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7400983 Information notification sample processing system and methods of biological slide processing  
A sample processing system ( 101 ) that may be automated and methods are disclosed where samples) ( 198 ) are arranged on a carrier element ( 197 ) and a process operation control system ( 171 )...
7398930 Bar code reading device having image data in plurality of different formats  
The present invention relates to a bar code reading device in which there is derived image data in a plurality of different formats. In one embodiment, first and second image data formats can be...
7398929 Method and apparatus for reading decodable indicia  
The present invention relates to a bar code reading device for reading 1D or 2D bar code symbols. The bar code reading device, in one embodiment, can receive a command to disable symbology reading....
7387253 Optical reader system comprising local host processor and optical reader  
In an optical reading system comprising an optical reader and a host processor, the host processor may be configured to transmit a component control instruction in response to a user input command...
7387250 System and method for on the spot purchasing by scanning barcodes from screens with a mobile device  
The present invention enables users to instantly purchase desired items with their mobile device (e.g., cell phone/PDA) while viewing services such as the Home Shopping Network, QVC, etc. on...
7383998 Optical reader system comprising host processor and optical reader  
There is provided an optical reader system that can include an optical reader and a host processor which may be in communication via a communication link. In one embodiment a communication link...
7377429 Item tracking and processing systems and methods  
Systems and methods are provided for processing one or more items. The systems involve a data acquisition device and a display device. At least one data acquisition device and the display device...
7362879 Substituting objects based on steganographic encoding  
The application discloses various methods and systems to provide substitute information or objects for, e.g., substitution when making copies of media objects (e.g., audio, video or images). One...
7349555 Documents and apparatus to encode documents  
The present invention relates generally to documents, e.g., such as legal tender, currency and identification documents, and apparatus for encoding documents. One claim recites: a physical document...
7344082 Automated method of and system for dimensioning objects over a conveyor belt structure by applying contouring tracing, vertice detection, corner point detection, and corner point reduction methods to two-dimensional range data maps of the space above the conveyor belt captured by an amplitude modulated laser scanning beam  
A fully automated package identification and measuring system, in which an omni-directional holographic scanning tunnel is used to read bar codes on packages entering the tunnel, while a package...
7331523 Adaptive optical image reader  
There is described in one embodiment a method for use by an apparatus that can acquire an image. According to a described method, parameters for utilization by the apparatus are provided. According...
7330563 Documents, articles and authentication of documents and articles  
The present invention relates generally to physical articles, e.g., such as documents, and authenticating physical articles. One claim recites a method of determining authenticity of an analog form...
7309015 Mobile device gateway providing access to instant information  
The present invention relates generally to the field of systems capable of managing the interaction between vendors and end users. To use the system, a user first scans any common barcode using a...
7304670 Method and apparatus for compensating for fixed pattern noise in an imaging system  
There is described a pixel value adjustment method and apparatus. In one embodiment, pixel values can be adjusted by execution of an algorithm for adjusting pixel values. In one embodiment, an...
7304585 Initiation of actions with compressed action language representations  
A device stores one or more compression rules for an action language. Upon receipt of a signal from a tag (such as an RFID tag, a visual tag, or an audio tag), a compressed data stream...
7296747 Visual code system for camera-equipped mobile devices and applications thereof  
A visual code system wherein camera-equipped mobile phones (or similar devices, such as wireless PDAs) are used to identify and decode images that contain one or more “visual codes.” By...
7287696 System and method for decoding and analyzing barcodes using a mobile device  
The present invention discloses a system and method for decoding barcodes using mobile device. Generally, the barcode image is acquired via a digital camera attached to the mobile device. After the...
7275694 Portable bar code reading device generating first and second electronic representations of a substrate  
The present invention relates to a portable bar code reading device that generates electronic representations of a substrate having a bar code symbol disposed thereon. A portable bar code reading...
7274909 Method and system for selecting data items for service requests  
A method and system locate a transponder that has an associated identifier and content data, at a location substantially accessible to a user of the mobile terminal. The transponder is activated by...
7203361 Adaptive digitizer for optical reader  
An optical reader is provided that can include an image sensor. The optical reader can generate an array of miltibit pixel values. The array of multibit pixel values can be processed. In one...
7201316 Item tracking and processing systems and methods  
Systems and methods are provided for processing one or more items. The systems involve a data acquisition device and a display device. At least one data acquisition device and the display device...
7175092 Analog-to-digital converter with automatic range and sensitivity adjustment  
The invention is a system and method for providing optimized accuracy and precision in analog-to-digital conversions of data. In an embodiment of the invention, an A/D converter is configured by...
7171016 Method for monitoring internet dissemination of image, video and/or audio files  
An automated monitoring service downloads image files (including, e.g., graphic and video files) and audio files from various Internet sites, and checks these files for the presence of embedded...
7159780 Method for reading a symbol having encoded information  
Methods and apparatuses are provided for imaging and decoding symbols such as two-dimensional relief formed symbols and in particular, symbols wherein one or more edges of any number of data cells...
7156308 Double-sided bar code doubling as a single bar code  
A bar code including a first linear bar code portion, and portions with two-dimensional bar codes at the ends of the first bar code portion. A separation through the first portion. The...
7147159 Optical reader having two-dimensional solid state image sensor and light generator  
An apparatus is provided for reading a bar code of a target. The apparatus can include a matrix type two-dimensional image sensor and a light generator directing light toward the target. Optics can...
7130622 Disposable mini-applications  
Disposable mini-applications are executable software items whose activation, deactivation and deletion in a mobile terminal are defined by trigger parameters and rules. Trigger parameters may...
7124948 Optical reader processing two-dimensional electronic representations  
A reading apparatus is provided for reading indicia. In one embodiment a reading apparatus can include a menuing program and an input/output device. A data source external to the apparatus having a...
7113627 Location of extended linear defects  
A method of locating a linear defect on a photographic element, the element having a useful imaging width and the defect aligned with length of the element, includes the steps of: exposing a region...
7107009 Method, system and computer program product for personalizing the functionality of a personal communication device  
A method, system, apparatus and computer program product for personalizing the functionality of a personal communication device. A personal communication device receives a wireless communication...
7090134 System for projecting a handling instruction onto a moving item or parcel  
The invention includes a system for projecting a display onto an item or parcel using an acquisition device to capture indicia on each parcel, a tracking system, a controller or computer to select...
7080786 Optical reader comprising illumination assembly and solid state image sensor  
There is provided a system and method for programming bar code reading devices. A method in one embodiment includes encoding a bar code symbol, displaying a bar code symbol, and reading the...
7068811 Protecting images with image markings  
A method and system for embedding signatures within visual images in both digital representation and print or film. A signature is inseparably embedded within the visible image, the signature...
7063256 Item tracking and processing systems and methods  
Systems and methods are provided for processing one or more items. The systems involve a data acquisition device and a display device. At least one data acquisition device and the display device...
7054463 Data encoding using frail watermarks  
Image, video, or audio data is encoded with both a frail and a robust watermark. The two watermarks respond differently to different forms of processing (e.g., copying the object may render the...
7027614 Hiding information to reduce or offset perceptible artifacts  
The present invention relates to digital watermarking. In a preferred embodiment, a multi-channel media signal is embedded with first and second digital watermark components. The first component is...
7003132 Embedding hidden auxiliary code signals in media  
Methods for embedding and reading auxiliary messages from image signals use embedded code signals modulated with the auxiliary message. These embedded ode signals may be used to convey hidden...
6998270 Automated tissue staining system and reagent container  
An automated staining system and a reagent container designed for use with the automated staining apparatus. The reagent container includes a reagent containment section capable of containing a...
6994264 Information indicating machine readable coded data  
Machine-readable coded data disposed on or in a substrate. The coded data includes a plurality of layouts of two or more layout types, each layout having n identical sub-layouts rotated 1/n...
6993153 Self-orienting watermarks  
A watermarking method converts a watermark message into a Frequency Shift Keying (FSK) signal and embeds the FSK signal in a host signal. The spectral properties of the FSK watermark signal...
6987862 Video steganography  
An input content signal, e.g., representing video, is encoded to hide plural-bit auxiliary data therein. The process generates an intermediate signal that is a function of (a) the plural-bit...
6985270 Method and photographic element for calibrating digital images  
A method of calibrating digital images having pixels with pixel values includes the steps of: exposing a photographic element to form a latent image of a reference calibration target including a...
6975746 Integrating digital watermarks in multimedia content  
A method for decoding auxiliary data from media signals in multimedia content decodes watermarks from different media signals and uses the watermarks to control processing of the multimedia...
6968057 Emulsion products and imagery employing steganography  
Images are steganographically marked with codes that can be used, e.g., by reference to a remote registry, to identify the image proprietors. Some embodiments pre-mark blank emulsion film or paper...
6965682 Data transmission by watermark proxy  
A media object sensed at one location is delivered at a second remote location, or an application associated with the object is made available at the second location. In some embodiments, the...
6959386 Hiding encrypted messages in information carriers  
An identification code signal is hidden in a carrier signal (such as an electronic data signal or a physical medium) in a manner that permits the identification signal later to be discerned. The...
6922480 Methods for encoding security documents  
Line art on a banknote or other security document is slightly changed to effect the encoding of plural-bit digital data (i.e. the banknote is digitally watermarked). When such a banknote is...
6917724 Methods for opening file on computer via optical sensing  
By printing documents and other objects with machine readable indicia, such as steganographic digital watermarks or barcodes, a great variety of document management functions can be enabled. The...
6917691 Substituting information based on watermark-enable linking  
OLE-like principles are implemented using watermark data in digital objects in order to effect object linking or embedding. In one embodiment, a photocopier scans an original paper document to...
6878896 Synchronous semi-automatic parallel sorting  
The present invention reveals a sorting system for use in manual sorting, which presents a detached ephemeral display moving in a manner corresponding to the movement of the article, by which an...
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