Patents by Inventor Alec Epting

Alec Epting has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9036054
    Abstract: An optical imager includes: an image sensor for capturing images of targets and outputting image signals; a lens for focusing the target on the image sensor as a function of lens position; a memory for storing predetermined lens positions determined from predetermined target sizes; and a controller for determining current target size based on captured images and positioning the lens at a predetermined lens position by correlating current target size with predetermined target sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Hand Held Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Koziol, Alec Epting, Stephen Patrick Deloge, Jeffrey Baker
  • Publication number: 20140300777
    Abstract: An optical imager includes: an image sensor for capturing images of targets and outputting image signals; a lens for focusing the target on the image sensor as a function of lens position; a memory for storing predetermined lens positions determined from predetermined target sizes; and a controller for determining current target size based on captured images and positioning the lens at a predetermined lens position by correlating current target size with predetermined target sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Thomas Koziol, Alec Epting, Stephen Patrick Deloge, Jeffrey Baker
  • Patent number: 8760563
    Abstract: An optical imager includes: an image sensor for capturing images of targets and outputting image signals; a lens for focusing the target on the image sensor as a function of lens position; a memory for storing predetermined lens positions determined from predetermined target sizes; and a controller for determining current target size based on captured images and positioning the lens at a predetermined lens position by correlating current target size with predetermined target sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Hand Held Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Koziol, Alec Epting, Stephen Patrick Deloge, Jeffrey Baker
  • Publication number: 20120092531
    Abstract: An optical imager includes: an image sensor for capturing images of targets and outputting image signals; a lens for focusing the target on the image sensor as a function of lens position; a memory for storing predetermined lens positions determined from predetermined target sizes; and a controller for determining current target size based on captured images and positioning the lens at a predetermined lens position by correlating current target size with predetermined target sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: Hand Held Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Koziol, Alec Epting, Stephen Patrick Deloge, Jeffrey Baker
  • Publication number: 20120076297
    Abstract: There is also provided a terminal for use in associating an annotation with an image. The terminal can comprise a processor, one or more computer readable storage mediums, an imaging assembly, first program instructions to obtain an annotation from a source in response to the terminal capturing an image, second program instructions to create an image header defined by a standard, and third program instructions to store the image header, the image, and the annotation in a data structure on the computer readable storage medium. The first, second, and third program instructions can be stored on the one or more computer readable storage mediums for execution by the processor. There is also provided a computer program product and a computer system for rendering a data structure comprising an annotation and an image on a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: Hand Held Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Koziol, Alec Epting