Patents by Inventor Frank Stanley Hannah

Frank Stanley Hannah 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for scan pattern selection and selective decode inhibition in barcode scanners
    Patent number: 6702183
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for switching between scan patterns produced by a barcode scanner and for switching between allowing and inhibiting decoding of barcodes are disclosed. Depending on the position of a multiposition switch controlled by an operator, the scanner produces an omnidirectional scan pattern and immediately decodes barcodes falling within the field of view of the scanner, produces a single line scan pattern but inhibits decoding of barcodes until the switch is moved to a position to select allowing decoding of barcodes, or produces a single line scan pattern and immediately decodes barcodes falling within the field of view of the scanner. If the scanner has been set to decode barcodes using a single line scan pattern, a delay is imposed between the time the switch is set to select producing an omnidirectional scan pattern and the time at which the scanner begins to produce the omnidirectional scan pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: David Lee Gregerson, Frank Stanley Hannah, William Martin Belknap, James Brian McCord
  • Methods and apparatus for scan pattern selection and selective decode inhibition in barcode scanners
    Publication number: 20020148898
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for switching between scan patterns produced by a barcode scanner and for switching between allowing and inhibiting decoding of barcodes are disclosed. Depending on the position of a multiposition switch controlled by an operator, the scanner produces an omnidirectional scan pattern and immediately decodes barcodes falling within the field of view of the scanner, produces a single line scan pattern but inhibits decoding of barcodes until the switch is moved to a position to select allowing decoding of barcodes, or produces a single line scan pattern and immediately decodes barcodes falling within the field of view of the scanner. If the scanner has been set to decode barcodes using a single line scan pattern, a delay is imposed between the time the switch is set to select producing an omnidirectional scan pattern and the time at which the scanner begins to produce the omnidirectional scan pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Applicant: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: David Lee Gregerson, Frank Stanley Hannah, William Martin Belknap, James Brian McCord