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Thomas Amundsen
Also filed as: AMUNDSEN THOMAS · AMUNDSEN THOMAS C
136 granted patents·6 pending applications·7,239 citations·filing 1995–2015
99Inventor score
Files withMETROLOGIC INSTR INC135KEARNEY SEAN PHILIP2METPOLOGIC INSTR INC2NAHILL JAMES2METROLOGIC INSTR1
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142 records- 0199US7128266B2Hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reader supporting narrow-area and wide-area modes of illumination and image captureMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 31, 2006·785 cites·8 claims
- 0298US9261398B2Method of and system for detecting object weighing interferencesMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 16, 2016·105 cites·20 claims
- 0398US9057641B2Method of and system for detecting object weighing interferencesMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 16, 2015·454 cites·20 claims
- 0498US8976030B2Point 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
- 0598US6913202B2Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) engineMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jul 5, 2005·105 cites·20 claims
- 0698US6209789B1Optical filtering system for a laser bar code scanner having narrow band-pass characteristics employing spatially separated filtering elements including a scanner windowMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 3, 2001·294 cites·13 claims
- 0797US8376233B2Bar code symbol reading system employing an extremely elongated laser scanning beam capable of reading poor and damaged quality bar code symbols with improved levels of performanceMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2011·Granted Feb 19, 2013·625 cites·16 claims
- 0897US7513430B2Digital image capturing and processing system employing an area-type image sensing array exposed to narrow-band illumination from a narrow-band illumination subsystem for a time duration controlled using a photodetector operated independently from said area-type image sensing arrayMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 7, 2009·36 cites·28 claims
- 0997US7086595B2Method of and apparatus for processing captured digital images of objects within a semi-automatic hand-supportable imaging-based bar code symbol reader so as to read 1d and/or 2d bar code symbols graphically represented thereinMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 8, 2006·80 cites·28 claims
- 1097US6742707B1Method of speckle-noise pattern reduction and apparatus therefor based on reducing the spatial-coherence of the planar laser illumination beam before the beam illuminates the target object by applying spatial phase shifting techniques during the transmission of the plib theretowardsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 1, 2004·84 cites·16 claims
- 1196US8985459B2Decodable indicia reading terminal with combined illuminationKEARNEY SEAN PHILIP·Filed 2011·Granted Mar 24, 2015·522 cites·20 claims
- 1296US7240844B2Hand-suportable imaging-based bar code symbol reader employing an automatic light exposure measurement and illumination control subsystem for measuring illumination exposure on CMOS image sensing array and controlling LED illumination array driver circuitryMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 10, 2007·70 cites·9 claims
- 1396US6971577B2Method 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
- 1496US6631842B1Method of and system for producing images of objects using planar laser illumination beams and image detection arraysMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2000·Granted Oct 14, 2003·58 cites·15 claims
- 1595US8590789B2Scanner with wake-up modeNAHILL JAMES·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 26, 2013·605 cites·9 claims
- 1695US7281661B2Hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading system employing a method of intelligently illuminating an object so as to generate a digital image thereof which is substantially free of noise caused by specular-type reflectionMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 16, 2007·55 cites·25 claims
- 1795US6830185B2Method 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
- 1895US6732929B2Led-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
- 1995US6629641B2Method of and system for producing images of objects using planar laser illumination beams and image detection arraysMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 7, 2003·60 cites·33 claims
- 2095US6554189B1Automated 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
- 2194US7490774B2Hand-supportable imaging based bar code symbol reader employing automatic light exposure measurement and illumination control subsystem integrated thereinMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 17, 2009·63 cites·10 claims
- 2294US7320431B2Digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading system employing a multi-mode illumination subsystem with far-field and near field led-based illumination arraysMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 22, 2008·42 cites·19 claims
- 2394US7237722B2Hand-supported imaging-based bar code symbol reader employing a multi-mode image-processing based bar code reading subsystem with modular image-processing architectureMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 3, 2007·42 cites·42 claims
- 2494US7185817B2Hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar codes symbol reader employing multi-mode subsystemsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 6, 2007·47 cites·9 claims
- 2594US6978936B2Method of and system for automatically producing digital images of moving objects, with pixels having a substantially uniform white level independent of the velocities of the moving objectsMETPOLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 27, 2005·59 cites·14 claims
- 2693US7527200B2Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) systems with integrated despeckling mechanisms provided thereinMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2006·Granted May 5, 2009·17 cites·10 claims
- 2793US7360706B2Hand-supportable imaging-based auto-discriminating 1D/2D bar code symbol reader employing a multi-mode image processing bar code symbol reading subsystem having a plurality of modes of operation which are dynamically reconfigurable in response to real-time image analysisMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 22, 2008·39 cites·18 claims
- 2893US7357325B2Hand-supportable imaging-based bar code symbol reader employing a CMOS-type image sensor using global exposure techniquesMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 15, 2008·39 cites·8 claims
- 2993US7255279B2Hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code reading system wherein, during each imaging cycle, a single frame of pixel data is automatically detected by a CMOS area-type image sensing array when substantially all rows of pixels therein are in a state of integration and have a common integration time, and then pixel data is transmitted from said CMOS area-type image sensing array into a FIFO buffer, and then mapped into memory for subsequent image processingMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 14, 2007·37 cites·16 claims
- 3093US6837437B2Planar laser illumination modules (PLIMS) employed in a planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) systemMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 4, 2005·33 cites·5 claims
- 3193US6457642B1Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through a laser scanning tunnelMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 1999·Granted Oct 1, 2002·124 cites·43 claims
- 3293US6360947B1Automated holographic-based tunnel-type laser scanning system for omni-directional scanning of bar code symbols on package surfaces facing any direction or orientation within a three-dimensional scanning volume disposed above a conveyor beltMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 1998·Granted Mar 26, 2002·171 cites·8 claims
- 3392US7523867B2Automatically-activated hand-supportable laser scanning bar code symbol reading system with omnidirectional and unidirectional scanning modes in addition to a data transmission activation switchMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 28, 2009·29 cites·14 claims
- 3492US7428998B2Automatic hand-supportable image-based bar code symbol reader having image-processing based bar code reading subsystem employing simple decode image processing operations applied in an outwardly-directed manner referenced from the center of a captured narrow-area digital image of an object bearing a 1D bar code symbolMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 30, 2008·34 cites·8 claims
- 3592US7178733B2Hand-supportable imaging-based bar code symbol reader employing automatic object presence and range detection to control the generation of near-field and far-field wide-area illumination during bar code symbol imaging operationsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 20, 2007·32 cites·4 claims
- 3692US7131586B2Method of and apparatus for reducing speckle-pattern noise in a planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based systemMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 7, 2006·36 cites·18 claims
- 3792US6786414B2Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) systemsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 7, 2004·29 cites·14 claims
- 3891US7267282B2Hand-supportable imaging-based bar code symbol reader capable of exposing an automatically detected object to a field of narrow-band LED-based illumination only when substantially all rows of pixels in a CMOS image sensing array are in a state of integrationMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 11, 2007·29 cites·5 claims
- 3991US7225989B2Method of performing auto-discrimination of 1D/2D bar code symbologies in a semi-automatic hand-supportable imaging-based bar code symbol reader having narrow-area and wide-area image capture modes of operationMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 5, 2007·29 cites·6 claims
- 4091US7188770B2Hand-supportable semi-automatic imaging-based bar code reading system wherein an led-based illumination subsystem automatically illuminates a detected target object in a narrow-area field of illumination, and illuminates the detected target object in a wide-area field of illumination upon manual activation of a trigger switchMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 13, 2007·31 cites·25 claims
- 4191US6988661B2Automated object identification and attribute acquisition system having a multi-compartment housing with optically-isolated light transmission apertures for operation of a planar laser illumination and imaging (pliim) based linear imaging subsystem and a laser-baseMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 24, 2006·24 cites·18 claims
- 4291US6705528B2Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through a laser scanning tunnelMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 16, 2004·63 cites·11 claims
- 4391US6540140B1Web-enabled system and method for designing and manufacturing bar code scannersMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 1, 2003·49 cites·18 claims
- 4491US6182897B1Web-enabled system and method for designing and manufacturing laser scannersMETROLOGIC INSTR·Filed 1998·Granted Feb 6, 2001·101 cites·32 claims
- 4590US7600689B2Tunnel-based object identification and dimensioning systemMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 13, 2009·15 cites·3 claims
- 4689US7604175B2Method of reading bar code symbols using a digital-imaging based code symbol reading system employing an event-driven multi-tier modular software architecture and supporting automatic operating system login and loading of bar code symbol reading applicationMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 20, 2009·8 cites·12 claims
- 4789US7278575B2Hand-supportable image-based bar code symbol reader employing helically-sweeping feature-extraction analysis on a captured digital image of an object referenced from the center thereofMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 9, 2007·24 cites·6 claims
- 4889US7213762B2Hand-supportable imaging-based bar code symbol reader employing a CMOS-type image sensing array in combination with a band-pass optical filter subsystem, narrow-band illumination subsystem, and automatic light exposure measurement and illumination control subsystemMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted May 8, 2007·23 cites·5 claims
- 4986US7216810B2Hand-supportable multi-mode digital imaging-based bar code symbol reader employing an automatic illumination and exposure control subsystem that automatically controls the operation of a multi-mode led-based illumination subsystem so that detected objects are sufficiently illuminated and good quality digital images thereof are formed and detectedMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2004·Granted May 15, 2007·17 cites·5 claims
- 5086US7070107B2Led-based planar light illumination and imaging (PLIIM) systemsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jul 4, 2006·21 cites·9 claims
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