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7341190 Method and apparatus for rapid image capture in an image system  
Embodiments of a method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for rapidly capturing images in an automated identification system to effectively extend one dimension of a field of view of an image...
EP1437676B1 Method for reading a graphic pattern and acquiring its image  
Abstract not available for EP1437676
7152795 Bioptical product and produce identification systems employing planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIM) based subsystems  
A bioptical planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based object dimensioning, analysis and identification system comprising a pair of PLIIM-based object identification and attribute...
7140543 Planar light illumination and imaging device with modulated coherent illumination that reduces speckle noise induced by coherent illumination  
A device including at least one image detection array and image formation optics that provide a field of view corresponding to the image detection array. At least one illumination module (which...
7131590 Laser module for reading optical codes  
A compact laser module ( 1 ) for reading optical codes including a scanning illumination section having at least one source ( 8 ) for generating a laser beam and a scanner ( 9, 10 ) for scanning...
7131586 Method of and apparatus for reducing speckle-pattern noise in a planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based system  
Methods of and systems for illuminating objects using planar laser illumination beams having substantially-planar spatial distribution characteristics that extend through the field of view (FOV) of...
7118042 Method and apparatus for rapid image capture in an image system  
Embodiments of a method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for rapidly capturing images in an automated identification system to effectively extend one dimension of a field of view of an image...
7090133 METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A DIGITAL IMAGE OF AN OBJECT WITH REDUCED SPECKLE-PATTERN NOISE, BY CONSECUTIVELY CAPTURING, BUFFERING AND PROCESSING A SERIES OF DIGITAL IMAGES OF THE OBJECT OVER A SERIES OF CONSECUTIVELY DIFFERENT PHOTO-INTEGRATION TIME PERIODS  
A method of and system for producing a digital image of an object with reduced speckle-pattern noise power. The method comprises moving a hand-supportable PLIIM-based imager relative to an object...
7086594 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...
7077319 Imaging engine employing planar light illumination and linear imaging  
An imaging engine includes a plurality of linear imaging arrays, image formation optics, one or more illumination module and supporting circuitry that are embodied within a modular engine housing....
7070107 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...
7028899 METHOD 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 TARGET  
A planar laser illumination and imaging (PLLIM) based camera system capable of producing digital images with reduced levels of speckle-pattern noise. The PLIIM based camera system comprises a...
7025267 Method for reading a graphic pattern and acquiring its image  
A method for reading a graphic pattern by illuminating the graphic pattern with at least two groups of light sources, each of the at least two groups of light sources having at least one light...
6997386 PLANAR LASER ILLUMINATION AND IMAGING (PLIIM) DEVICE EMPLOYING A LINEAR IMAGE DETECTION ARRAY HAVING VERTICALLY-ELONGATED IMAGE DETECTION ELEMENTS, WHEREIN THE HEIGHT OF THE VERTICALLY-ELONGATED IMAGE DETECTION ELEMENTS AND THE F/# PARAMETER OF THE IMAGE FORMATION OPTICS ARE CONFIGURED TO REDUCE SPECKLE-PATTERN NOISE POWER THROUGH SPATIAL-AVERAGING OF DETECTED SPECKLE-NOISE PATTERNS  
A planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based device a linear image formation and detection (IFD) module characterized by an F/# parameter mounted on a support platform. The IFD module has...
6991166 LED-based planar light illumination and imaging (PLIIM) engine  
A LED-based planar light illumination and imaging (PLIIM) engine for use in a hand-supportable linear imager adapted for manual movement relative to an object to be illuminated and imaged. The...
6991165 METHOD OF SPECKLE-NOISE PATTERN REDUCTION AND APPARATUS THEREFOR BASED ON REDUCING THE TEMPORAL COHERENCE OF THE PLANAR LASER ILLUMINATION BEAM BEFORE IT ILLUMINATES THE TARGET OBJECT BY APPLYING TEMPORAL INTENSITY MODULATION TECHNIQUES DURING THE TRANSMISSION OF THE PLIB TOWARDS THE TARGET  
A planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based camera system capable of producing digital images with reduced levels of speckle-pattern noise. The PLIIM based camera system comprises a...
6988660 Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based camera system for producing high-resolution 3-D images of moving 3-D objects  
A planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based camera system for producing high-resolution 3-D images of moving 3-D objects having arbitrary surface geometry. The PLIIM-based camera system...
6978935 PLANAR 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 SYSTEM  
A planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based system comprising a linear image formation and detection module having (i) an image sensing chip having a plurality of conductive pins...
6971578 Planar laser illumination and imaging module (PLIIN) based semiconductor chips  
Methods of and systems for illuminating objects using planar laser illumination beams having substantially-planar spatial distribution characteristics that extend through the field of view (FOV) of...
6971577 Method 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 object  
A method of and apparatus for automatically producing digital images of an object having a substantially uniform white level independent of the velocity of the object. The method comprising...
6971576 GENERALIZED METHOD OF SPECKLE-NOISE PATTERN REDUCTION AND PARTICULAR FORMS OF APPARATUS THEREFOR BASED ON REDUCING THE SPATIAL-COHERENCE OF THE PLANAR LASER ILLUMINATION BEAM AFTER IT ILLUMINATES THE TARGET BY APPLYING SPATIAL INTENSITY MODULATION TECHNIQUES DURING THE DETECTION OF THE REFLECTED/SCATTERED PLIB  
A planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based camera system capable of producing digital images with reduced levels of speckle-pattern noise. The PLIIM based camera system comprises a...
6971575 HAND-SUPPORTABLE PLANAR LASER ILLUMINATION AND IMAGING (PLIIM) DEVICE EMPLOYING A PAIR OF LINEAR LASER DIODE ARRAYS MOUNTED ABOUT AN AREA IMAGE DETECTION ARRAY, FOR ILLUMINATING AN OBJECT TO BE IMAGED WITH A PLURALITY OF OPTICALLY-COMBINED SPATIALLY-INCOHERENT PLANAR LASER ILLUMINATION BEAMS (PLIBS) SCANNED THROUGH THE FIELD OF VIEW (FOV) OF SAID AREA IMAGE DETECTION ARRAY, AND REDUCING THE SPECKLE-PATTERN NOISE POWER IN DETECTED 2-D IMAGES BY TEMPORALLY-AVERAGING DETECTED SPECKLE-NOISE PATTERNS  
A hand-supportable area-type planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based device comprising an area-type image formation and detection (IFD) module having a 2-D array of image detection...
6969001 METHOD OF SPECKLE-NOISE PATTERN REDUCTION AND APPARATUS THEREFOR BASED ON REDUCING THE SPATIAL-COHERENCE OF THE PLANAR LASER ILLUMINATION BEAM BEFORE IT ILLUMINATES THE TARGET OBJECT BY APPLYING SPATIAL INTENSITY MODULATION TECHNIQUES DURING THE TRANSMISSION OF THE PLIB TOWARDS THE TARGET  
A planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based camera system capable of producing digital images with reduced levels of speckle-pattern noise. The PLIIM based camera system comprises a...
6962289 Method of and system for producing high-resolution 3-D images of 3-D object surfaces having arbitrary surface geometry  
Methods of and systems for illuminating objects using planar laser illumination beams having substantially-planar spatial distribution characteristics that extend through the field of view (FOV) of...
6959868 TUNNEL-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 OPERATIONS  
A camera-based tunnel-type package identification system comprising at least first and second camera units, a package dimension subsystem, and a data communications network installed about a...
6957775 INTERNET-BASED METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTELY MONITORING, CONFIGURING AND SERVICING PLANAR LASER ILLUMINATION AND IMAGING (PLIIM) BASED NETWORKS WITH NODES FOR SUPPORTING OBJECT IDENTIFICATION AND ATTRIBUTE INFORMATION ACQUISITION FUNCTIONS  
An Internet-based method of and system for monitoring, configuring and servicing planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based network remotely situated from and using any Internet-enabled...
6948659 Hand-supportable planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) device  
A hand-supportable linear-type planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based device comprising a linear image formation and detection (IFD) module having a linear array of image detection...
6913202 Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) engine  
Methods of and systems for illuminating objects using planar laser illumination beams having substantially-planar spatial distribution characteristics that extend through the field of view (FOV) of...
6880756 METHOD OF SPECKLE-NOISE PATTERN REDUCTION AND APPARATUS THEREFOR BASED ON REDUCING THE TEMPORAL-COHERENCE OF THE PLANAR LASER ILLUMINATION BEAM (PLIB) AFTER IT ILLUMINATES THE TARGET BY APPLYING TEMPORAL INTENSITY MODULATION TECHNIQUES DURING THE DETECTION OF THE REFLECTED/SCATTERED PLIB  
A planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based camera system capable of producing digital images with reduced levels of speckle-pattern noise. The PLIIM based camera system comprises a...
6877662 Led-based planar light illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based camera system employing real-time object coordinate acquisition and producing to control automatic zoom and focus imaging optics  
Methods of and systems for illuminating objects using planar laser illumination beams having substantially-planar spatial distribution characteristics that extend through the field of view (FOV) of...
6863216 METHOD OF SPECKLE-NOISE PATTERN REDUCTION AND APPARATUS THEREFOR BASED ON REDUCING THE SPATIAL-COHERENCE OF THE PLANAR LASER ILLUMINATION BEAM BEFORE IT ILLUMINATES THE TARGET OBJECT BY APPLYING SPATIAL PHASE MODULATION TECHNIQUES DURING THE TRANSMISSION OF THE PLIB TOWARDS THE TARGET  
A planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based camera system capable of producing digital images with reduced levels of speckle-pattern noise. The PLIIM based camera system comprises a...
6857570 METHOD OF SPECKLE-NOISE PATTERN REDUCTION AND APPARATUS THEREFOR BASED ON REDUCING THE TEMPORAL-COHERENCE OF THE PLANAR LASER ILLUMINATION BEAM BEFORE IT ILLUMINATES THE TARGET OBJECT BY APPLYING TEMPORAL FREQUENCY MODULATION TECHNIQUES DURING THE TRANSMISSION OF THE PLIB TOWARDS THE TARGET  
A planar laser illumination and imaging (PLLIM) based camera system capable of producing digital images with reduced levels of speckle-pattern noise. The PLIIM based camera system comprises a...
6837432 METHOD 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 SUBSYSTEM  
A method of and system for automatically cropping linear images of a moving object is disclosed. The method comprises automatically capturing a linear range and intensity data map from an object...
6830185 Method 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 object  
A method of and apparatus for automatically producing digital images of an object having a substantially uniform white level independent of the velocity of the object. The method comprising...
6830184 METHOD 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 ANGLES  
Methods of and systems for illuminating objects using planar laser illumination beams having substantially-planar spatial distribution characteristics that extend through the field of view (FOV) of...
EP1437676A1 Method for reading a graphic pattern and acquiring its image  
Abstract not available for EP1437676
EP0731417B1 Scan module for optical scanner  
Abstract of EP0731417 An integrated optical module for an optical scanner has a lens (24) spaced from a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) (28) by a spacer (62). The module, in an...
6742707 METHOD OF SPECKLE-NOISE PATTERN REDUCTION AND APPARATUS THEREFOR BASED ON REDUCING THE SPATIAL-COHERENCE OF THE PLANAR LASER ILLUMINATION BEAM BEFORE THE BEAM ILLUMINATES THE TARGET OBJECT BY APPLYING SPATIAL PHASE SHIFTING TECHNIQUES DURING THE TRANSMISSION OF THE PLIB THERETOWARDS  
A planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based camera system capable of producing digital images with reduced levels of speckle-pattern noise. The PLIIM based camera system comprises a...
6739511 METHOD OF SPECKLE-NOISE PATTERN REDUCTION AND APPARATUS THEREFOR 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 TARGET  
A planar laser illumination and imaging (PLLIM) based camera system capable of producing digital images with reduced levels of speckle-pattern noise. The PLIIM based camera system comprises a...
6736321 Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) system employing wavefront control methods for reducing the power of speckle-pattern noise digital images acquired by said system  
A planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based system employing wavefront control methods for reducing the power of speckle-pattern noise within digital images acquired by the system. The...
6708883 Apparatus and method for reading indicia using charge coupled device and scanning laser beam technology  
A scanning device for reading indicia of differing light reflectivity, including bar code symbols, has two parallel arrays of light emitters, such as lasers or light emitting diodes, for generating...
6527186 Scan data signal processor employing band-pass filter having frequency response characteristics controlled by the depth of focus of the laser scanning beam  
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...
6367697 Reader arrangement for an electronic identification system having a plurality of reader heads for energizing transponders  
A reader arrangement 22 for an electronic identification system includes a plurality of reader heads 22.1 to 22.4 for energizing transponders 28.1 to 28 .n to be read, and a controller 29...
6257491 Packaged mirror including mirror travel stops  
An integrated optical module for an optical scanner has a lens spaced from a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) by a spacer of defined dimensions. The module, in an alternative...
6247648 Bar code scanner utilizing multiple light beams output by a light beam splitter  
A bar code scanner and method for scanning a bar code symbol that splits a light beam using a liquid crystal device and directs the split light beams toward a bar code symbol using a moveable...
6059188 Packaged mirror including mirror travel stops  
An integrated optical module for an optical scanner has a lens spaced from a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) by a spacer of defined dimensions. The module, in an alternative...
6024283 Bar code readers having selectable optical elements  
A bar code reader for reading a symbol located at a distance from the laser comprises an array of groups of reading elements and an array of selectable liquid crystal elements. Each of the groups...
5914477 Line focus barcode scanner  
A barcode scanner includes a light source for producing a scan line of light on a 2-D barcode along one of the two axes thereof. The scan line is scanned across the barcode along the other axis to...
5777312 Phased array laser scanner  
die based phased array laser scanner which utilizes electronically steerable beams. Beam steering may be utilized to control the scanner such that a phased delay in laser output produces an...
5760383 Method and apparatus for simulating bar code  
A method and apparatus are provided for simulating a bar code. The bar code simulator includes a code emitter for generating a coded light beam which varies sequentially in intensity to correspond...
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