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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7428991 | 1-D barcode decoding with 2-D sensor array A scanner with a two dimensional array of sensors generates an aiming pattern that is concurrently used as illumination for a segment of the array. In this manner, one-dimensional and simple two-dimensional barcodes can be quickly processed by loading and decoding o... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7195163 | Laser scanning unit A laser scanning unit to form an electrostatic latent image according to an image signal by projecting a light onto a photosensitive medium. The laser scanning unit has a light source having a cylindrical shape of a predetermined length; a reflective member surround... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7150396 | User interface for a networked printer and computer system A user interface for use with a networked printer and computer system includes a sheet of media printed with both visible and invisible ink, such that the visible ink indicates information for a user and the invisible ink depicts coded data. The invisible ink is det... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7007168 | User authentication using member specifying discontinuous different coordinates In an authentication apparatus, coordinates input from a coordinate detector via a plurality of discontinuous holes or openings, cutouts or marks provided on a member which is used to specify the coordinates are detected, and an authentication is made based on a com... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6913199 | System and method for verifying optical character recognition of optical code reads A system and method are provided for sensing an image of an object and an optical code associated with the object and generating respective object image data and optical code image data. A database stores a plurality of digital codes and an object image data entry a... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6580816 | Scanning capacitive semiconductor fingerprint detector A scanning fingerprint detection system includes an array of capacitive sensing elements, the array having a first dimension greater than the width of a fingerprint and a second dimension less than the length of a fingerprint. Each of the capacitive sensi... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6572017 | Optical device employing a mirror array for increasing the apparent resolution of a photosensor The present invention relates to a dataform reading module. At least one photosensor provides a plurality of different zones for image capture. A lens focuses a respective image representing a portion of a dataform taken along a target line onto a respect... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6317508 | Scanning capacitive semiconductor fingerprint detector A scanning fingerprint detection system that includes an array of capacitive sensing elements. The array has a first dimension greater than the width of a fingerprint and a second dimension less than the length of a fingerprint. Each of the capacitive sen... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6193157 | Frequency division multiplexed bar code scanner A frequency division multiplexed bar code scanner system includes a plurality of radiation sources for simultaneously providing a plurality of source beams, and a modulator circuit for modulating the intensity of each source beam at a different frequency.... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6039258 | Hand-held portable data collection terminal system A hand-held portable data collection system integrates ideal design features to improve and optimize the data collection process. The operator interface of the hand-held portable data collection system incorporates somatic feedback between the hand-held p... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5971130 | Workpiece identification providing method, workpiece, workpiece identifying method and apparatus thereof, and sheet metal machining apparatus A workpiece identifying method is provided, being characterized in that a plurality of identification areas of plural columns and rows are plotted in an identification mark providing region provided in the area of the unused portion of a workpiece or a pr... | 10/26/1999 |
| 4450345 | Foodstuffs heating apparatus with selective heating functions In a foodstuffs heating apparatus wherein a plurality of different heating function modes are selectively effected and heating temperature and heating time are settable, when an oven heating function is selected from the plurality of function modes by a s... | 05/22/1984 |
