The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2000
James A. Parker, Liverpool, NY (US);
Jeffrey Pine, Auburn, NY (US);
Thomas J. Koziol, Camillus, NY (US);
Michael A. Ehrhart, Liverpool, NY (US);
Andrew Longacre Jr., Skaneateles, NY (US);
Robert M. Hussey, Camillus, NY (US);
George S. Smith, Manlius, NY (US);
James A. Parker, Liverpool, NY (US);
Jeffrey Pine, Auburn, NY (US);
Thomas J. Koziol, Camillus, NY (US);
Michael A. Ehrhart, Liverpool, NY (US);
Andrew Longacre Jr., Skaneateles, NY (US);
Robert M. Hussey, Camillus, NY (US);
George S. Smith, Manlius, NY (US);
Hand Held Products, Inc., Skaneateles Falls, NY (US);
Abstract
A programmable optical reader in one embodiment can include a program loading component and a program execution component operative to execute an externally generated program, whereby executing the externally generated program includes replacing a portion of the optical reader program. A programmable optical reader in another embodiment can include a two-dimensional image sensor, an image frame memory storing two-dimensional electronic images, and can be configured to be reprogrammed by any one of receipt of reprogramming data from a local host processor or receipt of programming data from an external remote off-site processor.