Metrologic Instruments, Inc.

Hand Held Products, Inc.

Ka Man Au

Xiaoxun Zhu

C Harry Knowles

Anatoly Kotlarsky

Sankar Ghosh

David M Wilz

Mark C Schmidt

Patrick Anthony Giordano

Michael Schnee

Thomas A Amundsen

Garrett K Russell

John Bonanno

Yong Liu

Xi Tao

Sung Byun

Liang Liu

Timothy A Good

Rui Hou

Hongpeng Yu

Wenhua Zhang

Stephen J Colavito

Robert E Blake

Pasqual Spatafore

Michael Vincent Miraglia

George B Rockstein

Michael L Veksland

Constantine J Tsikos

Christopher Allen

George Kolis

Taylor Smith

Sudhin Mandal

Jie Ren

Shawn De Foney

Weizhen Yan

Benjamin Hejl

Gennady Germaine

Erik Van Horn

Congwei Xu

Carl Harry Knowles

Allan Wirth

LeRoy Dickson

Charles A Naylor

Lin Wang

Donald T Hudrick

Min Jiang

Ian A Scott

Meng Hu

Hongjian Jin

MingQing Ji

Shamei Shi

Andrew D Dehennis

Mark Meagher

Richard Hou

Daniel Hu

Andrew J Jankevics

Russell Joseph Dobbs

William Svedas

Jeffery Yorsz

Barry E Schwartz

Shawn Defoney

Edward Skypala

Steven Y Kim

Jon Van Tassell

David W Wilz, Sr

Pirooz Vatan

Dale Fisher

David Wilz, Sr

Tao Xian

John A Furlong

Thomas Merritt Haggerty

Larry Ramsey-Macomber

Sean Philip Kearney

Jeffrey Dean Harper

Charles Joseph Cunningham, Iv

Joseph A Walczyk

James Rosetti

Thomas A Sweet

Larry Coyle

Chandler Dickinson

John Groot

Mikhail L Veksland

Kai Ji

Francis E Lodge

Wuqing Zhang

Rene D Martinez

Lei Wang

Michael James Wells

HongJian Jin

Shashidhar Ramamurthy

Joseph Livingston

Abhay Ravi Chandran

Christopher T Bouchat

Rodney W Chinn

Jiaqi Liu

Janna Yu

Gavin Di

Shankar Ban

Manjul Bizoara

Steve Y Kim

Harry C Knowles

Embodiments of the disclosure include methods, computer program products, and apparatuses configured for selecting a lens focusing scheme based on a detectability level of an aimer pattern. An imaging engine projects an aimer pattern onto a target object within a field of view of a first imager of an imaging engine. The imaging engine acquires a first image of the target object via the first imager. The imaging engine selects a lens focusing scheme based on a detectability level of the aimer pattern in the first image, in which selection of the lens focusing scheme is between a first lens focusing scheme associated with a location of the aimer pattern and a second lens focusing scheme associated with at least one predefined lens position. The imaging engine determines a focus position for a lens in accordance with the lens focusing scheme.

Apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for comprehensive focusing in imaging environments

Embodiments of the disclosure relate generally to flicker reduction in a multi-imager environment. Embodiments include methods, computer program products, and apparatuses for producing a near-field illumination using a near-field illuminator, the near-field illumination produced at a defined pulse train. A near-field image sensor may be exposed near the start of a near-field illumination pulse, and a far-field image sensor may be exposed between pulses of the near-field illumination. Some embodiments, additionally or alternatively, are configured for detecting an illuminator switch event, deactivating the near-field illuminator source, and producing, using a far-field illuminator source, a far-field illumination. Upon switching the illuminator source, some such embodiments are configured for exposing a far-field illuminator near the start of the far-field illumination pulse, and exposing a near-field image sensor near the start of the next available far-field illumination pulse. Such image capture may repeat until a task such as barcode reading is successful.

Apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for flicker reduction in a multi-sensor environment

The various embodiments illustrated herein disclose a method for operating an imaging device. the method includes activating a first image sensor at a first duty cycle within a first time period. The method further includes activating a second image sensor at a second duty cycle within the first time period. Additionally, the method includes modifying at least one of the first duty cycle or the second duty cycle based on at least a workflow associated an operator of the imaging device.

Systems and methods for operating an imaging device

Various embodiments described herein provide implementations for controlling flicker, for example caused by a plurality of light sources, in a multi-sensor environment. Various embodiments provided utilize a broadest illuminator source for capturing image data objects for processing. The broadest illuminator source minimizes the number of activation changes required between the various illuminator sources. One example embodiment includes activating a broadest illuminator source of a plurality of illuminator sources; determining, based on a plurality of image sensors and an sensor activation sequence, a chosen image sensor of the plurality of image sensors for an image processing operation; and activating a chosen illuminator source of the plurality of illuminator sources, the chosen illuminator source associated with the chosen image sensor.

Apparatuses and methodologies for flicker control

Charging/recharging systems and charge status indicators are provided. In one implementation, a charge status indicator includes a charge sensing device configured to sense the charge of a rechargeable power supply. The charge status indicator further includes a detection device configured to compare the sensed charge with a plurality of predetermined levels in order to determine one of a plurality of capacity ranges of the rechargeable power supply. The charge status indicator also includes a first light emitting diode (LED), a second LED, and a switching circuit configured to switch the first and second LEDs on and off using a plurality of predefined illumination patterns to indicate the capacity range of the rechargeable power supply.

Indicating charge status

Embodiments of the disclosure relate generally to flicker reduction in a multi-imager environment. Embodiments include methods, computer program products, and apparatuses configured for producing a near-field illumination using a near-field illuminator, the near-field illumination produced at a defined pulse train. A near-field image sensor may be exposed near the start of a near-field illumination pulse, and a far-field image sensor may be exposed between pulses of the near-field illumination. Some embodiments, additionally or alternatively, are configured for detecting an illuminator switch event, deactivating the near-field illuminator source, and producing, using a far-field illuminator source, a far-field illumination. Upon switching the illuminator source, some such embodiments are configured for exposing a far-field illuminator near the start of the far-field illumination pulse, and exposing a near-field image sensor near the start of the next available far-field illumination pulse. Such image capture may repeat until an image processing task such as barcode reading is successful.

Apparatuses, systems, and methods of manufacturing are described that provide improved tag identification. An example system includes a radio-frequency identification (RFID) scanner that receives a stream of RFID tags each associated with a respective article. The system further includes a first sensor attached to the RFID scanner that generates first positional data and a second sensor positioned separate from the first sensor that generates second positional data. The system also includes a computing device communicably coupled with the RFID scanner, the first sensor, and the second sensor. The computing device receives the stream of RFID tags, receives first positional data from the first sensor, receives second positional data from the second sensor, and determines an intended RFID tag from amongst the stream of RFID tags based upon the first positional data and the second positional data.

Methods and systems for improved tag identification

Apparatuses, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products for flicker reduction in a multi-sensor environment

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