Patents Assigned to Symbol
  • Focus adjustment with MEMS actuator in imaging scanner
    Patent number: 8632012
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for using in an imaging scanner. The apparatus includes a solid-state imager, an imaging lens assembly comprising a base lens and a MEMS lens, and an electric circuitry operative to transfer the image captured by the solid-state imager to a decoding circuitry. The imaging lens assembly is configured to focus light reflected from the target object onto the array of photosensitive elements in the solid-state imager by passing the light reflected from the target object through the base lens followed by the MEMS lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: David T. Shi
  • HANDS-FREE BODY-MOUNTED PRESENTATION SCANNING
    Publication number: 20140014725
    Abstract: A mobile device is described. The mobile device includes a housing having a pistol grip portion. A data acquisition device is positioned in the housing adjacent to the pistol grip portion. The data acquisition device is adapted to acquire data from an object. The data acquisition device generates an electrical signal that is representative of the data. A control activates the data acquisition device. A processor receives the electrical signal from the data acquisition device. A support is worn on a torso of a user. The support supports the housing by the pistol grip portion such that the data acquisition device is positioned to acquire data from the object when the object is located in front of the torso of the user. The support enables hands-free operation of the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard M. Martin, Jaeho Choi, Ian R. Jenkins, Chandra M. Nair, Konstantinos D. Tsiopanos
  • PISTOL GRIP ADAPTER FOR MOBILE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140018128
    Abstract: An adapter for a mobile device is described. The adapter includes a handle portion having a trigger switch that is accessible to an index finger of a hand of the user when the handle portion is held in the hand of the user. A cradle portion is positioned above the handle portion for receiving at least a portion of the mobile device such that a plane of a display of the mobile device is substantially aligned with a long axis of the handle portion and the display is viewable by the user when the mobile device is positioned in the cradle portion and the handle portion is held in the hand of the user. A data acquisition device is coupled to the cradle portion. The data acquisition device acquires data from an object upon actuation of the trigger switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard M. Martin, Jaeho Choi, Ian R. Jenkins, Chandra M. Nair, Konstantinos D. Tsiopanos
  • ERGONOMIC ARRANGEMENT FOR MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140014728
    Abstract: A mobile device is described. The mobile device includes a handle portion having a longitudinal axis. A trigger switch is positioned on the handle portion and configured to activate a data capture function of the mobile device when the trigger switch is depressed. A top portion accommodates a display device and a data acquisition device. A planar surface of the display device is oriented at a first angle between one degree and thirty degrees relative to the longitudinal axis of the handle portion. The data acquisition device is disposed on an opposite side of the display device such that a central axis of a field of view of the data acquisition device is oriented at a second angle between ninety degrees and one-hundred and thirty-five degrees relative to the longitudinal axis of the handle portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jaeho Choi, Ian R. Jenkins, Richard M. Martin, Chandra M. Nair, Konstantinos D. Tsiopanos
  • MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE INCLUDING AN ERGONOMIC HANDLE
    Publication number: 20140014726
    Abstract: A mobile device is described. The mobile device includes a handle for gripping the mobile device with fingers of one hand. A display is oriented substantially parallel to a long axis of the handle such that a thumb of the one hand is capable of touching at least a portion of the display when the fingers of the one hand grip the handle of the mobile device. A data acquisition device is positioned so as to capture product information from an object located on an opposite side of the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Konstantinos D. Tsiopanos, Jaeho Choi, Ian R. Jenkins, Richard M. Martin, Chandra M. Nair
  • MOBILE COMPUTING UNIT FOR REDUCING USAGE FATIGUE
    Publication number: 20140014727
    Abstract: A mobile unit (MU) is described. The MU includes a handle configured for gripping the MU with fingers of one hand of a user's arm. The MU includes a trigger switch positioned on the handle and configured to activate a data capture function of the MU when the trigger switch is depressed. The MU includes a display device positioned above the handle of the MU such that the display device is viewable to the user when the fingers grip the handle of the MU and the user's arm is maximally extended. The MU includes a data acquisition device located on an opposite side of the display device so as to capture data from an object positioned in a field of view of the data acquisition device when the trigger switch is depressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jaeho Choi, Ian R. Jenkins, Richard M. Martin, Chandra M. Nair, Konstantinos D. Tsiopanos
  • Cavity backed cross-slot antenna apparatus and method
    Patent number: 8629812
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus and method includes an orthogonal slot antenna which overcomes the limitations associated with RF choke between the adjacent slots through various feed techniques. A cavity backed cross-slot antenna includes a horizontal slot antenna, a vertical slot antenna sharing a center portion with the horizontal slot antenna, a first feed for the horizontal slot antenna, and a second feed for the vertical slot antenna, the first feed and the second feed provided to the shared center portion. Another cavity backed cross-slot antenna includes a horizontal slot antenna, a vertical slot antenna, the horizontal slot antenna and the vertical slot antenna share a center portion therebetween, a first feed feeding both halves of the horizontal slot antenna, and a second feed feeding both halves of the vertical slot antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Rehan K. Jaffri, Richard T. Knadle
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FINDING TARGET DISTANCE FROM BARODE IMAGING SCANNER
    Publication number: 20140008440
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an imaging sensor having photosensitive elements for detecting light from the target object through an imaging lens arrangement to create first pixel data during a first time period when the extended aiming pattern is projected on the target object. The apparatus also includes a controller for processing the first pixel data to estimate a feature-size of the extended aiming pattern in an image of the target object when the imaging lens arrangement is at a predetermined focus length, and further processing the feature-size along with the predetermined focus length to determine a distance characterizing the separation between the target object and the imaging lens arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Ramanagouda Patil
  • Efficient multi-image bar code reader
    Patent number: 8622305
    Abstract: An efficient multicamera imaging-based bar code reader for imaging a target bar code on a target object. An imaging system has a plurality of camera assemblies coupled to an image processing system. Each camera assembly includes a sensor array and an imaging lens assembly for focusing a field of view of the camera assembly onto a sensor array as well as including one or more light emitting diodes for illuminating a field of view of that camera assembly. One camera is activated or energized to detect an object and then all cameras are activated for generating images suitable to decode a bar code on the detected object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward D. Barkan
  • Imaging reader and method with combined image data and system data
    Patent number: 8622304
    Abstract: An imaging reader for, and a method of, imaging targets, include a solid-state imager supported by the reader and having an array of image sensors for capturing return light from a target over a field of view, and for generating image data corresponding to the target; an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) operatively connected to the imager via an image data bus over which the image data is transmitted from the imager to the ASIC, and via a system bus over which system data for controlling operation of the reader is transmitted, the ASIC being operative for combining the image data and the system data to form combined data; and a controller operatively connected to the ASIC, for receiving and processing the combined data from the ASIC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David P. Goren, Christopher Warren Brock
  • Context based scanning and reading systems and methods
    Patent number: 8622285
    Abstract: Context based scanning and reading systems and methods are provided with an end-to-end framework for receiving information and performing a plurality of different actions based thereon. An end-to-end framework includes one of scanning and reading an item to obtain a first set of information based thereon, presenting the first set of information in context, obtaining a plurality of actions in context based on the first set of information in context, and selecting one of the plurality of actions in context based on criteria. A system includes at least one readable device associated with an item, at least one mobile device configured to scan the at least one readable device, and an end-to-end framework operable on the at least one mobile device to obtain information from the at least one readable device and present the information and associated actions based on a context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard M. Clayton, Alexander R. Spiro
  • Apparatus for and method of imaging targets with wide angle, athermalized, achromatic, hybrid imaging lens assembly
    Patent number: 8624985
    Abstract: A wide angle, athermalized, achromatic, hybrid imaging lens assembly captures return light from a target over a field of view, and projects the captured return light onto an array of image sensors of a solid-state imager during electro-optical reading of the target. The assembly includes a plastic lens group for optical aberration compensation, a glass lens group spaced away from the plastic lens group along an optical axis, and an aperture stop between the lens groups and having an aperture through which the optical axis extends. The glass lens group has substantially all the optical power of the imaging lens assembly for thermal stability, and the plastic lens group has substantially no optical power. A holder holds the lenses and the aperture stop in front of the array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Igor Vinogradov, Vladimir Gurevich, David Tsi-Shi
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EYE TRACKING DATA TRIGGER ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20140002343
    Abstract: A system and method tracks a user's eye for a data trigger arrangement. The method includes obtaining first image data within a first vision field of a first data capturing sensor. The method includes determining a first area viewed by a user's eye as a function of the first image data. The method includes obtaining second image data within a second vision field of a second sensor. The method includes determining a second area captured within the second field of vision as a function of the second image data. The method includes determining disposition data of the first area within the second area. When a trigger command is captured, the method includes data capturing a machine readable representation of data (MRRoD) using the second sensor as a function of the disposition data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ben Kennedy, David Lundquist, James Morley-Smith
  • ARRANGEMENT FOR AND METHOD OF PREVENTING SYMBOL MISREADS IN ELECTRO-OPTICAL READERS
    Publication number: 20140001259
    Abstract: An arrangement for, and a method of, preventing a misread of a one-dimensional symbol that can be read in either one of two polarities in an electro-optical reader. A data capture assembly captures light from the symbol, and generates an electrical signal indicative of the captured light. A controller simultaneously processes and decodes the electrical signal as a first decoded result of one of the polarities and as a second decoded result of the other of the polarities. The controller also determines the validity of the first and second decoded results, and generates an output in dependence upon the validity determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dariusz J. Madej, Dayou Wang
  • ADAPTIVE STANDBY ACCESS IN A LOCAL AREA COMMUNICATION NETWORK
    Publication number: 20140003230
    Abstract: An adaptive standby access point in a local area communication network includes an interface operable to communicate with other access points, at least one radio operable to communicate with user devices utilizing at least one antenna, and a processor operable to receive a message over the interface from one of the other access points that is experiencing traffic overload. The message indicating to the standby access point that the one other access point requires traffic demand assistance, whereupon the processor will activate and direct the radio to send out beacons to solicit user devices within the coverage area of the overloaded access point to instead association with the standby access point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Tushar Mathur, Anil Kaushik, Raj Kiran, Senthilraj Shanmugavadivel, Vijay Yadav
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING HEADING DIRECTION IN A NAVIGATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140005928
    Abstract: A mobile device is described. The mobile device includes an electronic compass that generates compass data corresponding to an orientation of the mobile device relative to true north. A global positioning system (GPS) module receives a GPS signal from multiple satellites. The GPS module determines a heading direction of a vehicle transporting the mobile device relative to true north based on the position data when the vehicle is moving above a threshold velocity. A motion sensor generates motion data corresponding to a motion of the mobile device when the mobile device is moved. A processor adjusts the heading direction of the vehicle relative to true north based on the compass data when the vehicle is moving below the threshold velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Giannetta, Chi Zhang, Eyal Peretz
  • Imaging module with folded illuminating and imaging paths
    Patent number: 8618468
    Abstract: An imaging module for imaging, and a reader for and a method of electro-optically reading, a target, include a support, an imaging assembly including a solid-state imager having an array of image sensors on the support for capturing return light over a field of view at a range of working distances from the target along a folded imaging path, and an illuminating assembly on the support for directing illumination light along a folded illuminating path having a length longer than the folded imaging path to uniformly illuminate the target with the illumination light. The longer length of the folded illuminating path enables the illuminating assembly to illuminate the target with more of the illumination light, and also enables the imaging assembly to capture more of the return light for increased imaging/reading performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Drzymala
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING BARCODE SYMBOLS
    Publication number: 20130341401
    Abstract: A mobile device is described. The mobile device includes a trigger control for activating an image capture function of the mobile device. An imager captures an image in the field of view of the imager upon activation of the trigger control. The image includes at least one barcode symbol. A display includes a touch screen for displaying the at least one barcode symbol. A user selects the at least one barcode symbol for decoding by contacting the touch screen at a location corresponding to a displayed location of the at least one barcode symbol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anu Kannan, Alan J. Epshteyn
  • Optical scanner with customer interface
    Patent number: 8613393
    Abstract: An optical scanner (600) and method of operating same includes a housing (16) supporting first (34) and second scanning systems (202), the first scanning system for scanning indicia on a target object, the housing defining an interior region of the scanner. The first scanning system comprises one of an imaging camera (208/209) and a laser light source (38) disposed within the housing interior region defining a first field of view for reading indicia located on a target object. The second scanning system (202) comprises a separate imaging camera (602) disposed in the housing interior region for reading auxiliary data from an auxiliary object relating to one or more target objects being scanned, the second scanning system defining a second field of view (604). A locator platform (620) is recessed within the housing for positioning an auxiliary object within the second field of view during use of the scanner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark E. Drzymala, Edward D. Barkan
  • AIMING SYSTEM FOR IMAGING SCANNER
    Publication number: 20130334314
    Abstract: An apparatus includes (1) an imaging lens arrangement having an optical axis, (2) an aiming light source configured to project visible light through the imaging lens arrangement to create an aiming pattern on a target object, (3) an imaging sensor detecting light from the target object through the imaging lens arrangement, and (4) a folding mirror tilted relative to the optical axis of the imaging lens arrangement. The folding mirror is positioned both on the optical path from the imaging lens arrangement to the imaging sensor and on the optical path from the aiming light source to the imaging lens arrangement. Both the imaging arrangement and the aiming arrangement share the same imaging lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Igor Vinogradov, Edward D. Barkan, Mark E. Drzymala, David T. Shi