Patents by Inventor Marion Tapu

Marion Tapu 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).

  • Enhanced UPC bar code decoding system reconstructing complete bar code signals from partial bar code scans
    Patent number: 5194722
    Abstract: There is disclosed a system for decoding data read from a bar code label which includes a filter for detecting the occurrence of a character in the data generated by an optical scanner in reading the bar code label, a first processor for detecting whether the character is valid or a suspect character which may be a valid or a non-valid character and a second processor means for processing the suspect characters to determine if they are valid for use in detecting the numerical characters in the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1993
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Barry M. Mergenthaler, Marion Tapu, Denis M. Blanford, Gene L. Amacher