Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Allen Scholten

Jeffrey Allen Scholten 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).

  • Optical reader with improved lens focusing system
    Patent number: 7387252
    Abstract: An optical reader comprising: an image sensor array of pixels for converting light reflected from a target containing a machine readable indicia into output signals representative thereof; a housing for holding the image sensor array; a processor for decoding the output signals; receive optics for directing light from the target to the image sensor, the optics having a focal point; a generally cylindrical barrel for containing the receive optics, the barrel having a protrusion provided thereon; a generally cylindrical sleeve for receiving the barrel, the sleeve being secured to the housing and having a shoulder for engagement with the protrusion, wherein moving the protrusion along the shoulder facilitates focusing of the receive optics relative to the image sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Hand Held Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Colleen Patricia Gannon, Jeffrey Allen Scholten
  • Optical reader with improved lens focusing system
    Publication number: 20080041954
    Abstract: An optical reader comprising: an image sensor array of pixels for converting light reflected from a target containing a machine readable indicia into output signals representative thereof; a housing for holding the image sensor array; a processor for decoding the output signals; receive optics for directing light from the target to the image sensor, the optics having a focal point; a generally cylindrical barrel for containing the receive optics, the barrel having a protrusion provided thereon; a generally cylindrical sleeve for receiving the barrel, the sleeve being secured to the housing and having a shoulder for engagement with the protrusion, wherein moving the protrusion along the shoulder facilitates focusing of the receive optics relative to the image sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2006
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Inventors: Colleen Patricia Gannon, Jeffrey Allen Scholten