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Timothy Good
Also filed as: GOOD TIMOTHY · GOOD TIMOTHY A
168 granted patents·20 pending applications·9,432 citations·filing 1991–2024
99Inventor score
Files withMETROLOGIC INSTR INC140HAND HELD PROD INC24GOOD TIMOTHY4ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS3GOOD TIMOTHY A2
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188 records- 0199US9659198B2System and method of determining if a surface is printed or a mobile device screenHAND HELD PROD INC·Filed 2015·Granted May 23, 2017·144 cites·20 claims
- 0299US7540424B2Compact bar code symbol reading system employing a complex of coplanar illumination and imaging stations for omni-directional imaging of objects within a 3D imaging volumeMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 2, 2009·64 cites·17 claims
- 0399US7527205B2Automated package dimensioning systemMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2006·Granted May 5, 2009·186 cites·11 claims
- 0498US9465967B2Apparatus comprising light sensing assemblies with range assisted gain controlHAND HELD PROD INC·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 11, 2016·129 cites·20 claims
- 0598US9412242B2Multifunction point of sale systemHAND HELD PROD INC·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 9, 2016·400 cites·29 claims
- 0698US9261398B2Method of and system for detecting object weighing interferencesMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 16, 2016·105 cites·20 claims
- 0798US9057641B2Method of and system for detecting object weighing interferencesMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 16, 2015·454 cites·20 claims
- 0898US8976030B2Point of sale (POS) based checkout system supporting a customer-transparent two-factor authentication process during product checkout operationsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 10, 2015·535 cites·20 claims
- 0998US8668149B2Bar code reader terminal and methods for operating the same having misread detection apparatusGOOD TIMOTHY·Filed 2009·Granted Mar 11, 2014·600 cites·13 claims
- 1098US8523076B2Omnidirectional laser scanning bar code symbol reader generating a laser scanning pattern with a highly non-uniform scan density with respect to line orientationGOOD TIMOTHY·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 3, 2013·606 cites·20 claims
- 1198US8448863B2Bar code symbol reading system supporting visual or/and audible display of product scan speed for throughput optimization in point of sale (POS) environmentsXIAN TAO·Filed 2010·Granted May 28, 2013·622 cites·21 claims
- 1298US8408469B2Laser scanning assembly having an improved scan angle-multiplication factorGOOD TIMOTHY·Filed 2010·Granted Apr 2, 2013·624 cites·16 claims
- 1398US6971580B2Automated method of and system for dimensioning objects over a conveyor belt structure by applying contouring tracing, vertice detection, corner point detection, and corner point reduction methods to two-dimensional range data maps of the space above the conveyor belt captured by an amplitude modulated laser scanning beamMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 6, 2005·162 cites·17 claims
- 1498US6739511B2Method of speckle-noise pattern reduction and apparatus therefor based on reducing the temporal-coherence of the planar laser illumination beam before it illuminates the target object by applying temporal phase modulation techniques during the transmission of the plib towards the targetMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted May 25, 2004·115 cites·12 claims
- 1598US6736321B2Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) system employing wavefront control methods for reducing the power of speckle-pattern noise digital images acquired by said systemMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2001·Granted May 18, 2004·179 cites·14 claims
- 1697US9280693B2Indicia-reader housing with an integrated optical structureHAND HELD PROD INC·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 8, 2016·142 cites·20 claims
- 1797US8794525B2Method of and system for detecting produce weighing interferences in a POS-based checkout/scale systemAMUNDSEN THOMAS·Filed 2011·Granted Aug 5, 2014·534 cites·20 claims
- 1897US7520433B2Method for intelligently controlling the illumination and imagine of objects as they are moved through the 3D imaging volume of a digital image capturing and processing systemMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 21, 2009·42 cites·17 claims
- 1997US7487917B2Automatic digital-imaging based code symbol reading system supporting pass-through and presentation modes of system operation using automatic object direction detection, narrow-area and wide-area illumination control, and narrow-area and wide-area video image capture and processing techniquesMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 10, 2009·60 cites·24 claims
- 2097US7104453B1Unitary package identification and dimensioning system employing ladar-based scanning methodsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 12, 2006·125 cites·4 claims
- 2197US6863216B2Method of speckle-noise pattern reduction and apparatus therefor based on reducing the spatial-coherence of the planar laser illumination beam before it illuminates the target object by applying spatial phase modulation techniques during the transmission of the plib towards the targetFiled 2002·Granted Mar 8, 2005·70 cites·28 claims
- 2297US6758402B1Bioptical holographic laser scanning systemMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 6, 2004·131 cites·14 claims
- 2396US7845563B2Digital image capture and processing system employing an illumination subassembly mounted about a light transmission aperture, and a field of view folding mirror disposed beneath the light transmission apertureMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 7, 2010·31 cites·27 claims
- 2496US7775436B2Method of driving a plurality of visible and invisible LEDs so as to produce an illumination beam having a dynamically managed ratio of visible to invisible (IR) spectral energy/power during object illumination and imaging operationsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 17, 2010·41 cites·4 claims
- 2596US7581680B2Omni-directional digital image capturing and processing system employing coplanar illumination and imaging stations in horizontal and vertical housing sections of the systemMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 1, 2009·30 cites·26 claims
- 2696US7578442B2Method of and apparatus for identifying consumer products in a retail environment when bar code symbols on the products are not readable or have been removed from packagingMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 25, 2009·40 cites·12 claims
- 2796US7540422B2Digital image capturing and processing system employing imaging window protection plate having an aperture pattern and being disposed over said imaging window and beneath which resides a plurality of coplanar illumination and imaging stationsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Jun 2, 2009·22 cites·8 claims
- 2896US7516898B2Digital image capturing and processing system for producing and projecting a complex of coplanar illumination and imaging planes into a 3D imaging volume and controlling illumination control parameters in said system using the detected motion and velocity of objectMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 14, 2009·29 cites·16 claims
- 2996US6971577B2Method of and system for automatically producing digital images of a moving object, with pixels having a substantially uniform white level independent of the velocity of said moving objectMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 6, 2005·57 cites·14 claims
- 3096US6857570B2Method of speckle-noise pattern reduction and apparatus therefor based on reducing the temporal-coherence of the planar laser illumination beam before it illuminates the target object by applying temporal frequency modulation techniques during the transmission of the plib towards the targetMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 22, 2005·66 cites·9 claims
- 3195US11282323B2Devices, systems, and methods for optical validationHAND HELD PROD INC·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 22, 2022·8 cites·19 claims
- 3295US7571859B2Digital-imaging based code symbol reading system employing a plurality of coplanar illumination and imaging subsystems, global object motion detection subsystem for automatically detecting objects within its 3D imaging volume, and global control subsystem for managing the state of operation of said coplanar illumination and imaging substemsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 11, 2009·21 cites·12 claims
- 3395US7543749B2Digital image capturing and processing system having a plurality of coplanar illumination and imaging subsystems, each employing a dual-type coplanar linear illumination and imaging engine that supports image-processing based object motion and velocity detection, and automatic image formation and detection along the coplanar illumination and imaging plane produced therebyMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Jun 9, 2009·27 cites·13 claims
- 3495US7537165B2Omni-directional digital image capturing and processing system employing coplanar illumination and imaging planes and area-type illumination and imaging zones within the system housingMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted May 26, 2009·21 cites·25 claims
- 3595US7086597B2Bioptical laser scanning system providing 360 degree of omnidirectional bar code symbol scanning coverage at point of sale stationMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 8, 2006·77 cites·28 claims
- 3695US6830185B2Method of and system for automatically producing digital images of a moving object, with pixels having a substantially uniform white level independent of the velocity of said moving objectMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 14, 2004·56 cites·14 claims
- 3795US6732929B2Led-based planar light illumination beam generation module employing a focal lens for reducing the image size of the light emmiting surface of the led prior to beam collimation and planarizationMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted May 11, 2004·122 cites·9 claims
- 3895US6705526B1Automated method of and system for dimensioning objects transported through a work environment using contour tracing, vertice detection, corner point detection, and corner point reduction methods on two-dimensional range data maps captured by an amplitude modulated laser scanning beamMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2000·Granted Mar 16, 2004·125 cites·19 claims
- 3995US6554189B1Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through a laser scanning tunnelMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 29, 2003·102 cites·28 claims
- 4094US11854333B2Devices, systems, and methods for optical validationHAND HELD PROD INC·Filed 2021·Granted Dec 26, 2023·2 cites·20 claims
- 4194US7753269B2POS-based code driven retail transaction system configured to enable the reading of code symbols on cashier and customer sides thereof, during a retail transaction being carried out at a point-of-sale (POS) station, and driven by a retail transaction application programMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 13, 2010·35 cites·13 claims
- 4294US7637432B2Automatic point-of-sale based code symbol reading system employing automatic object motion detection and illumination control, and digital video image capturing and processing techniquesMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 29, 2009·20 cites·24 claims
- 4394US7594608B2Automatic omnidirectional bar code symbol reading system employing linear-type and area-type bar code symbol reading stations within the system housingMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 29, 2009·16 cites·21 claims
- 4494US7584892B2Digital-imaging based code symbol reading system employing a plurality of coplanar illumination and imaging subsystems, each having a local object motion detection subsystem for automatic detecting objects within the 3D imaging volume, and a local control subsystem for transmitting object detection state data to a global control subsystem for managing the state of operation of said coplanar illumination and imaging subsystemsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 8, 2009·16 cites·14 claims
- 4594US7568626B2Automatic POS-based digital image capturing and processing system employing a plurality of area-type illumination and imaging zones intersecting within the 3D imaging volume of the systemMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 4, 2009·20 cites·19 claims
- 4694US7559474B2Automatic omnidirectional bar code symbol reading system employing linear-type and area-type bar code symbol reading stations within the system housingMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 14, 2009·21 cites·21 claims
- 4794US7556199B2Digital image capturing and processing system employing a plurality of coplanar illuminating and imaging stations projecting a complex of coplanar illumination and imaging planes into a 3D imaging volume so as to support pass-through and presentation modes of digital imaging at a point of sale (POS) environmentMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 7, 2009·20 cites·23 claims
- 4894US7546952B2Method of illuminating objects during digital image capture operations by mixing visible and invisible spectral illumination energy at point of sale (POS) environmentsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Jun 16, 2009·30 cites·6 claims
- 4994US7527204B2Omni-directional digital image capturing and processing system comprising coplanar illumination and imaging stations automatically detecting object motion and velocity and adjusting exposure and/or illumination control parameters therewithinMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted May 5, 2009·17 cites·19 claims
- 5094US7100832B2Bioptical laser scanning system providing 360° of omnidirectional bar code symbol scanning coverage at point of sale stationMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 5, 2006·84 cites·22 claims
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