Patents by Inventor Konstantinos Tsiopanos

Konstantinos Tsiopanos 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).

  • Patent number: 11884501
    Abstract: An example disclosed output hopper includes a cavity to receive media units from an output of a media processing device, the cavity to cause the media units to form a stack in a first direction; a first door pivotably movable between a closed position and an open position, the first door to retain the media units in the cavity when in the closed position, wherein the first door is configured to pivot on a first axis substantially parallel to the first direction; wherein: the first door includes a first cutout at a first top edge of the first door; and the first cutout allow the media units to spill over the first and second top edges when a capacity of the cavity is exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Graham Marshall, Konstantinos Tsiopanos, Thomas R. Helma, Noel R. Bankston
  • Publication number: 20200216284
    Abstract: An example disclosed output hopper includes a cavity to receive media units from an output of a media processing device, the cavity to cause the media units to form a stack in a first direction; a first door pivotably movable between a closed position and an open position, the first door to retain the media units in the cavity when in the closed position, wherein the first door is configured to pivot on a first axis substantially parallel to the first direction; wherein: the first door includes a first cutout at a first top edge of the first door; and the first cutout allow the media units to spill over the first and second top edges when a capacity of the cavity is exceeded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Graham Marshall, Konstantinos Tsiopanos, Thomas R. Helma, Noel R. Bankston
  • Patent number: 10633208
    Abstract: An example disclosed output hopper includes a cavity to receive media units from an output of a media processing device, the cavity to cause the media units to form a stack in a first direction; a first door pivotably movable between a closed position and an open position, the first door to retain the media units in the cavity when in the closed position; a second door movable between the closed position and the open position, the second door to retain the media units in the cavity when in the closed position; wherein the first door is configured to pivot on a first axis substantially parallel to the first direction; and the second door is configured to pivot on a second axis substantially parallel to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Graham Marshall, Konstantinos Tsiopanos, Thomas R. Helma, Noel R. Bankston
  • Patent number: 10303908
    Abstract: A mobile device with wrist neutral data capture is provided. The device comprises: a housing; a data capture component configured to change an aiming pattern; a display; an orientation sensor configured to detect an orientation; one or more touch sensors at the housing; a memory storing wrist neutral touch data associated with a wrist neutral grip corresponding to predetermined grip position locations at the touch sensor(s); and a controller configured to: when touch data received at the touch sensor(s) matches the wrist neutral touch data stored in the memory, control the aiming pattern of the data capture component according to the orientation detected by the orientation sensor; and when the touch data does not match the wrist neutral touch data, control a notification device to provide an indicator of the housing being out of the wrist neutral grip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chandra M. Nair, JaeHo Choi, Konstantinos Tsiopanos
  • Publication number: 20190135569
    Abstract: An example disclosed output hopper includes a cavity to receive media units from an output of a media processing device, the cavity to cause the media units to form a stack in a first direction; a first door pivotably movable between a closed position and an open position, the first door to retain the media units in the cavity when in the closed position; a second door movable between the closed position and the open position, the second door to retain the media units in the cavity when in the closed position; wherein the first door is configured to pivot on a first axis substantially parallel to the first direction; and the second door is configured to pivot on a second axis substantially parallel to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Graham Marshall, Konstantinos Tsiopanos, Thomas R. Helma, Noel R. Bankston
  • Publication number: 20180157880
    Abstract: A mobile device with wrist neutral data capture is provided. The device comprises: a housing; a data capture component configured to change an aiming pattern; a display; an orientation sensor configured to detect an orientation; one or more touch sensors at the housing; a memory storing wrist neutral touch data associated with a wrist neutral grip corresponding to predetermined grip position locations at the touch sensor(s); and a controller configured to: when touch data received at the touch sensor(s) matches the wrist neutral touch data stored in the memory, control the aiming pattern of the data capture component according to the orientation detected by the orientation sensor; and when the touch data does not match the wrist neutral touch data, control a notification device to provide an indicator of the housing being out of the wrist neutral grip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Chandra M. Nair, JaeHo Choi, Konstantinos Tsiopanos
  • Patent number: D766175
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Konstantinos Tsiopanos, Jaeho Choi
  • Patent number: D781860
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Konstantinos Tsiopanos, Jaeho Choi
  • Patent number: D829812
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: ZIH Corp.
    Inventors: Konstantinos Tsiopanos, Roy P. Lyman, Jorge Tomas
  • Patent number: D844699
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Konstantinos Tsiopanos, Roy P. Lyman, Jorge Tomas
  • Patent number: D848526
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Konstantinos Tsiopanos, JaeHo Choi
  • Patent number: D854079
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Konstantinos Tsiopanos, JaeHo Choi, Sunghun Lim, Curt D. Croley
  • Patent number: D867446
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Konstantinos Tsiopanos, JaeHo Choi
  • Patent number: D873910
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Konstantinos Tsiopanos, Roy P. Lyman, Jorge Tomas
  • Patent number: D894270
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Konstantinos Tsiopanos, JaeHo Choi, Sunghun Lim, Curt D. Croley
  • Patent number: D895721
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Konstantinos Tsiopanos, Roy P. Lyman, Jorge Tomas
  • Patent number: D899516
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Konstantinos Tsiopanos, JaeHo Choi
  • Patent number: D963038
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Konstantinos Tsiopanos, Roy P. Lyman, Jorge Tomas
  • Patent number: D976313
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Konstantinos Tsiopanos, JaeHo Choi