Patents by Inventor Russell Dobbs

Russell Dobbs 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).

  • Publication number: 20080110993
    Abstract: A hand-supportable coplanar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based code symbol reader includes: a hand-supportable housing having light transmission aperture; a linear image formation and detection module having a linear image detection array; and a planar laser illumination beam (PLIB) producing a coplanar laser illumination and imaging based device having at least one visible laser diode (VLD) for producing a planar light illumination beam (PLIB). The code symbol reader further includes an image grabber for grabbing digital linear images formed and detected by the image formation and detection module, an image data buffer for buffering the digital linear images grabbed by the image grabber, and an image processing computer for processing the buffered digital linear images so as to read code symbols graphically represented in the digital linear images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Applicant: Metrologic Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Constantine Tsikos, Michael Schnee, Xiaoxun Zhu, Thomas Amundsen, Charles Naylor, Russell Dobbs, Carl Knowles
  • Publication number: 20080029599
    Abstract: A hand-supportable planar linear illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based code symbol reading system comprising: a hand-supportable housing having a light transmission aperture; and a planar laser illumination and imaging module (PLIIM), disposed in the hand-supportable housing. The PLIIM includes (i) a linear image detection array having optics providing a field of view (FOV) on said linear image detection array that projects through the light transmission aperture, and (ii) at least one planar laser illumination module (PLIM) for producing a substantially planar laser illumination beam (PLIB) that extends substantially along the same plane as the FOV of the linear image detection array. This arrangement provides a coplanar illumination and imaging plane that projects through the light transmission aperture, for capturing a series of linear (1-D) digital images of an object intersecting therewith during object illumination and imaging operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: Metrologic Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Constantine Tskos, Michael Schnee, Xiaoxun Zhu, Thomas Amundsen, Charles Naylor, Russell Dobbs, Allan Wirth, Andrew Jankevics, Carl Knowles
  • Publication number: 20070175999
    Abstract: A hand-supportable linear-type planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based device comprising a linear image formation and detection (IFD) module having a linear array of image detection elements and also image formation optics having a field of view (FOV) focusing a linear image of an object onto the linear array of image detection elements. A pair of planar laser illumination arrays (PLIAs) is arranged on opposite sides of the linear image formation and detection module, and produces a plurality of spatially-incoherent planar laser illumination beam (PLIB) components that are optically combined with respect to other PLIB components so as to produce a composite planar laser illumination beam (PLIB) that is arranged in a coplanar relationship with at least a portion of the FOV. Each PLIA includes a plurality of planar laser illumination modules (PLIMs). Each PLIM includes a laser diode and beam focusing and diverging optics for producing one spatially-incoherent PLIB component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: Metrologic Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Constantine Tsikos, Michael Schnee, Xiaoxun Zhu, Thomas Amundsen, Charles Naylor, Russell Dobbs, Carl Knowles
  • Publication number: 20070029390
    Abstract: A hand-supportable linear-type planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based device comprising a linear image formation and detection (IFD) module having a linear array of image detection elements and also image formation optics having a field of view (FOV) focusing a linear image of an object onto the linear array of image detection elements. A pair of planar laser illumination arrays (PLIAs) is arranged on opposite sides of the linear image formation and detection module, and produces a plurality of spatially-incoherent planar laser illumination beam (PLIB) components that are optically combined with respect to other PLIB components so as to produce a composite planar laser illumination beam (PLIB) that is arranged in a coplanar relationship with at least a portion of the FOV. Each PLIA includes a plurality of planar laser illumination modules (PLIMs). Each PLIM includes a laser diode and beam focusing and diverging optics for producing one spatially-incoherent PLIB component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Applicant: Metrologic Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Constantine Tsikos, Michael Schnee, Xiaoxun Zhu, Thomas Amundsen, Charles Naylor, Russell Dobbs, Carl Knowles
  • Publication number: 20070012777
    Abstract: Methods of and systems for illuminating objects using planar laser illumination beams having substantially-planar spatial distribution characteristics that extend through the field of view (FOV) of image formation and detection modules employed in such systems. Each planar laser illumination beam is produced from a planar laser illumination beam array (PLIA) comprising an plurality of planar laser illumination modules (PLIMs). Each PLIM comprises a visible laser diode (VLD, a focusing lens, and a cylindrical optical element arranged therewith. The individual planar laser illumination beam components produced from each PLIM are optically combined to produce a composite substantially planar laser illumination beam having substantially uniform power density characteristics over the entire spatial extend thereof and thus the working range of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: Constantine Tsikos, C. Knowles, Xiaoxun Zhu, Michael Schnee, Ka Au, Allan Wirth, Timothy Good, Andrew Jankevics, Sankar Ghosh, Charles Naylor, Thomas Amundsen, Robert Blake, William Svedas, Shawn Defoney, Edward Skypala, Pirooz Vatan, Russell Dobbs, George Kolis, Mark Schmidt, Jeffery Yorsz, Patrick Giordano, Stephen Colavito, David Wilz, Barry Schwartz, Steven Kim, Dale Fisher, Jon Tassell
  • Publication number: 20050230477
    Abstract: Methods of and systems for illuminating objects using planar laser illumination beams having substantially-planar spatial distribution characteristics that extend through the field of view (FOV) of image formation and detection modules employed in such systems. Each planar laser illumination beam is produced from a planar laser illumination beam array (PLIA) comprising an plurality of planar laser illumination modules (PLIMs). Each PLIM comprises a visible laser diode (VLD, a focusing lens, and a cylindrical optical element arranged therewith. The individual planar laser illumination beam components produced from each PLIM are optically combined to produce a composite substantially planar laser illumination beam having substantially uniform power density characteristics over the entire spatial extend thereof and thus the working range of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Applicant: Metrologic Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Constantine Tsikos, Michael Schnee, Xiaoxun Zhu, Thomas Amundsen, Charles Naylor, Russell Dobbs, Carl Knowles
  • Publication number: 20050023353
    Abstract: Methods of and systems for illuminating objects using planar laser illumination beams having substantially-planar spatial distribution characteristics that extend through the field of view (FOV) of image formation and detection modules employed in such systems. Each planar laser illumination beam is produced from a planar laser illumination beam array (PLIA) comprising an plurality of planar laser illumination modules (PLIMs). Each PLIM comprises a visible laser diode (VLD, a focusing lens, and a cylindrical optical element arranged therewith. The individual planar laser illumination beam components produced from each PLIM are optically combined to produce a composite substantially planar laser illumination beam having substantially uniform power density characteristics over the entire spatial extend thereof and thus the working range of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Constantine Tsikos, Michael Schnee, Xiaoxun Zhu, Thomas Amundsen, Charles Naylor, Russell Dobbs, Allan Wirth, Andrew Jankevics, Carl Knowles
  • Publication number: 20050017074
    Abstract: Methods of and systems for illuminating objects using planar laser illumination beams having substantially-planar spatial distribution characteristics that extend through the field of view (FOV) of image formation and detection modules employed in such systems. Each planar laser illumination beam is produced from a planar laser illumination beam array (PLIA) comprising an plurality of planar laser illumination modules (PLIMs). Each PLIM comprises a visible laser diode (VLD, a focusing lens, and a cylindrical optical element arranged therewith. The individual planar laser illumination beam components produced from each PLIM are optically combined to produce a composite substantially planar laser illumination beam having substantially uniform power density characteristics over the entire spatial extend thereof and thus the working range of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2003
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Applicant: Metrologic Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Constantine Tsikos, Michael Schnee, Xiaoxun Zhu, Thomas Amundsen, Charles Naylor, Russell Dobbs, Allan Wirth, Andrew Jankevics, Carl Knowles