Patents by Inventor MICHAEL A. KLEPPINGER

MICHAEL A. KLEPPINGER 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).

  • Apparatus, method and system for determining the source of an optical code presentated to an optical code scanner
    Patent number: 8622299
    Abstract: A device, method and system is provided for determining if an optical code is presented to an optical code scanner in either a printed form or on the display of an electronic device. Certain presentation characteristics of an optical code are different depending on whether the optical code is presented in printed form or on the display of an electronic device. The changes in the presentation characteristics require changes to certain parameters of the optical code scanner for the optical code to be read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: John Crooks, Timothy Edward Mason, Michael A. Kleppinger
  • APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE SOURCE OF AN OPTICAL CODE PRESENTATED TO AN OPTICAL CODE SCANNER
    Publication number: 20130134217
    Abstract: A device, method and system is provided for determining if an optical code is presented to an optical code scanner in either a printed form or on the display of an electronic device. Certain presentation characteristics of an optical code are different depending on whether the optical code is presented in printed form or on the display of an electronic device. The changes in the presentation characteristics require changes to certain parameters of the optical code scanner for the optical code to be read.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: NCR CORPORATION
    Inventors: JOHN CROOKS, TIMOTHY EDAWARD MASON, MICHAEL A. KLEPPINGER