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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110188782 | Hand-Held Portable Microarray Reader For Biodetection A hand-held portable microarray reader for biodetection includes a microarray reader engineered to be small enough for portable applications. The invention includes a high-powered light-emitting diode that emits excitation light, an excitation filter positioned to recei... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110142371 | OPTICAL SCANNERS, SUCH AS HAND-HELD OPTICAL SCANNERS A hand-held optical scanner is described. The hand-held optical scanner has an image sensor, as well as a scan window through which image light is directed toward the image sensor.... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110129168 | PEN-SHAPED SENSING DEVICE FOR SENSING SURFACE REGIONS A pen-shaped sensing device is provided for sensing coded data disposed which is substantially invisible to the average unaided human eye on a surface. The device has a region identity sensor configured to sense, when the sensing device is positioned or moved relative t... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110110609 | DEVICE WITH MOTION SENSING ACCELEROMETERS A device is disclosed having an elongate housing. A pair of orthogonal accelerometers and an infrared sensor arrangement are mounted in the elongate housing. The infrared sensor arrangement is configured to sense information printed on a surface in infrared ink. The pai... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110038563 | INDICIA READING TERMINAL HAVING MULTIPLE EXPOSURE PERIODS AND METHODS FOR SAME There is described an image reading terminal having an image sensor array including a plurality of pixels, a first optical assembly for focusing imaging light rays onto a first set of pixels of an image sensor array and a second optical assembly for focusing imaging lig... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20100316291 | IMAGING TERMINAL HAVING DATA COMPRESSION There is described in one embodiment an indicia reading terminal having an image sensor pixel array incorporated therein, wherein the terminal is operative for decoding of decodable indicia and for providing color frames of image data for storage or transmission. An ima... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100128994 | PERSONAL DICTIONARY AND TRANSLATOR DEVICE A handheld dictionary and/or translation device includes an optical scanning element activated by one of an optical switch activated by proximity to text to be scanned, a one-way mechanical switch within the scanning element activated by contact with a printed page, and... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100124384 | Image processing handheld scanner system, method, and computer readable medium An image processing system and method is disclosed. The image processing system can be configured for use with a mouse scanner system operable to scan a document. The mouse scanner system includes a scanner built into a computer mouse and the image processing system inc... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100074471 | Gesture Processing with Low Resolution Images with High Resolution Processing for Optical Character Recognition for a Reading Machine A portable reading machine that operates in several modes and performs image preprocessing to prior to optical character recognition. The portable reading machine receives a low resolution image and a high resolution image of a scene and processing the low resolution im... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100014784 | Sensing Device For Subsampling Imaged Coded Data A sensing device is provided with an image sensor for capturing images of coded data disposed on a surface, a framestore for storing frames of the captured image as image data, subsampling means for subsampling the stored image date to generate subsampled image data, an... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20100008600 | DISPLAY METHOD AND DISPLAY APPARATUS A display method and display apparatus. Shooting a physical medium generates a captured image from the physical medium. An image pattern on the physical medium, which includes an identification code and binary indicators, is scanned. The identification code identifies a... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20090309967 | Hand-held inspection tool and method The hand-held inspection tool enhances the ability of an on-site inspector to detect and communicate the presence of contamination on an object or in an area. An on-site inspector directs an excitation light in the sensing head of the tool into an area of interest. If t... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090304287 | Sensing Device For Sensing A Position Within A Region A sensing device for sensing a region provided on or in a surface having at least one region. The at least one region having printed therein or thereon coded data indicative of an identity of the at least one region, and visible information at least some of the informat... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090208062 | Method and a handheld device for capturing motion A method for creating an image that depicts the motion of a moving object. The method comprises: a) identifying a motion of a moving object in a plurality of initial images depicting a scene, b) capturing a plurality of reference images of the moving object, c) cropping... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090202180 | ROTATION INDEPENDENT FACE DETECTION An image acquisition device includes an image sensing unit for registering raw image data and a movement sensing unit for determining information indicative of the current position of the image sensing unit and of a deviation of the current position of the image sensing... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090196530 | SYSTEM FOR INITIATING ACTION IN PROCESSING SYSTEM A system for initiating an action in a processing system. The system comprises a printed page having an interactive element enabling user interaction with the page; an optically imaging sensing device for interacting with the interactive element and generating indicatin... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090161994 | Using metadata tags in video recordings produced by portable encoded information reading terminals A system and method for facilitating the video information search and users' navigation through multiple video image or video stream files, as well as reducing the amount of data transferred between a video content management server and a video playback client, by emplo... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090154821 | Method and an apparatus for creating a combined image A method for generating a combined image that comprises, during capturing a sequence comprising a plurality of initial images, detecting a subset of the plurality of images having no substantial motion thereamong, combining data from the subset to produce a combined ima... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090148074 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY PERFORMING AN IMAGE PROCESSING FUNCTION ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE A method (400) for automatically performing a plurality of image processing functions on an electronic device (100) by providing a plurality of image processing option keys (405) including a first image processing option key and a second image proce... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090141000 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING OPTICAL NAVIGATION USING HORIZONTALLY ORIENTED IMAGING LENS A system and method for performing optical navigation uses an imaging lens, which is positioned between a target surface and an image sensor array, that is orientated to be substantially horizontal with respect to the target surface such that the optical axis of the ima... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090132590 | Image-based data management method and system Methods and systems are provided for storing, organizing, and accessing image-based documents. The method includes receiving an image-based document, conducting an OCR conversion process to produce an equivalent document in text format, identifying keywords of the equiv... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090109467 | SYSTEM FOR GENERATING PRINT DATA PROVIDING INTERACTION WITH COMPUTER SOFTWARE A system for enabling user interaction with computer software. The includes a computer system for determining information related to an interactive element, determining an identity indicative of the interactive element, determining a layout defining an arrangement for a... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090060395 | MOBILE SYSTEM FOR EXACTING PARKING TOLLS Mobile systems are provided for charging electronic toll collection accounts for parking fees. The systems are configured to wirelessly request and receive tag data from an electronic toll device. Some embodiments include a vehicle and a boom, some embodiments include a... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090022429 | System and method to manipulate an image A method of operating an image reader comprising the steps of: capturing an image; recognizing a form within the captured image; and, cropping the captured image to the size of the form.... | 01/22/2009 |
| 20090016650 | HANDHELD IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS A handheld inspection apparatus for inspecting an object in a non-contact manner is provided, the apparatus comprising: a telecentric lens arrangement comprising a telecentric lens arranged to collect light rays projected or reflected from an object to be inspected; a m... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20080292219 | Method And System For An Image Sensor Pipeline On A Mobile Imaging Device In an embodiment of the invention, images are processed within a mobile device. Image data may be divided into variable size tiles and processed in steps or stages on a per tile basis within a hardware image sensor pipeline. The processing steps or stages may comprise o... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080279453 | OCR enabled hand-held device A method of processing image data consistent with certain embodiments involves defining a segment of a visual field using a laser pointer; capturing an image of the segment of the visual field; and processing the captured segment to produce associated text associated wi... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080240620 | Electronic device with simplified operation input/output module An electronic device includes an imaging unit configured for capturing an image of a subject, a memory unit configured for storing data and images; a processing unit configured for processing data and images; a display unit configured for displaying data and images; and... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080181536 | PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE HAVING A MEDIA TIME CONTROLLER A portable communication device includes a media time controller that facilitates searching for and viewing media content based on user-selected time constraints. The media time controller causes the portable communication device to prompt a user for a time constraint v... | 07/31/2008 |
| 20080152263 | DATA TRANSFER USING HAND-HELD DEVICE A hand-held electronic device and file transfer method are disclosed. The device may comprise a case, a processor and a memory. A case motion sensor and a remote device detector may be coupled to the processor. A communication interface may be coupled to the memory and ... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080131031 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH DIACRITICAL SELECTION AND TEXT DISAMBIGUATION A method and apparatus of enabling input on a handheld electronic device including the following steps: detecting as a first input a number of input member actuations comprising an actuation of an input member having assigned thereto both a non-diacritical version and a... | 06/05/2008 |
| 20080122785 | Portable display with improved functionality A method for improving display functionality comprising: (A) detecting movement of a portable display over a physical area by using a motion detector; (B) obtaining a set of data related to the physical area by using an image device; (C) processing the set of data relat... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080121711 | Apparatus and Methods for Controlling an Imager A method of controlling an imager in a portable data collection device. A plurality of data structures are created with each containing a set of values for controlling an exposure process of an imager in a portable data collection device. One of the plurality of data st... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080124005 | Portable electronic device A portable electronic device is disclosed. The portable electronic device includes: an image capturing device, for capturing a first image; a focal distance measuring device, for measuring a plurality of focal distances corresponding to a plurality positions of the firs... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080118186 | OPTICAL IMAGING DEVICE WITH MOTION SENSING ACCELEROMETERS FIELD OF INVENTION This invention relates to an optical imaging device that includes an elongate housing. An infrared sensor arrangement is arranged in the housing and is configured to sense information printed on a page with infrared ink. The device also includes a radio frequency transc... | 05/22/2008 |
| 20080108340 | ENVIRONMENTAL FUNCTION CHANGING A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code are provided for changing functionality for an electronic device. A set of signals is received from a set of sensors in the electronic device. Each signal in the set of signals includes a type of... | 05/08/2008 |
| 20080107360 | Visual processing device, visual processing method, visual processing program, integrated circuit, display device, image-capturing device, and portable information terminal The invention provides a visual processing device that has a hardware configuration that does not depend on the visual processing to be achieved. A visual processing device 1 is provided with a spatial processing portion 2 and a visual processing portion <... | 05/08/2008 |
| 20080094496 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL A camera equipped mobile communication terminal is used in an image recording mode during which a camera view is displayed. A guiding pattern is displayed in a viewfinder mode such that it facilitates for a user to adjust the camera view. Detection is made that the came... | 04/24/2008 |
| 20080075396 | Mounting of Imaging Arrangements in Optical Systems An optical system comprises an optical axis (OA) extending longitudinally between an object plane and an image plane; an imaging arrangement (1′, 1″) that transmits an image from the object plane to the image plane; a substrate with a sensor device; and one o... | 03/27/2008 |
| 20080019615 | Digital image acquisition system capable of compensating for changes in relative object velocity An imaging device comprising a plurality of linear imaging arrays and image formation optics that provide field of views corresponding to the plurality of linear image arrays. At least one illumination module produces planar light illumination that substantially overlap... | 01/24/2008 |
