Patents by Inventor John E. Agapakis

John E. Agapakis 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: 8374383
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a method comprising, responsive to a determination that a machine-readable two-dimensional code has been identified in a first image, said first image comprising a first plurality of pixels defining said machine-readable two-dimensional code and second plurality of pixels defining a non-code zone, automatically causing a saving or displaying of a second image that comprises said machine-readable two-dimensional code or a representation of said machine-readable two-dimensional code and that excludes said non-code zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Microscan Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard G. Long, Ming Lei, Jeffrey C. Snyder, John E. Agapakis
  • Publication number: 20080253608
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a method comprising, responsive to a determination that a machine-readable two-dimensional code has been identified in a first image, said first image comprising a first plurality of pixels defining said machine-readable two-dimensional code and second plurality of pixels defining a non-code zone, automatically causing a saving or displaying of a second image that comprises said machine-readable two-dimensional code or a representation of said machine-readable two-dimensional code and that excludes said non-code zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Richard G. Long, Ming Lei, Jeffrey C. Snyder, John E. Agapakis
  • Patent number: 7062578
    Abstract: A flexible, reconfigurable processing system architecture allows for the implementation of a variety of processing system configurations to be implemented on a single device, which is preferably a PCI bus add-in extension board with an attached daughter card attached and electrically connected thereto through a PCI Mezzanine type connector, and which is plugged into a personal computer PCI expansion slot. The architecture uses the PCI bus, for example, as the local CPU bus for an embedded processor, which not only allows for flexibility in system configuration but also allows PCI devices to be hidden from the host CPU to allow for proper system startup. The architecture further permits an embedded processing CPU to be re-booted when the secondary PCI bus host bus bridge fails to respond without affecting host CPU or other secondary PCI bus peripheral devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Acuity Imaging, LLC
    Inventors: David C. Davies, Michael P. Greenberg, Michael J. Wilt, John E. Agapakis
  • Publication number: 20020019924
    Abstract: A flexible, reconfigurable processing system architecture allows for the implementation of a variety of processing system configurations to be implemented on a single device, which is preferably a PCI bus add-in extension board with an attached daughter card attached and electrically connected thereto through a PCI Mezzanine type connector, and which is plugged into a personal computer PCI expansion slot. The architecture uses the PCI bus, for example, as the local CPU bus for an embedded processor, which not only allows for flexibility in system configuration but also allows PCI devices to be hidden from the host CPU to allow for proper system startup. The architecture further permits an embedded processing CPU to be re-booted when the secondary PCI bus host bus bridge fails to respond without affecting host CPU or other secondary PCI bus peripheral devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Applicant: Acuity Imaging, LLC
    Inventors: David C. Davies, Michael P. Greenberg, Michael J. Wilt, John E. Agapakis
  • Patent number: 6308234
    Abstract: A flexible, reconfigurable processing system architecture allows for the implementation of a variety of processing system configurations to be implemented on a single device, which is preferably a PCI bus add-in extension board with an attached daughter card attached and electrically connected thereto through a PCI Mezzanine type connector, and which is plugged into a personal computer PCI expansion slot. The architecture uses the PCI bus, for example, as the local CPU bus for an embedded processor, which not only allows for flexibility in system configuration but also allows PCI devices to be hidden from the host CPU to allow for proper system startup. The architecture further permits an embedded processing CPU to be re-booted when the secondary PCI bus host bus bridge fails to respond without affecting host CPU or other secondary PCI bus peripheral devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Acuity Imaging, LLC
    Inventors: David C. Davies, Michael P. Greenberg, Michael J. Wilt, John E. Agapakis