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John A. Furlong
Also filed as: FURLONG JOHN · FURLONG JOHN A
40 granted patents·1 pending application·1,784 citations·filing 1996–2019
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41 records- 0198US9412242B2Multifunction point of sale systemHAND HELD PROD INC·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 9, 2016·400 cites·29 claims
- 0297US7520433B2Method 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
- 0396US8740085B2System having imaging assembly for use in output of image dataFURLONG JOHN A·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 3, 2014·565 cites·29 claims
- 0496US7775436B2Method 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
- 0596US7516898B2Digital 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
- 0695US7543749B2Digital 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
- 0795US6347743B2Method and apparatus for programming functional system parameters in optical bar code scannersMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 19, 2002·100 cites·11 claims
- 0894US7546952B2Method 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
- 0993US7588188B2Pos-based digital image capturing and processing system using automatic object detection, spectral-mixing based illumination and linear imaging techniquesMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 15, 2009·23 cites·7 claims
- 1092US9767337B2Indicia reader safetyHAND HELD PROD INC·Filed 2016·Granted Sep 19, 2017·7 cites·20 claims
- 1192US7806335B2Digital image capturing and processing system for automatically recognizing objects in a POS environmentMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 5, 2010·22 cites·8 claims
- 1292US5777315AMethod and apparatus for programming system function parameters in programmable code symbol readersMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 1996·Granted Jul 7, 1998·129 cites·5 claims
- 1391US8042740B2Method of reading bar code symbols on objects at a point-of-sale station by passing said objects through a complex of stationary coplanar illumination and imaging planes projected into a 3D imaging volumeMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 25, 2011·19 cites·9 claims
- 1491US7575170B2POS-based digital image capturing and processing system using automatic object detection, spectral-mixing based illumination and linear imaging techniquesMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 18, 2009·21 cites·7 claims
- 1591US6565005B1Method and apparatus for programming functional system parameters in optical bar code scannersMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2001·Granted May 20, 2003·55 cites·13 claims
- 1690US7651028B2Intelligent system for automatically recognizing objects at a point of sale (POS) station by omni-directional imaging of the objects using a complex of coplanar illumination and imaging subsystemsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 26, 2010·10 cites·20 claims
- 1790US7571858B2POS-based digital image capturing and processing system using automatic object detection, spectral-mixing based illumination and linear imaging techniquesMETROLOGIC INSTRUEMTNS INC·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 11, 2009·23 cites·10 claims
- 1889US7614560B2Method of illuminating objects at a point of sale (POS) station by adaptively controlling the spectral composition of the wide-area illumination beam produced from an illumination subsystem within an automatic digital image capture and processing systemMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 10, 2009·16 cites·9 claims
- 1988US6321989B1Method and apparatus for programming system function parameters in programmable code symbol readersMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 1998·Granted Nov 27, 2001·84 cites·6 claims
- 2085US7731091B2Digital image capturing and processing system employing automatic object detection and spectral-mixing based illumination techniquesMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Jun 8, 2010·10 cites·8 claims
- 2184US9685049B2Method and system for improving barcode scanner performanceHAND HELD PROD INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 20, 2017·4 cites·19 claims
- 2284US9672507B2Multifunction point of sale systemHAND HELD PROD INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jun 6, 2017·2 cites·20 claims
- 2383US7878407B2POS-based digital image capturing and processing system employing automatic object motion detection and spectral-mixing based illumination techniquesMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 1, 2011·9 cites·10 claims
- 2483US6540144B1Techniques for interfacing a bar code scanner to a PC using a keyboard retransmit protocolMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 1, 2003·39 cites·36 claims
- 2581US7784698B2Digital image capturing and processing system for automatically recognizing graphical intelligence graphically represented in digital images of objectsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 31, 2010·7 cites·6 claims
- 2681US7661597B2Coplanar laser illumination and imaging subsystem employing spectral-mixing and despeckling of laser illuminationMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 16, 2010·7 cites·13 claims
- 2780US10185945B2Multifunction point of sale systemHAND HELD PROD INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jan 22, 2019·1 cites·20 claims
- 2880US8172141B2Laser beam despeckling devicesKNOWLES C HARRY·Filed 2007·Granted May 8, 2012·7 cites·9 claims
- 2977US7762465B2Device for optically multiplexing a laser beamMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 27, 2010·5 cites·4 claims
- 3076US7815113B2Method of and system for returning a consumer product in a retail environment so as to prevent or reduce employee theft, as well as provide greater accountability for returned merchandise in retail store environmentsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 19, 2010·2 cites·32 claims
- 3172US6290131B1Optical scanner adapted for direct interfacing to a data communications networkMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 1999·Granted Sep 18, 2001·34 cites·5 claims
- 3270US10366380B2Multifunction point of sale systemHAND HELD PROD INC·Filed 2019·Granted Jul 30, 2019·0 cites·19 claims
- 3367US8479994B2Individualized scannerNAHILL JAMES·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 9, 2013·2 cites·17 claims
- 3467US7793841B2Laser illumination beam generation system employing despeckling of the laser beam using high-frequency modulation of the laser diode current and optical multiplexing of the component laser beamsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 14, 2010·2 cites·14 claims
- 3567US7784695B2Planar laser illumination module (PLIM) employing high-frequency modulation (HFM) of the laser drive currents and optical multplexing of the output laser beamsMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 31, 2010·2 cites·8 claims
- 3667US7665665B2Digital illumination and imaging subsystem employing despeckling mechanism employing high-frequency modulation of laser diode drive current and optical beam multiplexing techniquesMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 23, 2010·2 cites·5 claims
- 3762US7806336B2Laser beam generation system employing a laser diode and high-frequency modulation circuitry mounted on a flexible circuitMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 5, 2010·1 cites·10 claims
- 3861US7770796B2Device for producing a laser beam of reduced coherency using high-frequency modulation of the laser diode current and optical multiplexing of the output laser beamMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 10, 2010·1 cites·4 claims
- 3960US10049249B2Indicia reader safetyHAND HELD PROD INC·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 14, 2018·0 cites·21 claims
- 4056US6550680B1Optical scanner adapted for interfacing to a data communications networkMETROLOGIC INSTR INC·Filed 2001·Granted Apr 22, 2003·4 cites·25 claims
- 4139US2013206838A1System having imaging assembly for use in output of image dataNAHILL JAMES·Filed 2012·Application pending·0 cites
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