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7624926 |
Method of automatically reading code symbols on objects present within the field of view (FOV) of a hand-supportable digital-imaging based code symbol reader, by simultaneously projecting an image cropping zone (ICZ) framing pattern and a field of illumination within the FOV during object illumination and imaging operations
A hand-supportable digital-imaging based system for reading bar code symbols involving: automatically detecting the presence of an object within a field of view FOV of the system, and in response...
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7621455 |
Hand-supportable code symbol reader employing coplanar laser illumination and linear imaging
A hand-supportable coplanar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based code symbol reader includes: a hand-supportable housing having light transmission aperture; a linear image formation and...
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7614563 |
System and method for providing diffuse illumination in a symbology reader
An illumination system and method for use in a handheld symbology reader that employs a grid of reflecting elements applied to a transparent plate adapted to project a highly diffuse and uniform...
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7614560 |
Method of illuminating objects at a point of sale (POS) station by adaptively controlling the spectral composition of the wide-area illumination beam produced from an illumination subsystem within an automatic digital image capture and processing system
A method of illuminating objects using adaptively controlled mixing of spectral illumination energy to form and detect digital images of objects at a POS. The method comprises providing, at a POS...
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7611064 |
Digital image capture and processing system having automatic illumination measurement and control capabilities realized using a photodetector operating independently of the image sensing array, and an image-processing based illumination metering program for automatically adjusting the illumination duration of the system during object illumination and imaging operations
A digital-imaging based code symbol reading system comprising an image sensing array with a field of view (FOV), an illumination subsystem with an LED illumination array, an automatic illumination...
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7611062 |
Omni-directional digital image capturing and processing system employing coplanar illumination and imaging planes and area-type illumination and imaging zones with the horizontal and vertical sections of the system housing
An omni-directional digital image capturing and processing system for use in a POS environment, comprising a system housing having horizontal and vertical housing sections. The horizontal housing...
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7604174 |
Method and apparatus for providing omnidirectional lighting in a scanning device
A system and method is provided for selectively controlling the illumination, and particularly dark field illumination, applied to a symbol to be decoded, and for determining a suitable or...
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7597263 |
Imaging reader with target proximity sensor
An illuminator illuminates a symbol with a low level of illumination in a detection mode of operation to enable an imager to detect the symbol in a working range and in a field of view of the...
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7594608 |
Automatic omnidirectional bar code symbol reading system employing linear-type and area-type bar code symbol reading stations within the system housing
An automatic omni-directional bar code symbol reading system for use in a POS environment. The system comprises a system housing having an light transmission window. A plurality of linear-type bar...
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7594609 |
Automatic digital video image capture and processing system supporting image-processing based code symbol reading during a pass-through mode of system operation at a retail point of sale (POS) station
An automatic digital video image capture and processing system supporting image-processing based code symbol reading during a pass-through mode of system operation at a retail point of sale (POS)...
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7588190 |
Digital-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 operation
A digital-imaging based code symbol reading system having a hands-on mode operation and a hands-free presentation mode of operation, and supporting automatic programming of system parameters for...
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7588188 |
Pos-based digital image capturing and processing system using automatic object detection, spectral-mixing based illumination and linear imaging techniques
A digital image capturing and processing system including an image formation and detection (IFD) subsystem having a linear image sensing array and optics providing a field of view (FOV) on the...
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7584893 |
Tunnel-type digital imaging system for use within retail shopping environments such as supermarkets
A tunnel-type digital imaging system for use within retail shopping environments such as supermarkets. The system includes a tunnel configuration arranged about a conveyor structure for...
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7584892 |
Digital-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 subsystems
A digital image capturing and processing system comprising a plurality of coplanar illumination and imaging subsystem for producing a plurality of coplanar linear illumination and imaging planes...
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7581680 |
Omni-directional digital image capturing and processing system employing coplanar illumination and imaging stations in horizontal and vertical housing sections of the system
An omni-directional digital image capturing and processing system for use in a POS environment, comprising a system housing having a horizontal housing section and a vertical housing section. The...
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7581681 |
Tunnel-type digital imaging system for use within retail shopping environments such as supermarkets
A tunnel-type digital imaging system for use within retail shopping environments such as supermarkets. The system includes a tunnel configuration arranged about a conveyor structure for...
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7578445 |
Automatic POS-based digital image capturing and processing system employing object motion controlled area-type illumination and imaging operations
An automatic digital image capturing and processing system for use in a POS environment, comprising a system housing having horizonal housing section, installable in a countertop surface at the POS...
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7579582 |
Scanning method and scanning apparatus
A scanning method for optical scanning of a body includes illuminating the body by a lighting unit and a light receiver unit receives light transmitted from the lighting unit to the body and...
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7578442 |
Method 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 packaging
A method of and system for identifying a consumer product in a retail store environment when a bar code symbol on a product is not readable or has been removed from the product's packaging. The...
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7575170 |
POS-based digital image capturing and processing system using automatic object detection, spectral-mixing based illumination and linear imaging techniques
A method of illuminating objects using adaptively controlled mixing of spectral illumination energy to form and detect digital images of objects at POS environments with sufficiently high image...
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7575169 |
Digital 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 therewithin
An automatic digital image capturing and processing system for use in point of sale (POS) environments, comprising a plurality of coextensive area-type illumination and imaging stations, an object...
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7571859 |
Digital-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 substems
A digital image capturing and processing system comprising a plurality of coplanar illumination and imaging subsystem for producing a plurality of coplanar linear illumination and imaging planes...
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7571858 |
POS-based digital image capturing and processing system using automatic object detection, spectral-mixing based illumination and linear imaging techniques
A POS-based digital image capturing and processing system for illuminating objects using automatic object detection and spectral-mixing illumination technique. The system comprises a coplanar...
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7568626 |
Automatic 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 system
An automatic digital image capturing and processing system for use in a POS environment, comprising a system having a horizontal housing section, installable within a countertop surface at the POS...
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7559475 |
Automatic digital-imaging based bar code symbol reading system supporting a pass-through mode of system operation using automatic object direction detection and illumination control, and video image capture and processing techniques
An automatic digital-imaging based code symbol reading system supporting a presentation mode of system operation, automatic object direction detection and illumination control, and video image...
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7559474 |
Automatic omnidirectional bar code symbol reading system employing linear-type and area-type bar code symbol reading stations within the system housing
An automatic omni-directional bar code symbol reading system for use in a POS environment. The system comprises a system housing having a horizontal housing section with a first light transmission...
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7546951 |
Digital image capture and processing system employing real-time analysis of image exposure quality and the reconfiguration of system control parameters based on the results of such exposure quality analysis
An digital image capture and processing system supporting employing an adaptive control process involving the real-time analysis of the exposure quality of captured digital images and the...
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7546952 |
Method of illuminating objects during digital image capture operations by mixing visible and invisible spectral illumination energy at point of sale (POS) environments
A method of illuminating objects using adaptively controlled mixing of spectral illumination energy to form and detect digital images of objects at POS environments with sufficiently high image...
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7540425 |
Method of dynamically controlling illumination and image capturing operations in a digital image capture and processing system
A digital image capture and processing system employing automated real-time analysis of digital image exposure quality to automatically reconfigure system control parameters, and dynamically...
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7540424 |
Compact bar code symbol reading system employing a complex of coplanar illumination and imaging stations for omni-directional imaging of objects within a 3D imaging volume
An omni-directional bar code symbol reading system employing a plurality of coplanar illumination and imaging stations for generating and projecting a complex of coplanar illumination and imaging...
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7537165 |
Omni-directional digital image capturing and processing system employing coplanar illumination and imaging planes and area-type illumination and imaging zones within the system housing
An omni-directional digital image capturing and processing system for use in a POS environment, comprising a system housing having an imaging window, and a plurality of coplanar illumination and...
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7533824 |
Image sensor based optical reader
An optical reader can include an image sensor. In one embodiment an optical reader can be configured to have different operating modes, the different operating modes optimizing the reader for...
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7527202 |
Hand-supportable planar linear illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based code symbol reading system
A hand-supportable planar linear illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based code symbol reading system comprising: a hand-supportable housing having a light transmission aperture; and a planar laser...
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7527206 |
Method of setting the time duration of illumination from an LED-based illumination array employed in a digital imaging-based code symbol reader, using an image-processing based illumination metering program executed therewithin
A digital-imaging based code symbol reading system comprising an image sensing array with a field of view (FOV), an illumination subsystem with an LED illumination array, an automatic illumination...
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7520443 |
System, method, and program for extracting invisible information
A method for extracting invisible information from an object in which visible information overlaps with at least part of invisible information formed in stealth ink. The method includes the steps...
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7516897 |
Digital automatic power control loop for continuous and burst mode applications
An automatic power control circuit for a laser driver includes precharge circuitry to precharge inputs to a comparator receiving an indication of laser output power, for example from a monitor...
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7513429 |
Symbol illumination apparatus and video display apparatus
The present invention provides a symbol illumination apparatus configured to have a symbol such as characters printed on a front surface of a transparent member, and to allow light from a plurality...
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7513428 |
Planar laser illumination and imaging device employing laser current modulation to generate spectral components and reduce temporal coherence of laser beam, so as to achieve a reduction in speckle-pattern noise during time-averaged detection of images of objects illuminated thereby during imaging operations
An imaging device including at least one imaging array and image formation optics that provide a field of view corresponding to the imaging array. At least one illumination module (which includes...
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7510120 |
Code reader
A code reader comprising an integrated light source for the illumination of a reading region, a sensor matrix and an optical receiving system positioned in front of the latter, wherein the light...
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7503498 |
Hand-supportable digital image capturing and processing system employing an area-type image sensing array exposed to illumination from an LED-based illumination array only when all sensor elements in said image-sensing array are activated and in a state of integration
A hand-supportable digital image capture and processing system comprises: an area-type image formation and detection subsystem having an area-type image detection array; an LED-based illumination...
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7501616 |
Method and apparatus for capturing an image of a moving object
A scanned beam imager or laser scanner is operable to scan an object moving through its field-of-view. The system may include means for detecting direction and/or speed of the object. The velocity...
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7499090 |
Rolling-reset imager with optical filter
An imaging system comprises a rolling-reset imager that forms an electronic image of an object, a light source illuminating the object with pulsed light, and a bandpass optical filter disposed...
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7490774 |
Hand-supportable imaging based bar code symbol reader employing automatic light exposure measurement and illumination control subsystem integrated therein
A hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading device comprises: an IR-based object presence and range detection subsystem; a area-type image formation and detection subsystem...
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7487917 |
Automatic 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 techniques
An automatic digital-imaging based code symbol reading system supporting pass-through and presentation modes of system operation, automatic object direction detection and illumination control, and...
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7472831 |
System for detecting image light intensity reflected off an object in a digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading device
A digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading device employing an automatic light exposure measurement and illumination control subsystem having an optical axis which is coincident with the field...
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7469835 |
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 code symbol reading application
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 a bar code symbol...
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7464877 |
Digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading system employing image cropping pattern generator and automatic cropped image processor
Disclosed is a method of and apparatus for dynamically and adaptively controlling system control parameters (SCPs) in a multi-mode image capture and processing system, wherein (i) automated...
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7445154 |
Imaging reader with folded image capture path and direct illumination path
A target is illuminated with illumination light along a direct optical path that has no optical surface areas shared with a folded optical path along which light is captured by an imager in an...
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7428997 |
Method and apparatus for illuminating a field-of-view and capturing an image
A variable illuminator, for instance a device for scanning a beam of light, emits a selected amount of power to a plurality of spots across a field of view. The amount of power is determined as...
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7428998 |
Automatic 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 symbol
A hand-supportable automatic digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading device comprises: an automatic object presence detection subsystem; an area-type image formation and detection subsystem...
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