Patents by Inventor Harold Charych
Harold Charych 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).
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Patent number: 8917172Abstract: A method of using radio frequency identification (RFID), in particular ultra high frequency (UHF) RFID, is described, which keeps pets from accessing forbidden areas. The pet wears a device which is preferably powered by the animal's own activity, converted to electrical power by a motion harvesting system to recharge a battery. The device uses an RFID reader to detect and identify RFID tags placed at boundaries of areas to which the pet is forbidden to enter, and sets off an alarm to warn the pet if it is approaching such an area. Because the RFID tags are individually identifiable, the forbidden area alarm can be configured to the pet, allowing use in a multiple-pet household.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2013Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Inventor: Harold Charych
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Patent number: 8674805Abstract: The invention provides an access control system and method for ski areas or similar facilities which uses a combination of RFID enabled tags and video-image derived biometric information to control access through an access gate.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2010Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Mountain Pass Systems, LLCInventor: Harold Charych
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Publication number: 20110001606Abstract: The invention provides an access control system and method for ski areas or similar facilities which uses a combination of RFID enabled tags and video-image derived biometric information to control access through an access gate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2010Publication date: January 6, 2011Applicant: MOUNTAIN PASS SYSTEMS, LLCInventor: Harold Charych
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Publication number: 20090294244Abstract: A currency validator having capability to record and store the image of rejected bills inserted into a currency validator, permitting the operator to determine the reasons for bill rejection.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2008Publication date: December 3, 2009Inventors: Harold Charych, Thomas W. Mazowiesky, Miroslaw Blaszczec
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Publication number: 20090294243Abstract: A bezel display for a currency acceptor that displays a pixelated image of the last bill accepted by the validator to show the player what was inserted. When not displaying the last bill accepted, the display can be used as an aesthetic addition, and when a fault occurs in the acceptor, it can display in multiple languages what is causing the fault, as well as display images showing where the fault has occurred.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2008Publication date: December 3, 2009Inventors: Harold Charych, Thomas W. Mazowiesky, Miroslaw Blaszczec
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Patent number: 7584890Abstract: An embodiment of the invention may include an apparatus. The apparatus may include a channel configured to accommodate a note, a photodetector array preferably arranged substantially perpendicular to a direction of travel of the note through the channel, a transporter configured to transport the note through the channel, at least one illuminator configured to illuminate a width of the channel, and a lens associated with the photodetector array. The lens and the at least one illuminator may be arranged to provide optical data collected from the width of the channel to the photodetector array. The photodetector array may include a plurality of photodetectors.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2006Date of Patent: September 8, 2009Assignee: Global Payment Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Mazowiesky, Harold Charych, Mirek Blaszczec
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Publication number: 20070295812Abstract: An embodiment of the invention may include an apparatus. The apparatus may include a channel configured to accommodate a note, a photodetector array preferably arranged substantially perpendicular to a direction of travel of the note through the channel, a transporter configured to transport the note through the channel, at least one illuminator configured to illuminate a width of the channel, and a lens associated with the photodetector array. The lens and the at least one illuminator may be arranged to provide optical data collected from the width of the channel to the photodetector array. The photodetector array may include a plurality of photodetectors.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2006Publication date: December 27, 2007Inventors: Thomas Mazowiesky, Harold Charych, Mirek Blaszczec
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Patent number: 7236851Abstract: An RFID reading apparatus includes a frame. The RFID reading apparatus also includes an RFID interrogator, coupled to the frame, for triggering transponders in picked cases and receiving and decoding replies. The RFID reading apparatus further includes at least one vertically movable antenna mount coupled to the frame, at least one antenna mounted to the antenna mount and coupled to the interrogator, and at least one object sensor adjacent to at least one antenna. The RFID reading apparatus also includes a control unit coupled to the interrogator for initiating interrogation of transponders and accepting decoded replies, to the antenna mount for controlling the level of the antenna mounted on the mount, and to the object sensor for detecting the presence of cases adjacent to the object sensor.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2005Date of Patent: June 26, 2007Assignee: EPC4ROI Limited PartnershipInventor: Harold Charych
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Patent number: 7155304Abstract: Apparatus for reading RFID tags of picked goods as they are loaded onto a picked pallet, and a method of picking and tracking goods using the device. The invention is mounted on a pallet support on a pallet conveyance, and has an RFID interrogator connected to at least one antenna mounted on a vertically movable antenna mount. The interrogator triggers the transponders in the goods and sends the decoded replies to the control unit. An object sensor adjacent to the antenna senses the presence of goods, and a control unit controls the movable antenna mount to raise the antenna mount above the goods. A computer having a display visible to an operator loading the pallet conveyance is used to communicate with the operator, confirming the loaded goods are the correct ones, and tracking inventory loaded on the conveyance. A barcode reader may be located on the antenna mount.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2005Date of Patent: December 26, 2006Inventor: Harold Charych
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Publication number: 20060287760Abstract: Apparatus for reading RFID tags of picked goods as they are loaded onto a picked pallet, and a method of picking and tracking goods using the device. The invention is mounted on a pallet support on a pallet conveyance, and has an RFID interrogator connected to at least one antenna mounted on a vertically movable antenna mount. The interrogator triggers the transponders in the goods and sends the decoded replies to the control unit. An object sensor adjacent to the antenna senses the presence of goods, and a control unit controls the movable antenna mount to raise the antenna mount above the goods. A computer having a display visible to an operator loading the pallet conveyance is used to communicate with the operator, confirming the loaded goods are the correct ones, and tracking inventory loaded on the conveyance. A barcode reader may be located on the antenna mount.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2005Publication date: December 21, 2006Inventor: Harold Charych
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Publication number: 20060287759Abstract: An RFID reading apparatus includes a frame. The RFID reading apparatus also includes an RFID interrogator, coupled to the frame, for triggering transponders in picked cases and receiving and decoding replies. The RFID reading apparatus further includes at least one vertically movable antenna mount coupled to the frame, at least one antenna mounted to the antenna mount and coupled to the interrogator, and at least one object sensor adjacent to at least one antenna. The RFID reading apparatus also includes a control unit coupled to the interrogator for initiating interrogation of transponders and accepting decoded replies, to the antenna mount for controlling the level of the antenna mounted on the mount, and to the object sensor for detecting the presence of cases adjacent to the object sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2005Publication date: December 21, 2006Applicant: EPC4RO1 Limited PartnershipInventor: Harold Charych
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Patent number: 6834805Abstract: A multiple working range scanner includes a collection mirror which is segmented, with each segment having differing optical properties, such as focal length, optical axis, and so on. Differing segments or combinations of segments deal with reflected light received at differing working ranges, and direct it to a photodetector. In another embodiment, beam shaping may be applied to an astigmatic laser beam, for example by means of a part-concave mirror, to create an x waist in the beam which is further from the scanner than the y waist. This provides enhanced performance when the scanner is used on a bar code symbol which is not accurately aligned. In order to provide improved optical alignment within a bar code scanner, the collection mirror may be adjustable both in the x direction and in the y direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2002Date of Patent: December 28, 2004Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Paul Dvorkis, Edward Barkan, Howard Shepard, David Tsi, Mark Drzymala, Harold Charych, Raj Bridgelall
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Patent number: 6527183Abstract: An optical scan module, for example for an optical scanner, includes an integrally molded plastics material member which defines not only the laser focusing lens, but also the laser focusing aperture and the collection mirror. In addition, the molded member may act to house and to locate both a semiconductor laser and a photodetector, thereby ensuring easy and accurate placement of those elements within the scanning assembly. The optical assembly may be in modular form, mounted onto a common printed circuit board with a beam scanner.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2001Date of Patent: March 4, 2003Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Simon Bard, Henry Grossfeld, Mark Dryzmala, Harold Charych
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Patent number: 6410931Abstract: An optical scan module, for example for an optical scanner, includes an integrally molded plastics material member which defines not only the laser focusing lens, but also the laser focusing aperture and the collection mirror. In addition, the molded member may act to house and to locate both a semiconductor laser and a photodetector, thereby ensuring easy and accurate placement of those elements within the scanning assembly. The optical assembly may be in modular form, mounted onto a common printed circuit board with a beam scanner.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2000Date of Patent: June 25, 2002Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Paul Dvorkis, Howard Shepard, Edward Barkan, Simon Bard, Henry Grossfeld, Mark Dryzmala, Harold Charych, Raj Bridgelall, David Tsi, Ian Jenkins, Chin-Hung Jwo, Theodore Koontz
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Publication number: 20020060245Abstract: A multiple working range scanner includes a collection mirror which is segmented, with each segment having differing optical properties, such as focal length, optical axis, and so on. Differing segments or combinations of segments deal with reflected light received at differing working ranges, and direct it to a photodetector. In another embodiment, beam shaping may be applied to an astigmatic laser beam, for example by means of a part-concave mirror, to create an x waist in the beam which is further from the scanner than the y waist. This provides enhanced performance when the scanner is used on a bar code symbol which is not accurately aligned. In order to provide improved optical alignment within a bar code scanner, the collection mirror may be adjustable both in the x direction and in the y direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2002Publication date: May 23, 2002Applicant: Symbol Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporationInventors: Paul Dvorkis, Edward Barkan, Howard Shepard, David Tsi, Mark Drzymala, Harold Charych, Raj Bridgelall
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Patent number: 6382513Abstract: A multiple working range scanner includes a collection mirror which is segmented, with each segment having differing optical properties, such as focal length, optical axis, and so on. Differing segments or combinations of segments deal with reflected light received at differing working ranges, and direct it to a photodetector. In another embodiment, beam shaping may be applied to an astigmatic laser beam, for example by means of a part-concave mirror, to create an x waist in the beam which is further from the scanner than the y waist. This provides enhanced performance when the scanner is used on a bar code symbol which is not accurately aligned. In order to provide improved optical alignment within a bar code scanner, the collection mirror may be adjustable both in the x direction and in the y direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 1998Date of Patent: May 7, 2002Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Paul Dvorkis, Edward Barkan, Howard Shepard, David Tsi, Mark Drzymala, Harold Charych, Raj Bridgelall
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Publication number: 20020050521Abstract: An optical scan module, for example for an optical scanner, includes an integrally molded plastics material member which defines not only the laser focusing lens, but also the laser focusing aperture and the collection mirror. In addition, the molded member may act to house and to locate both a semiconductor laser and a photodetector, thereby ensuring easy and accurate placement of those elements within the scanning assembly. The optical assembly may be in modular form, mounted onto a common printed circuit board with a beam scanner.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2001Publication date: May 2, 2002Inventors: Paul Dvorkis, Howard Shepard, Edward Barkan, Simon Bard, Henry Grossfeld, Mark Dryzmala, Harold Charych, Raj Bridgelall, David Tsi, Ian Jenkins, Chin-Hung Jwo, Theodore Koontz
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Patent number: 6348773Abstract: A scanner determines whether a target is a bar code symbol and, if so, whether that symbol is one-dimensional or two-dimensional. For two-dimensional symbols, the scanner aligns a scanning pattern with the symbol and expands the scanning pattern to reach only to the top and bottom edges of the symbol, not beyond. The scanner also has a microprocessor-control scanning engine that uses a coil to drive a scanning element and pick up feed back signals from the scanning element. A pulse-width-modulated regulator also provides fast and efficient operation for driving the coil. The scanning engine can also be designed to generate a pattern that precesses across the target, and a powerful interface to the scanning engine allows decoding and control logic to work efficiently with and independently of the scan engine.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 1997Date of Patent: February 19, 2002Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Paul Dvorkis, Edward Barkan, Harold Charych, James Giebel, Stephen Osterweil, Sundeep Kumar, John Barile, Paul R. Poloniewicz, Anthony D. Biuso, Steven M. Chew
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Patent number: 6114712Abstract: An optical scan module, for example for an optical scanner, includes an integrally molded plastics material member which defines not only the laser focusing lens, but also the laser focusing aperture and the collection mirror. In addition, the molded member may act to house and to locate both a semiconductor laser and a photodetector, thereby ensuring easy and accurate placement of those elements within the scanning assembly. The optical assembly may be in modular form, mounted onto a common printed circuit board with a beam scanner.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 1998Date of Patent: September 5, 2000Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Paul Dvorkis, Howard Shepard, Edward Barkan, Simon Bard, Henry Grossfeld, Mark Dryzmala, Harold Charych, Raj Bridgelall, David Tsi, Ian Jenkins, Chin-Hung Jwo, Theodore Koontz
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Patent number: 5811773Abstract: To reduce the size and weight of an optical scanner, the present invention provides a mirrorless beam scanning unit. A flexible member, such as a multi-wire, flat, electrical cable is connected to the light emitter. Reciprocation of the light emitter during emission of light by the light emitter causes the light to scan a surface, such as a surface bearing a bar code label. The cable flexes during such reciprocation.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 1997Date of Patent: September 22, 1998Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Simon Bard, Yajun Li, Jerome Swartz, Boris Metlitsky, Joseph Katz, Askold Strat, Harold Charych