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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7743990 | Imaging engine employing planar light illumination and linear imaging An imaging engine includes a plurality of linear imaging arrays, image formation optics, at least one illumination module and supporting circuitry that are embodied within a modular engine housing. The plurality of linear imaging arrays and image formation optics ar... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7661597 | Coplanar laser illumination and imaging subsystem employing spectral-mixing and despeckling of laser illumination A coplanar laser illumination and imaging subsystem deployable in an image capturing and processing system, and including an image formation and detection (IFD) subsystem having an image sensing array and optics providing a field of view (FOV) on the image sensing a... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7658330 | 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 vertical housing section provided with an imaging window, and containing an area-type illumination and imaging station for generating and proj... | 02/09/2010 |
| 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 imaging stations, disposed in the system housing, for generating and pr... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7413522 | Transportable basketball system having wind-transmissive backboard structure and sand-anchorable post assembly for safely playing basketball-related games on beaches, shorelines and other sand-covered outdoor environments A transportable basketball system having components which are arrangeable in a play configuration during which a basketball-related game can be played, and also in a transport configuration during which said transportable basketball system can be easily transported ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7357325 | 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 array, and narrow-area and wid... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7225988 | 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 narrow-area and wide area im... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7073718 | Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) systems employing laser-diode based planar laser illumination arrays and linear electronic image detection arrays 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 image formation and detection modules employed in such systems. Each... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6652522 | Power-assisted tissue aspiration instrument with cauterizing cannula assembly A method and apparatus is disclosed for mechanically-assisted liposuction treatment. The apparatus includes a hand-holdable housing, an electro-cauterizing cannula assembly, and a reciprocation mechanism. The hand-holdable housing has a cavity adaptable f... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6629641 | Method of and system for producing images of objects using planar laser illumination beams and image detection arrays 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 image formation and detection modules employed in such sy... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6625581 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING THE ACCESS OF CONSUMER PRODUCT RELATED INFORMATION AND THE PURCHASE OF CONSUMER PRODUCTS AT POINTS OF CONSUMER PRESENCE ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB (WWW) AT WHICH CONSUMER PRODUCT INFORMATION REQUEST (CPIR) ENABLING SERVLET TAGS ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN HTML-ENCODED DOCUMENTS Method of and system for delivering consumer product related information to consumers over the Internet. The system and method involves creating an UPN-encoded Consumer Product Information (CPIR) enabling Applet for each consumer product registered within... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6622919 | System and method for accessing internet-based information resources by scanning Java-Applet encoded bar code symbols A novel transaction-enabling method and system (3) are disclosed, wherein a transaction-enabling Java-Applet is embedded within 2-D bar code symbol. One or more HTML-ecoded documents, including a framework-style HTML document, are created and stored in an... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6540140 | Web-enabled system and method for designing and manufacturing bar code scanners A Internet-enabled method and system for designing and manufacturing bar code scanners of modular design and construction using globally-based information networks, such as the Internet, supporting the World Wide Web (WWW).... | 04/01/2003 |
