Patents by Inventor Patrick J. Salatto

Patrick J. Salatto 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).

  • Interface and method for controlling an optical reader having a scanning module
    Patent number: 6098877
    Abstract: An electrical interface for a scan engine includes a plurality of control pins including a range limiter mode pin, laser enable and scan enable pins, a signal output pin and a start-of scan indicator pin. Operation of the scan engine can thus be controlled to reduce power consumption and laser on-time as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ed Barkan, Philip Swift, Paul Dvorkis, John Lert, Margaret Hetfield, Patrick J. Salatto