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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2007
Xiaoxun Zhu, Marlton, NJ (US);
Anatoly Kotlarsky, Churchville, PA (US);
Tao Xian, Bensalem, PA (US);
Timothy Good, Clementon, NJ (US);
Jie Ren, Suzhou, CN;
Yong Liu, YunDongHui, CN;
Konstantin Yakovlev, Moscow, RU;
John Gardner, Mullica Hill, NJ (US);
Steven Essinger, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Patrick Giordano, Blackwood, NJ (US);
Sean Kearney, Hamilton, NJ (US);
Xi Tao, Suzhou, CN;
Jibin Liu, Suzhou, CN;
Ming Zhuo, Suzhou, CN;
Duane Ellis, Medford, NJ (US);
C. Harry Knowles, Hanover, NH (US);
Xiaoxun Zhu, Marlton, NJ (US);
Anatoly Kotlarsky, Churchville, PA (US);
Tao Xian, Bensalem, PA (US);
Timothy Good, Clementon, NJ (US);
Jie Ren, Suzhou, CN;
Yong Liu, YunDongHui, CN;
Konstantin Yakovlev, Moscow, RU;
John Gardner, Mullica Hill, NJ (US);
Steven Essinger, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Patrick Giordano, Blackwood, NJ (US);
Sean Kearney, Hamilton, NJ (US);
Xi Tao, Suzhou, CN;
JiBin Liu, Suzhou, CN;
Ming Zhuo, Suzhou, CN;
Duane Ellis, Medford, NJ (US);
C. Harry Knowles, Hanover, NH (US);
Metrologic Instruments, Inc., Blackwood, NJ (US);
Abstract
A tunnel-type digital imaging-based self-checkout system capable of generating and projecting coplanar illumination and imaging planes into a 3D imaging volume within a tunnel structure. The tunnel structure is supported above a package conveyor in a retail POS environment, and employs automatic package identification, profiling and tracking techniques during self-checkout operations.