Symbol Technologies, LLC

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Symbol Technolgoies, Inc.

Edward D Barkan

Mark E Drzymala

Darran Michael Handshaw

Howard M Shepard

Jerome Swartz

Paul Dvorkis

Mark J Krichever

Boris Metlitsky

Joseph M Katz

Vladimir P Gurevich

Igor R Vinogradov

David P Goren

Yajun Li

Simon Bard

Christopher Warren Brock

Joseph D Giordano

Raj Bridgelall

Robert Sanders

Eric F Barkan

Chinh Tan

Alexander M Adelson

Miklos Stern

Mehul M Patel

James R Giebel

Yuri Astvatsaturov

Daniel R McGlynn

Yuri Gofman

John Barile

David Tsi

Carl D Wittenberg

David Tsi Shi

Dariusz J Madej

Robert James Pang

Harold Charych

Duanfeng He

Bradley S Carlson

Matthew D Blasczak

Joel Kahn

Steven M Chew

Jean N Tu

Shelley A Harrison

Christopher J Fjellstad

Robert A Doran

Henry Grosfeld

Eugene B Joseph

Ian R Jenkins

Emanuel Marom

Christopher P Klicpera

Thomas D Bianculli

Heng Zhang

Glenn S Spitz

Yuly Mitelman

Paul R Poloniewicz

Caihua Chen

Anthony D Biuso

Miguel Orlando Rodriguez Ortiz

Stephen Jay Shellhammer

Dmitriy Yavid

Thomas K Roslak

Patrick J Wallace

Mauro Premutico

Kevin Cordes

Thomas Mazz

Joseph Cai

Abhilash Gururaja

Frederic Heiman

Gary G Schneider

Sundeep Kumar

Adam M Petrovich

Chin-Hung Jwo

Costanzo Difazio

Thomas E Wulff

Frederick F Wood

Philip W Swift

George Brown

Timothy B Austin

William C Sackett

Dayou Wang

Rong Liu

Timothy Kehoe

Joseph Campanelli

Mark A Weitzner

Henry Grossfeld

William D Snyder

Richard Isaac

Miroslav Trajkovic

Charles Burton Swope

Mohannad Abdo

Peter Fazekas

Hal Charych

Thomas Lackemann

Shane E MacGregor

Eric Trongone

Frank Gong

Altaf Mulla

Harry E Kuchenbrod

Matthew Lawrence Horner

Margaret L Hetfield

Daniella Strat

Anthony Fama

An example bioptic indicia reader assembly includes: a housing having an upper housing portion and a generally upright window positioned in the upper housing portion; and a platter having a proximal edge adjacent the upper housing portion. The upper housing portion comprises a first protrusion located on a first side of a longitudinal centerline of the bioptic indicia reader assembly and a second protrusion located on a second side of the longitudinal centerline. The first protrusion comprises a first camera having a first field-of-view (FOV) having an inner first lateral boundary that extends behind and at an angle to the proximal edge of the platter and the second protrusion comprises a second camera having a second FOV having an inner third lateral boundary that extends behind and at an angle to the proximal edge of the platter.

Bioptic indicia reader assembly

Methods and systems for avoidance of unintended indicia scanning are disclosed herein. An example system may include an imaging device comprising: (1) one or more image sensors; (2) a processing assembly communicatively coupled to the one or more image sensors and configured to: (i) instruct the one or more image sensors to capture the image data including a plurality of image frames over a FOV, (ii) decode an indicia in an initial image frame of the plurality of image frames to generate decoded indicia data of the indica, (iii) determine a first location associated with the indicia in the initial image frame, (iv) determine a second location associated with the indicia in a subsequent image frame, (v) determine whether a positional difference between the second location and the first location exceeds a threshold value, and (vi) transmit the decoded indicia data of the indicia to a host processor.

Methods and systems for avoidance of unintended indicia scanning

Imaging devices, systems, and methods for determining parameters of an object based on chemical indicators detected during a decode event are described herein. An example device includes: a housing; one or more processors; an imaging assembly at least partially disposed within the housing, the imaging assembly including: an imaging sensor operable to capture an image of an object in a FOV; and a computer-readable media storing machine readable instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to: after capturing the image of the object in the FOV, determine whether a decode indicia is present in the image of the object; initiate a decode event for the decode indicia present in the image of the object; detect a chemical indicator in proximity to the decode indicia in the image of the object; and determine, based on the chemical indicator, one or more parameters associated with the object.

Barcode with built-in chemical indicators

A method of auxiliary data capture control includes: storing, at a data capture device, (i) detection criteria corresponding to events having respective event identifiers; and (ii) a registration indicator associated with at least one of the event identifiers; controlling a primary data capture sensor to obtain primary captured data; in response to detecting, based on the primary captured data, that the detection criteria are satisfied for a detected one of the event identifiers, determining whether the registration indicator is associated with the detected event identifier; and when the registration indicator is associated with the detected event identifier, controlling an auxiliary data capture sensor to obtain auxiliary captured data.

System and method of selective auxiliary data capture

Barcode readers with off-platter detection assemblies are disclosed herein. An example barcode reader includes a weigh platter and an off-platter detection assembly including a light emission assembly, a light detection assembly, and a controller. The light emission assembly emits a light along a first lateral edge of the weigh platter and the light detection assembly detects at least a portion of the light from the light emission assembly. The controller is configured to: receive a light detection signal from the light detection assembly; compare the light detection signal to a first signal threshold and a second signal threshold range; execute a first event if the light detection signal is less than the first signal threshold, indicating an off-platter event; and execute a second event if the light detection signal is within the second signal threshold range for a predetermined period of time, indicating a maintenance event.

Barcode reader with off-platter detection assembly

At least some embodiments described herein are directed to a machine vision method, which involves capturing both a two-dimensional (2D) image of an object to identify a barcode and determine 3D features, and a three-dimensional (3D) image of the environment. The 3D image data is examined for the presence of the 3D object features. If a feature is missing, a digital fault detection signal is provided. If a feature is present, at least one parameter of the machine vision system is adjusted. The method also includes decoding the barcode and determining the object's orientation based on the barcode location in the 2D image.

Barcode readers with 3D camera(s)

Systems and methods for performing barcoding and machine vision with a single camera are disclosed herein. An example system includes an image sensor configured to capture low-resolution image data of a large field of view and high-resolution image data of a small field of view. A first data pipeline is configured to transmit the low-resolution image data to a first module configured to perform image processing on the low-resolution image data. A second data pipeline is configured to transmit the high-resolution image data to a second module configured to perform image processing on the high-resolution image data. Machine readable instructions cause the system to capture image data of the large field of view or the small field of view and the processor transmits either the low-resolution image data via the first data pipeline or the high-resolution image data via the second pipeline.

Method to use a single camera for barcoding and vision

Imaging systems for imaging or scanning objects by redirecting portions of a field of view (FOV) are described herein. An example imaging system includes: an imaging assembly; a platter including a redirection element; and a computer-readable media storing machine readable instructions that cause the imaging system to: capture the image data in the FOV, wherein a first subset of pixels captures a first subset of the image data associated with a first portion of the FOV not redirected by the redirection element, and a second subset of pixels captures a second subset of the image data associated with a redirected portion of the FOV redirected by the redirection element; process the first subset of image data via a first module to perform a first vision operation; and process the second subset of image data via a second module to perform a second vision operation.

Bi-optic indicia readers and platters for use therewith having optical redirection element(s) within the platter

Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to imaging systems operable to capture image data representative of varying wavelength ranges from separate fields of view (FOVs). In some examples this is achieved by utilizing a statically positioned mirror arrangement positioned within a path of an imager's FOV and operative to (i) reflect light in a first wavelength range forming a first sub-FOV and (ii) pass therethrough light in a second wavelength range forming a second sub-FOV. Each of the first sub-FOV and the second sub-FOV can then be routed along a respective predetermined path to enable the imager to capture image data representative of the light sensed from each respective sub-FOV.

Full sensor utilization over multiple fields of view

Systems and methods for item detection are disclosed herein. The system comprises a fixed data capture assembly, a handheld indicia reader, a processor, and a memory. The fixed data capture assembly has a first field of view (FOV) associated with an item scanning region and a second FOV associated with a data capture region extending at least partially outside the item scanning region. The processor executes instructions stored in the memory causing the system to: detect an item within the data capture region and outside of the item scanning region; responsive to detecting the item, determine whether the item remains outside the item scanning region during a first time period; responsive to determining that the item remains outside the item scanning region during the first time period, determine whether the handheld indicia reader is utilized; and responsive to determining that the handheld indicia reader is not utilized, trigger an alert associated with non-scanning of the item.

Systems and methods utilizing computer vision to detect a handheld indicia reader

A convertible slot scanner assembly for capturing at least one object appearing in a field of view (FOV) is provided that includes a chassis having an optical cavity and a front opening, a scanning window configured to at least partially cover the front opening of the chassis, and an illumination element disposed inside of the optical cavity of the chassis at a position recessed from the scanning window, the illumination element disposed proximal the front opening, the illumination element configured to provide illumination along an illumination axis that is non-parallel with the optical axis, and where the illumination element provides illumination with an illumination angle that is oblique relative to the normal axis of the scanning window.

Industrial digital barcode reader

The present disclosure provides new and innovative systems, methods, and apparatuses for detecting non-decode events in indicia scanning settings. In an example, a system comprises a depth imaging assembly, a 2D imaging assembly, and a processing device, wherein the processing device is configured to attempt to decode an indicium affixed to a first item that is passing through at least one of a field of view of the 2D imaging assembly or a field of view of the depth imaging assembly, determine a first characteristic associated with the first item based on depth data from the depth imaging array, and responsive to a failed attempt to decode the indicium, detect a second item that is passing through the field of view of the 2D imaging assembly and the field of view of the depth imaging assembly, determine a second characteristic associated with the second item based on depth data from the depth imaging assembly, determine if the first item is a same item as the second item based on comparing the first characteristic and the second characteristic, and responsive to determining that the first item and the second item are not the same item, transmit a message to an alert module that is indicative of a non-decode event.

Indicia tracking and decoding systems

Methods and apparatus for providing indications of shutdown states for handheld devices are disclosed herein. An example handheld device includes a power source, a power source monitor, an indicator, and a processor disposed inside a housing. The power source monitor is configured to detect whether the power source has reached a pre-determined amount of discharge at which the internal power source is to be shut down to prevent damage. The processor configured to, when the internal power source has reached the pre-determined amount of discharge: configure the indicator to provide, while the internal power source is in the shutdown state, an indication that the internal power source is shutdown, and configure the internal power source into the shutdown state such that the processor is de-energized.

Methods and apparatus to provide indications of shutdown states devices

At least some embodiments of the present invention are directed to barcode readers having a housing with upper and lower portions, and a weigh platter. Additionally, the barcode readers include a first imaging assembly having a first imaging sensor, the first imaging assembly having a first field of view (FOV) directed through at least one of the substantially horizontal window or the substantially upright window of the housing, and a supplemental module removably coupled with at least one of the lower housing portion or the weigh platter. The supplemental module includes at least one supplemental imaging assembly having a supplemental imaging sensor having a supplemental FOV.

Scanner upgrade module for bi-optic

Systems and methods for adjusting scan volume are provided. An example includes an indicia reading system comprising a two-dimensional (2D) imaging assembly having at least one 2D imaging sensor and operable to capture 2D image data over at least one 2D field of view (FOV); a three-dimensional (3D) imaging assembly having at least one depth sensor and operable to capture depth data over at least one 3D FOV; and a processor configured to: perform a decoding operation on an indicia appearing in the 2D image data and transmit a payload of the indicia to a host when (i) the indicia is captured in the 2D image data and (ii) at least one of the indicia or an object bearing the indicia is positioned within a 3D scan volume.

Systems and methods for decoding indicia payload within a scan volume

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