Patents by Inventor John E. Britts

John E. Britts 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).

  • System and workstation for, and method of, deterring theft of a product associated with a target to be electro-optically read
    Patent number: 10249160
    Abstract: Successive products associated with targets to be electro-optically read are swiped, in their respective turns, past a window in a point-of-transaction workstation. A motion detector detects movement of each product. A reader electro-optically reads a target associated with each moving product. If the target associated with each moving product has not been read, then this event is deemed suspicious, and the event is flagged for a security investigation designed to deter product theft by sweethearting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Robert J. Pang, Christopher J. Fjellstad, Thomas Lackemann, John E. Britts, David R. Turturro
  • SYSTEM AND WORKSTATION FOR, AND METHOD OF, DETERRING THEFT OF A PRODUCT ASSOCIATED WITH A TARGET TO BE ELECTRO-OPTICALLY READ
    Publication number: 20180151042
    Abstract: Successive products associated with targets to be electro-optically read are swiped, in their respective turns, past a window in a point-of-transaction workstation. A motion detector detects movement of each product. A reader electro-optically reads a target associated with each moving product. If the target associated with each moving product has not been read, then this event is deemed suspicious, and the event is flagged for a security investigation designed to deter product theft by sweethearting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Robert J. Pang, Christopher J. Fjellstad, Thomas Lackemann, John E. Britts, David R. Turturro