Metrologic Instruments, Inc.

Hand Held Products, Inc.

Stephen J Colavito

David M Wilz

Robert E Blake

George B Rockstein

Ka Man Au

Xiaoxun Zhu

Patrick Anthony Giordano

C Harry Knowles

Timothy A Good

Mark C Schmidt

Thomas A Amundsen

Carl Harry Knowles

George Kolis

Sankar Ghosh

Donald T Hudrick

Garrett K Russell

Gennady Germaine

Charles A Naylor

Constantine J Tsikos

Michael Schnee

Sung Byun

Allan Wirth

John Bonanno

Andrew J Jankevics

Lin Wang

Congwei Xu

Min Jiang

Erik Van Horn

Christopher Allen

Shawn Defoney

Russell Joseph Dobbs

LeRoy Dickson

Ian A Scott

Tao Xian

Sean Philip Kearney

Michael Vincent Miraglia

Thomas J Carullo

David Wilz, Sr

Thomas Merritt Haggerty

Chen Feng

Gregory Mark Rueblinger

Charles Joseph Cunningham, Iv

Ynjiun P Wang

Edward C Bremer

Benjamin Hejl

Lei Wang

William H Havens

Timothy R Fitch

Mark Lee Oberpriller

Rui Hou

Meng Hu

Hongjian Jin

MingQing Ji

Shamei Shi

Andrew D Dehennis

William Svedas

Jeffery Yorsz

Edward Skypala

Barry E Schwartz

Steven Y Kim

David W Wilz, Sr

Jon Van Tassell

Pirooz Vatan

Dale Fisher

Gene German

Larry Ramsey-Macomber

HongJian Jin

Kevin Saber

Shane Michael Edmonds

Zhongqi Liu

Qinrong Zhu

William Martin

Kevin DiPlacido

Francis E Lodge

Joseph Livingston

Mikhail L Veksland

Robert H Brady

Jerry Qian

Oliver Ou

James Osborn

Jiaqi Liu

Janna Yu

Gavin Di

Daniel James Olson

Robert M Pierce

Hao Xu

Chandler Dickinson

Sergio Movsessian

Steve Y Kim

Gyan Zhang

Yuwen Zhou

Dale M Fischer

Zhipeng Teng

David M Witz, Sr

Myron Levon Dixon

Matthew Jefferson

Derrik Cheng

A scanning apparatus is provided that includes communications circuitry and a universal power interface configured to receive a removable power source connected thereto. The scanning apparatus includes a control system that can establish a first communication connection with the charging cradle in accordance with a normal mode, establish a second communication connection with the charging cradle in accordance with a low power mode, and determine a type of the removable power source connected to the scanning apparatus. In response to determining that a first type of removable power source is connected, suspend the second communication connection and use the first communication connection for transmitting data/information to the charging cradle, and in response to determining that a second type of removable power source is connected, suspend the first communication connection and use the second communication connection for transmitting data/information to the charging cradle.

Scanning apparatus and modular power source

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

A scanning apparatus and associated charging system are provided that include a universal power interface configured to receive a removable power source connected thereto where the removable power source includes a power storage unit and a charging circuit. The scanning apparatus further includes scanning circuitry that is in electrical communication with the universal power interface and is configured to scan a target. The scanning apparatus further includes a processor communicably coupled with the scanning circuitry and the universal power interface. In an instance in which the universal power interface receives the removable power source, the processor is configured to determine a type of the removable power source, select one or more parameters based on the determined type of the removable power source, and operate at least one of the scanning apparatus or the charging circuit in the removable power source based on the one or more selected parameters.

Cordless indicia readers may use a rechargeable energy storage unit (RESU) for power. The RESU may include either at least one lithium-ion battery or at least one super capacitor. Problems may arise when an RESU containing a lithium-ion battery is charged using a super-capacitor charging-scheme. The present invention embraces a system and method for charging a barcode scanner that includes determining the RESU type and then charging the RESU with a charging process that is appropriate for the RESU type.

System and method for charging a barcode scanner

A wireless electronic device is provided which comprises a rechargeable power supply and a power capacity indicator unit. The power capacity indicator unit comprises one or more sensors configured to detect that the wireless electronic device is out of a base charger and is in an idle state for a predetermined idle threshold. The one or more sensors are further configured to detect when a power level of the rechargeable power supply is within at least one predetermined power threshold range. The control unit is configured to activate at least one power status indicator corresponding to the at least one predetermined power threshold range when the wireless electronic device is detected to be out of the base charger and in the idle state for the predetermined idle threshold, and the detection of the power level of the rechargeable power supply is within at least one predetermined power threshold range.

Power capacity indicator

A system and method of determining if a surface contains print or is a screen of a device is provided. The method is comprised of the steps of: acquiring a spectral wavelength signature of the surface; comparing the spectral wavelength signature of the surface to RGB triple-peak emission spectra; scanning the surface with an image-based scanner in non-illumination mode based upon the spectral wavelength signature of the surface corresponding to the RGB triple-peak emission spectra, and scanning the surface with an image-based scanner in illumination mode based upon the spectral wavelength signature of the surface not corresponding to the RGB triple-peak emission spectra.

System and method of determining if a surface is printed or a device screen

The present invention embraces an optical indicia reader, e.g., barcode scanner, that captures images of optical indicia under multiple imaging conditions within the span of a single frame. The reader includes an image sensor having selectively-addressable pixels that can be divided into groups having regions of interest (ROIs) within the reader field of view. Each pixel group is shuttered separately to obtain independent partial frame images under separate imaging conditions.

Reader for optical indicia presented under two or more imaging conditions within a single frame time

A system and method for secure data transfer between two secure computer systems via display-based transfer in geometric form. A first computer network stores alphanumeric data. The alphanumeric data is encoded into a geometric data form, such as a bar code or matrix code representation or other non-text, non-numeric data form suitable for visual display. The bar code or matrix code, or other geometric data form, is displayed on a display monitor connected to the first computer network. The system and method then receives the displayed geometric data form on a second computer network. The second computer network has a camera which obtains a view of the bar code, matrix code, or other geometric data representation. The second computer network then decodes the geometric data representation to restore the data to its native form (such as text or numbers). The second computer network then stores the retrieved data.

Imaging-based automatic data extraction with security scheme

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Brookhaven, PA, United States of America

Stephen J Colavito