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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120127319 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A NETWORKED CAMERA An apparatus for controlling a remote camera is described. The apparatus includes a housing and a processor positioned within the housing. A transceiver coupled to the processor communicates with a remote server. The remote server is coupled to the remote camera. A moti... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120110183 | DISTRIBUTED PROPAGATION OF DATA IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK A technique for distributed propagation of data in a wireless communication network includes providing 600 a unique host identifier for each peer network entity in the wireless communication network, each host identifier having a length of B bits. A next step inc... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105384 | DISPLAY WITH EMISSIVE AND REFLECTIVE LAYERS A display comprising includes a reflective panel 104 and a substantially transparent emissive panel 102. The emissive panel is aligned and positioned over the reflective panel 104. The emissive panel is operable to have an active pixel region 200... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104101 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWERING BARCODE READERS An apparatus includes (1) a first housing for housing therein a barcode reading arrangement and (2) an enclosed space for housing therein a battery configured to power the barcode reading arrangement located outside the enclosed space. The first housing includes a windo... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104099 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING FORM DOCUMENT WITH IMAGING SCANNER A method of decoding the barcode in a form with a barcode reading arrangement. The barcode reading arrangement comprises a solid-state imager. The method includes capturing an image of a form having a barcode with a barcode reading arrangement, storing the image of the ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120071093 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING BLUETOOTH CONNECTION BETWEEN CRADLE AND HANDHEL DATA CAPTURE DEVICE A method and apparatus for identifying a Bluetooth connection between a cradle and at least one handheld data capture device that includes a barcode reading arrangement or an RFID reader. The apparatus includes a cradle configured to accommodate a handheld data capture ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120050059 | METHOD FOR DEVICE LOSS PREVENTION A method and apparatus of preventing a handheld data capture device from getting lost. The handheld data capture device includes a barcode reading arrangement or an RFID reader. The handheld data capture device also includes a cue-generating element that is operative to... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049933 | THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF A MOBILE DEVICE A mobile device includes a housing having a plurality of surfaces. A processor is located within the housing. The processor heats a portion of one or more of the surfaces of the housing. A temperature sensor detects a temperature of the portion of the surface. The rate ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120049784 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHARGING HANDHELD DATA CAPTURE DEVICE WITH CRADLE A method and apparatus for powering a handheld data capture device. The apparatus includes a cradle configured to accommodate a handheld data capture device detachably settled therein. The apparatus also includes an energy reservoir installed in the cradle, a charging i... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120048938 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING USER FEEDBACK DURING IMAGE CAPTURE A data capture device is described. The data capture device includes an imager simultaneously capturing a barcode and an image associated with the barcode. A memory is coupled to the imager for storing the barcode and the image. A processor is coupled to the memory for ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120044112 | LOCAL AREA NETWORK ANTENNA FOR A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE An antenna for a mobile device is described. The antenna includes a housing formed from a metal material. The housing functions as a ground plane for the antenna and an RF shield for at least one electronic component of the mobile device. An insulating material covers a... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20110280118 | MANAGING WIRELESS WIDE AREA NETWORK BANDWIDTH CONSTRAINTS IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK A technique to manage wireless wide area network bandwidth constraints in a communication network includes; prioritizing client activities in a serving access point; detecting that wired domain access is inactive while wireless wide area domain access is active; and uti... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110278360 | FOCUS ADJUSTMENT WITH LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE IN IMAGING SCANNER A method and apparatus for using in an imaging scanner. The apparatus includes an illumination source, a solid-state imager, a liquid crystal device, a lens system, and a decoding circuitry. The liquid crystal device has a liquid crystal material sandwiched between two ... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110270741 | UNIVERSAL PAYMENT MODULE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES The present disclosure provides universal payment module systems and methods for mobile computing devices that include a universal payment module and an associated adapter device for coupling the universal payment module to any of a plurality of mobile computing devices... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110267172 | TRIGGERING A RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION SCAN USING IMAGE RECOGNITION A system and method for triggering a radio frequency identification, RFID, scan using image recognition includes; storing (300) image attributes of inventoried RFID-tagged items in a database along with information associated with the RFID-tagged items, capturing... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110321161 | MITIGATING EXCESSIVE OPERATIONS ATTACKS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK A technique for mitigating excessive operations attacks in a wireless communication network includes receiving message requests from stations, detecting an excessive operation attack, checking if a received request is a first request or a retry request, and ignoring any... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110320379 | AD-HOC WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK USING PRICE CHECKING STATIONS A technique for operating an ad-hoc wireless communication network includes providing 400 a plurality of price checking stations 102 having wireless communication capabilities, designating 402 one of the price checking stations 102 as a maste... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110320322 | INVENTORY MONITORING USING COMPLEMENTARY MODES FOR ITEM IDENTIFICATION A technique for inventory monitoring using complementary modes for item identification includes; storing items in known locations within a defined area; tracking a user in the defined area; detecting that the user has removed an item from its known storage location; asc... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110317601 | DIGITAL SIGNAGE WITH ON-DEMAND POWER WAKE UP A technique for on-demand power wake up for digital signage includes providing 400 a detector operable to detect an envelope of a digital signal, receiving 402 an extended length packet by the detector, wherein the packet consists of a same, repeated data ... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110315773 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWERING HANDHELD DATA CAPTURE DEVICES A method and apparatus for powering a handheld device. The method includes measuring a current withdrawn by the handheld device from a USB port of the handheld device. The handheld device can include a barcode reading arrangement for reading a barcode on a target object... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110315772 | FOCUS ADJUSTMENT WITH MEMS ACTUATOR IN IMAGING SCANNER A method and apparatus for using in an imaging scanner. The apparatus includes a solid-state imager, an imaging lens assembly comprising a base lens and a MEMS lens, and an electric circuitry operative to transfer the image captured by the solid-state imager to a decodi... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110314512 | METHODS FOR SECURITY AND MONITORING WITHIN A WORLDWIDE INTEROPERABILITY FOR MICROWAVE ACCESS (WIMAX) NETWORK A method for security and monitoring within a worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) network includes monitoring, by one or more sensors, communications activity on one or more channels; analyzing, by either one or more sensors directly or a server prov... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110310012 | USER INTERFACE FOR A HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY A headset comprises an arrangement and a display. The arrangement is situated at least partially on a head of a user. The display is coupled to the arrangement and capable of displaying a pointing device to the user. The headset is coupled to a mobile device which inclu... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110290885 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INCREASING BRIGHTNESS OF AIMING PATTERN IN IMAGING SCANNER A method and apparatus for using in a barcode reader. The apparatus includes an aiming lens assembly including an irregular-shape lens, an aiming light source positioned behind the aiming lens assembly, and an aperture with the desired aiming pattern shape placed in clo... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110234161 | ADAPTER AND METHOD FOR MOBILE UNIT CHARGING AND COMMUNICATION The present disclosure includes an adapter and associated method of use for mobile unit (MU) charging and communication that enables multiple connector types to be utilized with a single charger or charging station. The adapter enables standardization of a connector sch... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110221673 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A MOBILE COMPUTING PRODUCT/ARRANGEMENT Described is a system and method for monitoring a mobile computing Arrangement. The arrangement may include a sensor and a processor. The sensor detects first data of an event including a directional orientation and a motion of the arrangement. The processor compares th... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110205376 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A MOBILE COMPUTING PRODUCT/ARRANGEMENT Described is a system and method for monitoring a mobile computing Arrangement. The arrangement may include a sensor and a processor. The sensor detects first data of an event including a directional orientation and a motion of the arrangement. The processor compares th... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110205076 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A MOBILE COMPPUTING PRODUCT/ARRANGEMENT Described is a system and method for monitoring a mobile computing Arrangement. The arrangement may include a sensor and a processor. The sensor detects first data of an event including a directional orientation and a motion of the arrangement. The processor compares th... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110193750 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SETTING A MULTI-BAND ANTENNA BASED ON LOCATION The present disclosure includes systems and methods for setting a multi-band tunable antenna, a quad-band antenna, or the like based on location information. Specifically, the present invention may include a mobile computing device, circuitry connected to an antenna, an... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110188175 | HAND HELD MOBILE DEVICE CONTAINING COMFORT PERCHES The present disclosure provides methods and systems for a hand held mobile device that has a front surface, two side surfaces, and a bottom surface wherein the bottom surface partially includes a battery pack having an outer surface that forms an integral relationship w... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110175705 | PASSIVE RFID TRIGGERING SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING ANTENNA REVERSE POWER DETECTION The present disclosure provides systems and methods for a truly passive trigger in a hands-free device, e.g. an RFID system. Specifically, the present invention includes a passive trigger antenna, an RFID reader system, and an associated passive triggering method. The p... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110024505 | METHOD OF SETTING AMOUNT OF EXPOSURE FOR PHOTODETECTOR ARRAY IN BARCODE SCANNER A method and apparatus for setting the amount of exposure for the photodetector array in a barcode scanner. An image is captured with the photodetector array. The type for each sub-region in the multiple sub-regions in the image captured is determined. Each sub-region i... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20100328506 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CURRENT PULSES TO ILLUMINATION SOURCE IN IMAGING SCANNER A method and apparatus for providing current pulses to the illumination source in an imaging scanner. The method includes: (1) sensing a current supplied from a current port to obtain a current-monitoring signal; (2) controlling a charge current provided to a storage ca... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100327067 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEFINING ILLUMINATION FIELD OF VIEW OF BARCODE READER A method and apparatus for defining the illumination field of view of a barcode reader. The method includes (1) generating an illumination with an illumination source; (2) directing the illumination with an illumination lens to pass through an aperture to generate an il... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100302420 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING THE VISUAL DISCOMFORT OF THE ILLUMINATION GENERATED BY IMAGING SCANNERS A method and apparatus for reducing the visual discomfort of the illumination generated by imaging scanners. The method includes (1) turning on a driving current for a illumination source during each of a series of exposure periods to provide illumination directed towar... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100301121 | SPECKLE NOISE REDUCING FOR LASER BASED BARCODE READERS A method and apparatus for reducing speckle noise in laser based barcode readers. The apparatus includes a semiconductor laser diode for producing a laser beam. The apparatus also includes electronic circuitry operative to alternate the current passing through the semic... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100301118 | ANTENNA FOR RFID READER An antenna for using within an allocated bandwidth having a nominal center frequency includes a support member, a first antenna structure, and a second antenna structure. The first antenna structure has a return loss maximized at a first optimal frequency. The second an... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100264219 | FRACTIONAL DOWN-SAMPLING IN IMAGING BARCODE SCANNERS A method of improving the performance of an imaging reader includes (1) illuminating a symbol by projecting illuminating light on the symbol from the imaging reader, (2) capturing return light form the symbol as pixel data over a two-dimensional field of view of a solid... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100237150 | POINT-OF-TRANSACTION WORKSTATION FOR ELECTRO-OPTICALLY READING ONE-DIMENSIONAL AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL INDICIA BY IMAGE CAPTURE A solid-state imager is mounted at a point-of-transaction workstation for capturing images of one- and two-dimensional indicia and is operated at high speed to resist image blurring due to relative movement between the target and the imager. Dedicated hardware assistanc... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100165958 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING FAIR ASSOCIATION OF CLIENT DEVICES WITH ACCESS POINTS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A method for facilitating association of a client device with an access point in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises the access point receiving at least one client parameter and required throughput from the client device. The access point ... | 07/01/2010 |
