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Carl Harry Knowles
Also filed as: KNOWLES CARL H · KNOWLES CARL HARRY
169 granted patents·7 pending applications·13,204 citations·filing 1974–2007
99Inventor score
Files withMETROLOGIC INSTR INC167METROLOGIC INSTR2KNOWLES CARL H1METROLOGIC INSTRUMETNS INC1METROLOGIC INSTUMENTS INC1
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176 records- 0199US7527205B2Automated package dimensioning systemMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2006·Granted May 5, 2009·186 cites·11 claims
- 0299US6045048ASystem and method for composing menus of URL-encoded bar code symbols while surfing the internet using an internet browser programMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 4, 2000·362 cites·16 claims
- 0399US5992752AInternet-based system for enabling information-related transactions over the internet using Java-enabled internet terminals provided with bar code symbol readers for reading Java-Applet encoded bar code symbolsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 1997·Granted Nov 30, 1999·581 cites·9 claims
- 0499US5905248ASystem and method for carrying out information-related transactions using web documents embodying transaction enabling applets automatically launched and executed in response to reading URL-encoded symbols pointing theretoMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 1997·Granted May 18, 1999·1k cites·22 claims
- 0598US7337968B2System for storing, accessing and displaying HTML-encoded documents relating to an object being worked upon in a work environment by a human operatorMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 4, 2008·162 cites·8 claims
- 0698US6971580B2Automated 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
- 0798US6209789B1Optical 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
- 0898US6076733AWeb-based system and method for enabling a viewer to access and display HTML-encoded documents located on the world wide web (WWW) by reading URL-encoded bar code symbols printed on a web-based information resource guideMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 1997·Granted Jun 20, 2000·257 cites·20 claims
- 0998US5905251AHand-held portable WWW access terminal with visual display panel and GUI-based WWW browser program integrated with bar code symbol reader in a hand-supportable housingMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 1997·Granted May 18, 1999·614 cites·30 claims
- 1098US5340973AAutomatic laser scanning system and method of reading bar code symbols using sameMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 1992·Granted Aug 23, 1994·258 cites·83 claims
- 1198US5019714AScanning system with array of laser scanner modules to produce complex scan patternMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 1989·Granted May 28, 1991·212 cites·14 claims
- 1297US7104453B1Unitary package identification and dimensioning system employing ladar-based scanning methodsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 12, 2006·125 cites·4 claims
- 1397US6827273B2Mobile bar code driven information access terminal for remotely accessing package delivery instructions from an internet information serverMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 7, 2004·125 cites·10 claims
- 1497US6742707B1Method 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
- 1597US6575369B1Automatic optical projection scanner with improved activation controlling mechanismMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 10, 2003·160 cites·33 claims
- 1697US6499664B2Automatic optical scanner with improved activation controlling mechanismMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 31, 2002·145 cites·33 claims
- 1797US5468951AAutomatic hand-supportable code symbol scanning device with improved laser beam pointing efficiencyMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 1994·Granted Nov 21, 1995·234 cites·19 claims
- 1896US6631842B1Method 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
- 1996US5883375ABar code symbol scanner having fixed and hand-held modesMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 1997·Granted Mar 16, 1999·255 cites·16 claims
- 2096US4983818AData acquisition system with laser scanner moduleMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 1989·Granted Jan 8, 1991·171 cites·18 claims
- 2195US6705526B1Automated 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
- 2295US6629641B2Method 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
- 2395US6554189B1Automated 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
- 2495US6347743B2Method and apparatus for programming functional system parameters in optical bar code scannersMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 19, 2002·100 cites·11 claims
- 2595US6027024AHand-held portable WWW access terminal with visual display panel and GUI-based WWW browser program integrated with bar code symbol readerMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 22, 2000·269 cites·30 claims
- 2695US5686717ABar code symbol reading system with multi-port digital signal decoderMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 1996·Granted Nov 11, 1997·186 cites·41 claims
- 2795US5260553AAutomatic hand-supportable laser bar code symbol scanner and method of reading bar code symbols using the sameMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 1990·Granted Nov 9, 1993·151 cites·12 claims
- 2895US4575625AIntegral hand-held laser scannerKNOWLES CARL H·Filed 1983·Granted Mar 11, 1986·209 cites·22 claims
- 2994US7077327B1System for reading bar code symbols using bar code readers having RF signal transmission links with base stationsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 18, 2006·159 cites·8 claims
- 3094US6321991B1Web-based television system and method for enabling a viewer to access and display HTML-encoded documents located on the World Wide Web (WWW) by reading bar code symbols printed in a WWW-site guide using a wireless bar-code driven remote control deviceMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 1999·Granted Nov 27, 2001·240 cites·20 claims
- 3194USD315901SPortable laser scannerMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 1989·Granted Apr 2, 1991·38 cites·1 claims
- 3294US4930848APortable laser scanner with integral scanner engineMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 1989·Granted Jun 5, 1990·146 cites·20 claims
- 3393US6837437B2Planar 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
- 3493US6457642B1Automated 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
- 3593US6394354B1Internet-based system and method for routing, tracking and delivering packages using URL-encoded bar code symbolsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 1999·Granted May 28, 2002·123 cites·13 claims
- 3693US5869819AInternet-based system and method for tracking objects bearing URL-encoded bar code symbolsMETROLOGIC INSTUMENTS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 9, 1999·888 cites·10 claims
- 3793US5557093ACompact projection laser scanner for producing a narrowly confined scanning volume for omni-directional scanning of code symbols therein, while preventing unintentional scanning of code symbols on nearby objectsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 1994·Granted Sep 17, 1996·136 cites·12 claims
- 3892US7131586B2Method 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
- 3992US6786414B2Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) systemsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 7, 2004·29 cites·14 claims
- 4092US6464139B1Wireless hand-supportable internet-enabled access terminal for enabling information-related transactions over the internetMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2000·Granted Oct 15, 2002·66 cites·6 claims
- 4192US5777315AMethod and apparatus for programming system function parameters in programmable code symbol readersMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 1996·Granted Jul 7, 1998·129 cites·5 claims
- 4292US4962980ALaser scanner engine with folded beam pathMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 1989·Granted Oct 16, 1990·109 cites·52 claims
- 4391US6705528B2Automated 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
- 4491US6565005B1Method and apparatus for programming functional system parameters in optical bar code scannersMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2001·Granted May 20, 2003·55 cites·13 claims
- 4591US6540140B1Web-enabled system and method for designing and manufacturing bar code scannersMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 1, 2003·49 cites·18 claims
- 4691US6182897B1Web-enabled system and method for designing and manufacturing laser scannersMETROLOGIC INSTR·Filed 1998·Granted Feb 6, 2001·101 cites·32 claims
- 4790US6510997B1Hand-supportable bar code symbol reading device having an integrated world wide web (www) browser command generator for automatically generating www browser program commands to initiate the execution of hyper-text transmission protocol (http) requestsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 1999·Granted Jan 28, 2003·88 cites·12 claims
- 4889US6860427B1Automatic optical projection scanner for omni-directional reading of bar code symbols within a confined scanning volumeMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 1, 2005·60 cites·47 claims
- 4988US7668406B2Digital image acquisition system capable of compensating for changes in relative object velocityMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 23, 2010·25 cites·7 claims
- 5088US7164810B2Planar light illumination and linear imaging (PLILIM) device with image-based velocity detection and aspect ratio compensationMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 16, 2007·65 cites·20 claims
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