target. A target may be angled relative to the impinging light beam up to and maybe even greater than... |
03/28/2006 |
| 07007849 | AUTOMATICALLY-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 D An automatically-activated laser scanning 2-D bar code symbol reading system for use in a work environment, wherein a hand-supportable 2-D bar code symbol reader is arranged in two-way communication with a base station operably connected... |
03/07/2006 |
| 07007848 | Arrangement for generating asymmetrical green laser beam A green laser beam is generated and is focused and shaped with an asymmetrical beam cross-section in an electro-optical reader for reading indicia. The green laser beam is also used to illuminate an aiming spot or pattern on the indicia... |
03/07/2006 |
| 06983886 | Two-dimensional code reader setting method, two-dimensional code reader, two dimensional code reader setting program and computer readable recording medium An object of the present invention is to easily set a camera attachment distance of an image pick-up optical system, a combination of close-up rings and the like. When a user designates a specification of a desirable two-dimensional code... |
01/10/2006 |
| 06978937 | METHOD OF READING INFORMATION AND APPARATUS THEREFOR, METHOD OF ACQUIRING SIGNAL FOR USE WITH INFORMATION READING APPARATUS, METHOD OF PROCESSING BAND LIMITATION, METHOD OF EXTRACTING TIMING POINT AMPLITUDE AND METHOD OF PROCESSING SIGNAL T A method of reading information which makes it possible to suppress the size of hardware and a price thereof and to improve an S/N ratio of a reading signal and reading resolution, wherein even if depth of field for reading is enlarged or... |
12/27/2005 |