Patents by Inventor William M. Schmid

William M. Schmid 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).

  • System for and method of reading MICR using high and low gain signals
    Patent number: 6928183
    Abstract: Commercial establishments that add MICR indicia to commercial instruments usually do so via laser printers that produce a high gain signal. Moreover, commercially printed documents that include MICR indicia can also result in a high gain signal. MICR indicia generated by laser printers are difficult to decode, using conventional DC biasing methods, because the laser-generated MICR high gain signals become clipped. Therefore, in order to decode these distorted signals, the present system processes both low and high gain signals to decode the raw MICR data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Axiohm Transaction Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: John G. Mitchell, William M. Schmid, Terrence J. Campbell
  • Wireless bar code scanning system
    Patent number: 6024284
    Abstract: A wireless scanning system for a bar code scanner and a personal computer. The bar code scanner sends raw bar code data via a wireless connection to the personal computer. The personal computer decodes the raw bar code data, and sends the digitized version of the raw bar code data to a keyboard buffer, in order to simulate data from the keyboard at the personal computer based on the raw bar code data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: PSC Inc.
    Inventors: William M. Schmid, James R. Behrens
  • Wireless bar code scanning system
    Patent number: 5825009
    Abstract: A wireless scanning system for a bar code scanner and a personal computer. The bar code scanner sends raw bar code data via a wireless connection to the personal computer. The personal computer decodes the raw bar code data, and sends the digitized version of the raw bar code data to a keyboard buffer, in order to simulate data from the keyboard at the personal computer based on the raw bar code data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: PSC, Inc.
    Inventors: William M. Schmid, James R. Behrens