Patents by Inventor Willam C Sackett

Willam C Sackett 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).

  • Optimizing focus plane position of imaging scanner
    Patent number: 9064166
    Abstract: A method includes the following: (1) projecting a light pattern towards a target object; (2) detecting light returned from the target object through an imaging lens arrangement with an imaging sensor to capture a first image with changes in the position of the focus plane of the imaging lens arrangement; (3) processing the first image to determine an optimized position of the focus plane of the imaging lens arrangement; (4) detecting light returned from the target object with the imaging sensor to capture a second image when the position of the focus plane of the imaging lens arrangement is maintained at the optimized position; and (5) decoding a barcode in the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Willam C Sackett, Christopher W Brock, David P Goren