Patents by Inventor Raylon K. Vaughan

Raylon K. Vaughan 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 for detecting, reading, and verifying 1-D, 2-D, and DPM symbologies
    Patent number: 10674055
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed of an apparatus including an illuminator. The illuminator includes an illumination dome having a wide end through which illumination is emitted, a narrow end with a camera opening, and a plurality of sidewalls. An annular light tray including a plurality of dome-light sources is positioned around a perimeter of the wide end so that light emitted by the plurality of light sources is directed toward an interior of the illumination dome. A set of low-angle light sources is positioned in each of the plurality of sidewalls. A camera is coupled to the illuminator, the camera's optics being optically coupled to an image sensor and to the camera opening. A controller is communicatively coupled to the illuminator and to the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Dan Kubon, Raylon K. Vaughan, David Naddor
  • APPARATUS FOR DETECTING, READING, AND VERIFYING 1-D, 2-D, AND DPM SYMBOLOGIES
    Publication number: 20190068856
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed of an apparatus including an illuminator. The illuminator includes an illumination dome having a wide end through which illumination is emitted, a narrow end with a camera opening, and a plurality of sidewalls. An annular light tray including a plurality of dome-light sources is positioned around a perimeter of the wide end so that light emitted by the plurality of light sources is directed toward an interior of the illumination dome. A set of low-angle light sources is positioned in each of the plurality of sidewalls. A camera is coupled to the illuminator, the camera's optics being optically coupled to an image sensor and to the camera opening. A controller is communicatively coupled to the illuminator and to the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Dan Kubon, Raylon K. Vaughan, David Naddor