Patents Assigned to Zebra Technologies Corporation
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Patent number: 11816529Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing out-of-range indications are disclosed. An example imaging reader includes an image sensor and an optical assembly. The imaging reader may include a distance determining module configured to determine a distance to a target. The imaging reader may include an indication determining module configured to determine an out-of-range indication when the distance satisfies a first condition. An indicator may be included and configured to present the out-of-range indication. The image sensor may be configured to capture a representation of an image of the target when the distance satisfies a second condition. The imaging reader may include an indicia decoder configured to decode an indicia in the representation to determine an indicia payload and/or a communication interface to convey the indicia payload to a host system.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Zebra Technologies CorporationInventors: Christopher W. Brock, Yuri Astvatsaturov
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Patent number: 11809173Abstract: A system includes: a cart including: four legs; at least one shelf, each shelf attached to each of the legs; the cart having a generally rectangular shape, a width of the cart being longer than a length of the robot, a length of the cart being longer than a length of the robot; four wheels, each wheel attached to a different leg at a bottom of the leg, the wheels configured to roll to facilitate movement of the cart; and a robotic dock, the robotic dock comprising four docking receptacles at ninety degree angles from adjacent docking receptacles; and a robot comprising: a sensor; and a docking module, the docking module comprising retractable docking pins, each retractable docking pin configured, when extended upward, to mate with a corresponding docking receptacle, thereby securing the robot to a bottom shelf of the cart.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Zebra Technologies CorporationInventors: Eric Diehr, Brian Cairl, Sarah Elliott, Levon Avagyan, Rohan Bhargava, Russell Toris, John W. Stewart, III, Derek King, Melonee Wise, Niharika Arora
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Patent number: 11809949Abstract: Techniques for optimizing one or more imaging settings for a machine vision job are provided. An example method includes configuring a machine vision job by setting a plurality of banks of imaging parameters, with each of the plurality of banks of imaging parameters being different from each other; transmitting the machine vision job to an imaging device; and executing the machine vision job on the imaging device to: (a) capture an image with the imaging device operating pursuant to one of the plurality of banks of imaging parameters; (b) attempt to decode a barcode within the image; (c) responsive to successfully decoding the barcode within the image, successfully ending the barcode reader tool; and (d) responsive to unsuccessfully decoding the barcode within the image, repeating (a)-(d) with another one of the one of the plurality of banks of imaging parameters.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Zebra Technologies CorporationInventors: Christopher M. West, Usha Prasad, Matthew Lawrence Horner, James Matthew Witherspoon
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Object recognition scanning systems and methods for implementing artificial based item determination
Patent number: 11809999Abstract: Object recognition scanning systems and methods for implementing artificial intelligence based item determination are disclosed herein. Example object recognition scanning systems and methods include imaging, by an imager having a field of view (FOV) extending over a scanning area, one or more items within the FOV, and receiving image data of an item imaged by the imager during a scanning session. A trained object recognition model, taking the image data as input, determines a product identification probability for the item. The object recognition scanning systems and methods include executing one of: (a) a first decoding sequence including, (b) a second decoding sequence, or (c) a mismatch detection sequence.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Zebra Technologies CorporationInventors: Edward Barkan, Mark Drzymala, Darran Michael Handshaw -
Patent number: 11803720Abstract: Methods and apparatus to determine barcode decoding parameters for a plurality of barcodes in an image are disclosed. An example method includes: obtaining image data representing an image including a plurality of barcodes; decoding a first barcode of the plurality of barcodes from the image data; determining a set of barcode decoding parameters used to successfully decode the first barcode; determining whether the plurality of barcodes encoded using at least one of a same barcode size, a same module size, or a same barcode format; and when the plurality of barcodes are encoded using at least one of the same barcode size, the same module size, or the same barcode format, attempting to decode all remaining barcodes of the plurality of barcodes from the image data using first the set of barcode decoding parameters.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Zebra Technologies CorporationInventors: Peizheng Ma, Eugene B. Joseph, Dongqing Chen
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Patent number: 11803717Abstract: A data capture device includes: a primary housing supporting a data capture assembly and having inner and outer surfaces joined by a perimeter wall; and a mounting accessory coupled to the inner surface. The mounting accessory mounts the device on an operator index finger in either of: a side-mounted mode in which the primary housing is between the index finger and a thumb; and a top-mounted mode, in which the primary housing is on a back of the index finger. The device includes an accessory trigger on the mounting accessory and a primary trigger supported on the outer surface. In the top-mounted mode, the accessory trigger is between the index finger and the thumb, for activation by the thumb. In the side-mounted mode, the primary trigger is disposed on the side of the index finger for activation by the thumb of the operator.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Zebra Technologies CorporationInventors: Sunghun Lim, JaeHo Choi, Curt D. Croley, Chandra M. Nair
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Patent number: 11803671Abstract: A computing device includes: a memory storing sensor placement rules; a processor connected with the memory, the processor configured to: obtain a floor plan representing a facility, the floor plan including contextual data representing spatial and structural features of the facility; define, based on the contextual data of the floor plan, one or more sensor placement regions within the facility; for each sensor placement region: generate a sensor layout within the sensor placement region based on the sensor placement rules; generate, based on a correspondence between the sensor placement region and the floor plan, a list of sensor devices and corresponding coordinates for each sensor device; and output the list of sensor devices and the corresponding coordinates.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Zebra Technologies CorporationInventors: David Bellows, Aslam Mohammed
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Patent number: 11804051Abstract: A server includes a communications interface; and a processor connected with the communications interface, the processor configured to: receive, from each of a plurality of capture nodes: (i) an initial point cloud depicting a portion of a capture volume, and (ii) boundary values corresponding to the initial point cloud; generate a bounding box from the boundary values received from the capture nodes; select respective portions of each initial point cloud based on the bounding box; and combine the selected portions to generate a combined point cloud.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Zebra Technologies CorporationInventors: Charles Burton Swope, Stanko Jelavic
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Patent number: 11797793Abstract: A barcode scanner assembly for capturing at least one object appearing in a field of view (FOV) is provided that includes a scanner enclosure including a scanner enclosure body, a printed circuit board (PCB) at least partially disposed within the scanner enclosure, an imaging assembly coupled to the PCB, and a decode assembly positioned on the PCB. The scanner enclosure body has a top portion, a bottom portion opposite the top portion, a front portion, and a rear portion opposite the front portion and further defines an internal cavity. The PCB is positioned substantially parallel to an outbound imaging axis.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Zebra Technologies CorporationInventors: Darran Michael Handshaw, Edward Barkan, Mark Drzymala
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Patent number: 11800611Abstract: A method and system for controlling illumination according to eye safety standards. The method includes a processor retrieving from a memory of an illumination module, device information indicative of properties of the illumination module. The device information includes a plurality of parameters of an illumination element of the illumination module, and a maximum constant for the illumination element. The maximum constant is associated with a desired eye safety standard and is also indicative of a relationship between at least two parameters of the illumination element. The method further includes receiving, from a user, a desired parameter value for one of the parameters of the plurality of parameters. The processor determines a test constant from the desired parameter value, and the processor compares the test constant and maximum constant to determine if the desired parameter value is an acceptable value.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Zebra Technologies CorporationInventors: Joseph S. Slowik, Erik Servili, Igor Vinogradov
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Patent number: 11794488Abstract: An embodiment of a cradle has a cradle body configured to support a printing device. The cradle has first and second printer capture flanges extending from the cradle body proximate a capture end of the cradle body. The cradle has first and second biased latches extending from the cradle body between the capture end and a release end of the cradle body. The cradle has a biased release member movable between a first position and a release position. The cradle has a release linkage supported by the cradle body, the release linkage coupling the biased release member and the first and second biased latches, wherein the release linkage is structured to drive the first and second biased latches from respective locked positions to respective unlocked positions in response to movement of the biased release member from a first position to a release position.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Zebra Technologies CorporationInventors: Roy P. Lyman, Zhong Gui Wang, David F. Beck, Anthony Ross Helberg
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Patent number: 11797788Abstract: In some implementations, a device may configure security tags. The device may receive, from one or more cameras associated with the device, image data associated with a product moving through a scanning zone of the device. The device may determine, based on the image data, a direction of movement associated with the product moving through the scanning zone of the device. The device may configure, via a reader of the device and based on the direction of movement associated with the product, a setting of a security tag associated with the product.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Zebra Technologies CorporationInventors: Sajan Wilfred, Umesh Manthrayil Sachidanandan
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Patent number: 11797808Abstract: A method for classifying a printable image to be printed comprising: receiving, at a printing device, print data representing the printable image to be printed; generating an image of the printable image based on the print data; classifying the image to obtain a format associated with the printable image; printing the printable image according to the print data; and updating a counter associated with the format.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Zebra Technologies CorporationInventors: Yan Zhang, Chih Huan Chien, David E. Coons, Victor L Salmons, Leo T. Lowy
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Patent number: 11797640Abstract: A system for automatic fleet partitioning includes client devices and a device management server having tag definition and tag assignment repositories. The server receives and stores, in the tag definition repository, definitions with tag assignment criteria; and for each client device: obtains a client identifier and attribute set; for each tag assignment criterion satisfied by the attribute set, associates a corresponding tag name with the client identifier in the tag assignment repository; and for each tag assignment criterion not satisfied by the attribute set, disassociates the corresponding tag name with the client device identifier. The server receives a command to transmit control data to a subset of the client devices associated with a selected tag name; retrieves, from the tag assignment repository, the client identifiers associated with the selected tag name; and transmits the control data to the subset of the client devices.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Zebra Technologies CorporationInventors: Bret M. Anno, Leo T. Lowy, Ryan E. Brock
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Patent number: 11794503Abstract: A described example includes a ribbon cartridge having a first spool housing to receive a first spool. The ribbon cartridge further having a second spool housing to receive a second spool. The ribbon cartridge further having at least one frame member extending between the first spool housing and the second spool housing and a spool lock, wherein the spool lock is configured to engage at least one of the first spool or the second spool in response to the ribbon cartridge not being received within a ribbon positioning assembly.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Zebra Technologies CorporationInventors: Petrica Dorinel Balcan, Randal Wong Mun Hon, Kuan-Ying Lu
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Patent number: 11790194Abstract: Handheld barcode readers and assemblies are disclosed herein. An example handheld barcode reader includes a housing defining a head portion and a base portion, a vision camera positioned in the base portion, a barcode reading module positioned at least partially in the head portion, and a controller in communication with the barcode reading module and the vision camera. The vision camera has a first FOV directed through a base window in the base portion and the barcode reading module has a second FOV directed through a scan window in the head portion. The controller is configured to decode barcodes read by the barcode reading module, receive captured images from the vision camera, and synchronize the barcode reading module and the vision camera such that the vision camera does not capture images when the barcode reading module is active.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Zebra Technologies CorporationInventors: Darran Michael Handshaw, Edward Barkan, Ronald Steven Ethe
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Patent number: 11787588Abstract: A printer includes: a body defining a media enclosure configured to receive a media supply; an indicator assembly supported by an outer wall of the body, the indicator assembly including a plurality of substantially contiguous illumination surfaces illuminated by respective ones of a set of lights supported within the body; a controller supported by the body, the controller configured to: (i) obtain an operational status of the printer, (ii) retrieve, from a mapping repository, a set of notification control parameters corresponding to the operational status, and (iii) control the set of lights according to the notification control parameters.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Zebra Technologies CorporationInventors: Morgan Hassan Malone, Edward Anthony Hackett, Raymond E. Maynard, Michael F. St.Germain, Michael C. Wondolowski, Daniel V. Carroll, Ozgur Ozserin, James Roger Morley-Smith, Hannah Marie Legg, Roger Edward Guinee, Ellen Thomas
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Patent number: 11787059Abstract: A method for selecting a preferred robotic grasp of an object-of-interest using pairwise ranking includes: identifying a robotic candidate grasp usable to grasp the object-of-interest, the object-of-interest situated in an environment; receiving a grasp preference for a preferred candidate grasp of the object-of-interest; calculating a heuristic to describe a relationship of the candidate grasp to one or more of the object-of-interest and the environment; and using the heuristic and using the grasp preference, computing a pairwise ranking of two candidate grasps to determine an ordering of the at least two candidate grasps.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Zebra Technologies CorporationInventors: Russell Toris, Sarah Elliott, David Kent
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Patent number: D1003235Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Zebra Technologies CorporationInventors: Sunghun Lim, Jiwei Huang, Dae Suk Noh
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Patent number: D1003899Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Zebra Technologies CorporationInventors: Sunghun Lim, Li-Ko Wang, Kevin C. Chen, JaeHo Choi