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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2007
Anatoly Kotlarsky, Holland, PA (US);
Ka Man AU, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Michael Veksland, Marlton, NJ (US);
Xiaoxun Zhu, Marlton, NJ (US);
Mark Meagher, Woodbury, NJ (US);
Timothy Good, Clementon, NJ (US);
Richard Hou, Suzhou, CN;
Daniel HU, Suzhou, CN;
Anatoly Kotlarsky, Holland, PA (US);
Ka Man Au, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Michael Veksland, Marlton, NJ (US);
Xiaoxun Zhu, Marlton, NJ (US);
Mark Meagher, Woodbury, NJ (US);
Timothy Good, Clementon, NJ (US);
Richard Hou, Suzhou, CN;
Daniel Hu, Suzhou, CN;
Metrologic Instruments, Inc., Blackwood, NJ (US);
Abstract
An automatic digital-imaging based code symbol reading system supporting pass-through and presentation modes of system operation, automatic object direction detection and illumination control, and video image capture and processing techniques. By virtue of the present invention, the automatic digital-imaging based code symbol reading system ensures the reliable reading of code symbols graphically represented in digital images, in high-throughput point-of-sale and other environments.