Patents by Inventor Joseph G. AKULIS

Joseph G. AKULIS 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).

  • Systems and methods for detecting and decoding barcodes with bar dilation
    Patent number: 10235546
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting and decoding 4-state barcodes with extreme bar dilation are disclosed. The method is implemented in a computing device and includes: separating an extracted image of a barcode into a top half and a bottom half; estimating bar positions and then sampling heights of the top and bottom images at each position; using adjacent bar height differences to determine the top and bottom of the tracker portion for each bar position; removing the tracker contribution to the top and bottom heights at each bar position; sending the resulting sequence of bars with ascender and descender information to a decoder for decoding processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph G. Akulis, Robert Strebel, Richard C. Vanhall
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND DECODING BARCODES WITH BAR DILATION
    Publication number: 20160117538
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting and decoding 4-state barcodes with extreme bar dilation are disclosed. The method is implemented in a computing device and includes: separating an extracted image of a barcode into a top half and a bottom half; estimating bar positions and then sampling heights of the top and bottom images at each position; using adjacent bar height differences to determine the top and bottom of the tracker portion for each bar position; removing the tracker contribution to the top and bottom heights at each bar position; sending the resulting sequence of bars with ascender and descender information to a decoder for decoding processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Joseph G. AKULIS, Robert STREBEL, Richard C. VANHALL