Patents by Inventor Jerome Swartz

Jerome Swartz 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).

  • Integrated circuit implemented on a semiconductor substrate in a bar code reader
    Patent number: 6021947
    Abstract: An integrated circuit for use in a bar code reader and method of making the same. The integrated circuit includes a semiconductor substrate, as well as a laser diode driver circuit and a digitizer circuit implemented on the substrate. The integrated circuit may also include a decoder circuit, a scan element driver circuit, a microcontroller, or a communications interface, each implemented on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Jerome Swartz
  • Hand mountable adaptive barcode scanner
    Patent number: 6015090
    Abstract: A hand-mountable adaptive bar code scanner includes a scanner for generating a light beam directed toward a target, the light beam sweeping the symbol to be read. The scanner further includes a photodetector for receiving reflected light from such symbol, and circuitry to determine whether the signal received is sufficiently distinct to determine that a valid symbol has been scanned, and signal processing circuitry having adjustable gain, bandwidth, and digitizer threshold characteristics for processing such signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome Swartz, Edward Barkan, Glenn S. Spitz, Joseph Katz, Boris Metlitsky
  • Hand-held scanning head having auditory beeper with a changeable beeping rate
    Patent number: 6000617
    Abstract: An auditory beeper mounted in a hand-held scanning head of an electro-optical system for reading light-reflective indicia signals a user that the indicium has been found and is ready to be read by generating a series of sounds or beeps whose rate of beeping changes upon finding the indicium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome Swartz, Howard M. Shepard, Eric F. Barkan, Alexander M. Adelson, Mark J. Krichever, Boris Metlitsky, Edward Barkan
  • Electro-optical scanner having selectable scan pattern
    Patent number: 5988502
    Abstract: A wavelength selector in an optical scanner is operative for selecting a first laser beam having a predetermined wavelength to produce a first scan pattern, and for selecting a second laser beam having a different wavelength to produce a second scan pattern. The scan patterns have a different number of scan lines. The selected scan pattern is scanned over indicia, e.g., a bar code symbol, to be read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Krichever, Joseph Campanelli, Lisa Courtney, Peter Fazekas, Joel Kahn, Jerome Swartz, Vladimir Gurevich, Boris Metlitsky
  • Self-checkout point-of-transaction system including deactivatable electro-optically coded surveillance tags
    Patent number: 5979758
    Abstract: A self-check apparatus is operative for processing a sales transaction of an article having an attached surveillance tag, each attached surveillance tag bearing a coded indicia such as a bar code. The self-checkout apparatus stores an indication of the articles which have been selected for purchase. When the surveillance tag is presented to the apparatus for deactivation, the bar code on the tag is scanned, and a check is made to verify that the surveillance tag is attached to an article which has been selected for purchase, and provided such verification is made, the surveillance tag is deactivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome Swartz, William Tracy
  • Arm-mounted reader with object sensing
    Patent number: 5969327
    Abstract: An electro-optical bar code symbol reader initiates reading of a symbol when a target bearing the symbol is detected within a predetermined distance of the reader. The reader is mounted on an operator's arm by being strapped around the operator's wrist. A keyboard and a display are provided on the reader for data entry and display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Boris Metlitsky, Mark Krichever, Edward Barkan, Howard M. Shepard, Jerome Swartz
  • Integrated scanner on a common substrate
    Patent number: 5966230
    Abstract: An integrated scanner for scanning a barcode is formed on a common substrate. The scanner may include a micro-machined mirror, a laser diode, and a detector, mounted on a single substrate or several connected substrates. Lenses can be used to focus a laser beam from the laser diode as well as expand a laser beam deflected by the micro-machined mirror. The scanner may also scan a barcode without using a micro-machined mirror by rotating the laser diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome Swartz, Miklos Stern, Joseph Katz, Yajun Li
  • Self-service checkout system utilizing portable self-checkout communications terminal
    Patent number: 5923735
    Abstract: A system for transferring data between a centrally located site and a portable communications terminal via a telephone network, the site having associated therewith a look up table containing plurality of data records correlating to items disposed at a retail establishment, wherein each of the items has associated therewith a bar code encoded with the indicia unique to each item, with each of the bar coded indicia corresponding to a particular record in the table, the data containing at least a portion of said record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome Swartz, Ron Goldman, Thomas Roslak, Gary Serbin, Anthony R. Barkume, Miklos Stern, Jay P. White
  • Scanning device formed from integrated components on a semiconductor substrate
    Patent number: 5914480
    Abstract: An optical reader for reading a target having a bar code to be read, in which a unitary semiconductor device is mounted in a housing having an opening. The unitary semiconductive device includes a semiconductive substrate and a plurality of integrated components at the surface of the semiconductive device for generating and directing a light beam outward from the surface of the substrate sequentially along a plurality of paths through the opening of the housing. A detector is disposed in the housing for intercepting reflected components of the outward-directed light beam. In two implementations, the light beam is directed respectively by a single movable reflector or by a plurality of deformable mirror devices mounted on the substrate. The housing includes a grip, such a pistol grip, at an extremity offset from the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Jerome Swartz
  • Hand-held terminal with reciprocally oscillating laser
    Patent number: 5907145
    Abstract: In bar code symbol scanning systems employing laser, optical and sensor components, a mirrorless scanner arrangement mounts one or more of these components on a drive for repetitive reciprocating laser movement either about an axis or in a plane to effect scanning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1999
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark J. Krichever, Boris Metlitsky, Edward D. Barkan, Howard M. Shepard, Jerome Swartz
  • Machine readable record carrier with hologram
    Patent number: 5900954
    Abstract: A record carrier (e.g., an identification card) of the type containing machine-readable representations of data, wherein the record carrier comprises a substrate, a first pattern of machine-readable indicia applied to one surface of the substrate, and a hologram containing machine-readable data disposed on one surface of the substrate. The information represented by the machine-readable indicia and the machine-readable data are related to one another so as to enable a user to verify the authenticity of the record carrier by comparison of the indicia and the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Katz, Jerome Swartz, Daniel R. McGlynn
  • Point-of-sale site with card reader
    Patent number: 5889268
    Abstract: A portable, hand-held reader reads a symbol associated with a product selected by a customer. A database of a host computer stores attribute data of many products. The database is accessed on a real-time basis to automatically retrieve the stored product attribute data. The retrieved data is displayed on a display associated with the reader. A card reading device is provided on the hand-held reader, for charging a customer's account, all at one location. A printer prints a written memorandum of the transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Jerome Swartz
  • Object-sensing workstation with adjustable scanning head
    Patent number: 5883373
    Abstract: A workstation has a base supportable on a support surface at a point-of-transaction site. A scanning head having a field of view is adjustably positioned on and above the base with multiple freedoms of movement to fix the field of view relative to the support surface. The presence of an object to be processed in the field of view is automatically sensed, whereupon identification indicia on the object is automatically electro-optically scanned and read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Jerome Swartz
  • Reader system for removable two dimensional code
    Patent number: 5880453
    Abstract: A bar code reader system includes a record, a bar code reader, a decoder, a processor, a transferring element, and a printer. The record includes a substrate with an information area containing first data removably encoded on the substrate in an error-correctable machine readable format and text. The bar code reader converts the first encoded data from the record into electrical signals which are decoded by the decoder. The processor encodes second data entered through a keyboard, and generates transfer drive signals for controlling the transfer of the second encoded data onto the record. The transferring element detects the presence of the first encoded data on the record, and in response to the drive signals when the first encoded data is present on the record, subjects the record to an erasing operation to remove the first encoded data. The printer then prints the second encoded data on the record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ynjiun P. Wang, Jerome Swartz, Daniel R. McGlynn
  • Statistical sampling security methodology for self-scanning checkout system
    Patent number: 5877485
    Abstract: Disclosed is the implementation of a statistical basis for use in a self-scanning checkout system for determining how many items to check in a shopper's shopping cart for incorrect or missing scans as well as which particular or types of items to check to determine if they were properly scanned by a shopper who may use a portable scanner or scanning terminal to scan bar codes on selected items. In the present invention, every or nearly every shopper will be checked by a cashier or security guard, but only a limited and select number of items will be checked for each shopper. The present methodology determines how many items to check for a given shopper as well as which particular items to check for that shopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Jerome Swartz
  • Modification of software files in a microprocessor-controlled device via two-dimensional bar code symbols
    Patent number: 5837986
    Abstract: A microprocessor-controlled device with software files stored in non-volatile memory which can be easily modified by the user by reading or scanning a two-dimensional bar code symbol having program modification information encoded thereon. The symbol can be read by two-dimensional or one-dimensional laser or CCD based means. Depending on its size, either the entire file can be replaced, selected locations can be replaced, or selected relocatable object files can be linked at the target device in order to effect the program revision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John Barile, Steven Chew, Jerome Swartz
  • Method and appratus for reading and writing indicia such as bar codes using a scanned laser beam
    Patent number: 5825402
    Abstract: A system for reading and writing indicia on a medium including a light source for producing a light beam; a reading element for directing the light beam at the medium so as to scan indicia disposed on a first portion of said medium, detecting at least a portion of the light of variable intensity reflected off the indicia, and generating an electrical signal indicative of the detected light intensity; and a writing element for directing the light beam at the medium in a pattern on a second portion of the medium so as record information on the medium. The light beam is preferably a laser beam generated by a semiconductor laser, and a mirror is used to scan the beam both for reading and writing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Jerome Swartz
  • Self-checkout, point-of-transaction system including removable, electro-optically coded surveillance tags
    Patent number: 5814799
    Abstract: A self-check apparatus is provided for processing a sales transaction of an article having an attached surveillance tag, each attached surveillance tag bearing a coded indicia such as a bar code. The self-checkout apparatus stores an indication of the articles which have been selected for purchase. When the surveillance tag is presented to the apparatus for deactivation, the bar code on the tag is scanned, and a check is made to verify that the surveillance tag is attached to an article which has been selected for purchase, and provided such verification is made, the surveillance tag is deactivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome Swartz, William Tracy
  • Scanner with flexible flat cable electrically connected to light emitter
    Patent number: 5811773
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Bard, Yajun Li, Jerome Swartz, Boris Metlitsky, Joseph Katz, Askold Strat, Harold Charych
  • Narrow-bodied, single-and twin-windowed portable laser scanning head for reading bar code symbols
    Patent number: 5808287
    Abstract: In a system for electro-optically reading bar code symbols, a movable reflector is positioned for directly receiving light reflected off a bar code symbol, and for reflecting this light to a sensor. The reflector movement provides the sensor with a field of view that extends across the entire bar code symbol. The reflector and the sensor are mounted in a housing having a handle for enabling a user to hold and support the housing in one's hand, and to aim the housing at the bar code symbol during reading. A signal processor in the housing processes an electrical signal from the sensor to generate therefrom data descriptive of the bar code symbol being read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Howard M. Shepard, Edward D. Barkan, Jerome Swartz