Robert David Blake

US Patent:

6607133, Aug 19, 2003

Filed:

May 23, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/863863

Inventors:

George Rockstein - Audubon NJ
Robert E. Blake - Woodbury Heights NJ
Mark Schmidt - Williamstown NJ
Garrett Russell - Wilmington DE
C. Harry Knowles - Moorestown NJ

Assignee:

Metrologic Instruments, Inc. - Blackwood NJ

International Classification:

G06K 710

US Classification:

23546245, 23546248, 23546225

Abstract:

Disclosed is an automatically-activated code symbol reading system comprising a code symbol reading mechanism contained within a hand-supportable housing having a manually-actuatable data transmission switch. The symbol reading mechanism automatically generates a visible laser scanning pattern for repeatedly reading one or more code symbols on an object during each symbol reading cycle, and automatically generating a new symbol character data string in response to each read symbol. The user visually aligns the laser scanning pattern with a code symbol on an object. Each time the scanned symbol is successfully read in a cyclical manner, a new symbol character string is produced, and an indicator light is actively driven. During the symbol reading cycle, the user actuates the data transmission switch producing a data transmission control activation signal and enabling a subsequently produced symbol character data string to be automatically selected and transmitted to the host system.

US Patent:

6637659, Oct 28, 2003

Filed:

Aug 8, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/924954

Inventors:

George Rockstein - Audubon NJ
Robert E. Blake - Woodbury Heights NJ
Mark Schmidt - Williamstown NJ
Garrett Russell - Wilmington DE
C. Harry Knowles - Moorestown NJ

Assignee:

Metrologic Instruments, Inc. - Blackwood NJ

International Classification:

G06K 710

US Classification:

23546245, 23546248

Abstract:

Disclosed is an automatically-activated omni-directional laser scanning bar code symbol reading system comprising a bar code symbol reading mechanism contained within a hand-supportable housing having a light transmission aperture and manually-actuatable data transmission switch. During symbol reading operations, the bar code symbol reading mechanism automatically projects a visible omni-directional laser scanning pattern through the light transmission aperture for repeatedly reading one or more bar code symbols on an object during a bar code symbol reading cycle, and automatically generating a new symbol character data string in response to each bar code symbol read thereby. During system operation, the user presents a bar code symbol on an object (e. g. product, bar code menu, etc. ) within the omni-directional laser scanning pattern so that the bar code symbol is automatically scanned, detected and decoded in a cyclical manner.

US Patent:

6705526, Mar 16, 2004

Filed:

Sep 21, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/667190

Inventors:

Xiaoxun Zhu - Philadelphia PA
Ka Man Au - Philadelphia PA
Gennady Germaine - Cherry Hill NJ
Timothy A. Good - Blackwood NJ
Michael Schnee - Aston PA
Ian Scott - Haddonfield NJ
John Groot - San Jose CA
George B. Rockstein - Audobon NJ
Robert E. Blake - Woodbury Heights NJ
LeRoy Dickson - Morgan Hill CA
Carl Harry Knowles - Moorestown NJ

Assignee:

Metrologic Instruments, Inc. - Blackwood NJ

International Classification:

G06K 710

US Classification:

23547201, 23546225, 23546201

Abstract:

A fully automated package identification and measuring system, in which an omni-directional holographic scanning tunnel is used to read bar codes on packages entering the tunnel, while a package dimensioning subsystem is used to capture information about the package prior to entry into the tunnel. Mathematical models are created on a real-time basis for the geometry of the package and the position of the laser scanning beam used to read the bar code symbol thereon. The mathematical models are analyzed to determine if collected and queued package identification data is spatially and/or temporally correlated with package measurement data using vector-based ray-tracing methods, homogeneous transformations, and object-oriented decision logic so as to enable simultaneous tracking of multiple packages being transported through the scanning tunnel.

US Patent:

6705528, Mar 16, 2004

Filed:

Feb 19, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/079138

Inventors:

Timothy A. Good - Balckwood NJ
Xiaoxun Zhu - Marlton NJ
George B. Rockstein - Audubon NJ
Stephen J. Colavito - Brookhaven PA
Robert E. Blake - Woodbury Heights NJ
Ka Man Au - Philadelphia PA
Sankar Ghosh - Glenolden PA
George Kolis - Pennsauken NJ
Ian A. Scott - Haddonfield NJ
Andrew D. Dehennis - Cheltenham PA
Thomas Amundsen - Turnersville NJ
LeRoy Dickson - Leeds UT
Carl Harry Knowles - Moorestown NJ

Assignee:

Metrologic Instruments, Inc. - Blackwood NJ

International Classification:

G06K 710

US Classification:

23547201, 23546201

Abstract:

A fully automated package identification and measuring system, in which an omni-directional holographic scanning tunnel is used to read bar codes on packages entering the tunnel, while a package dimensioning subsystem is used to capture information about the package prior to entry into the tunnel. Mathematical models are created on a real-time basis for the geometry of the package and the position of the laser scanning beam used to read the bar code symbol thereon. The mathematical models are analyzed to determine if collected and queued package identification data is spatially and/or temporally correlated with package measurement data using vector-based ray-tracing methods, homogeneous transformations, and object-oriented decision logic so as to enable simultaneous tracking of multiple packages being transported through the scanning tunnel.

US Patent:

6772949, Aug 10, 2004

Filed:

Apr 4, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/116682

Inventors:

George Rockstein - Audubon NJ
Robert E. Blake - Woodbury Heights NJ
Mark Schmidt - Williamstown NJ
Garrett Russell - Wilmington DE
C. Harry Knowles - Moorestown NJ

Assignee:

Metrologic Instruments, Inc. - Blackwood NJ

International Classification:

G06K 710

US Classification:

23546245, 23546248, 23546225

Abstract:

A portable hand-supportable data terminal for allowing an operator to enter, collect, and display data. The data terminal comprises a hand-supportable housing having a light transmission aperture and an automatically-activated laser scanning bar code symbol reading subsystem integrated therewithin. The bar code symbol reading subsystem includes a bar code symbol reading mechanism. Each instant a bar code symbol is read within a predetermined time period, a symbol character data string representative of the read bar code symbol is automatically produced. A manually-activatable data transmission switch generates a data transmission control activation signal in response to the activation of the switch. A system controller controls a data transmission circuit so that the symbol character data string, produced at substantially the same time when the data transmission control activation signal is generated, is transmitted to a data storage device aboard the data terminal or to a host system in communication therewith.

US Patent:

6783075, Aug 31, 2004

Filed:

Apr 1, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/114422

Inventors:

George Rockstein - Audubon NJ
Robert E. Blake - Woodbury Heights NJ
Mark Schmidt - Williamstown NJ
Garrett Russell - Wilmington DE
C. Harry Knowles - Moorestown NJ

Assignee:

Metrologic Instruments, Inc. - Blackwood NJ

International Classification:

G06K 710

US Classification:

23546245, 23546248, 23546225

Abstract:

A portable hand-supportable data terminal for allowing an operator to enter, collect, and display data. The data terminal comprises a hand-supportable housing having a light transmission aperture and an automatically-activated bar code symbol reading subsystem integrated therewithin. The bar code symbol reading subsystem includes a bar code symbol reading mechanism. Each instant a bar code symbol is read within a predetermined time period, a symbol character data string representative of the read bar code symbol is automatically produced. A manually-activatable data transmission switch generates a data transmission control activation signal in response to the activation of the switch. A system controller controls a data transmission circuit so that the symbol character data string, produced at substantially the same time when the data transmission control activation signal is generated, is transmitted to a data storage device aboard the data terminal or to a host system in communication therewith.

US Patent:

6971580, Dec 6, 2005

Filed:

Jan 2, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/038727

Inventors:

Xiaoxun Zhu - Marlton NJ, US
Ka Man Au - Philadelphia PA, US
Gennady Germaine - Cherry Hill NJ, US
Timothy A. Good - Blackwood NJ, US
Michael Schnee - Aston PA, US
Ian Scott - Haddonfield NJ, US
John Groot - San Jose CA, US
George B. Rockstein - Audobon NJ, US
Robert E. Blake - Woodbury Heights NJ, US
LeRoy Dickson - Morgan Hill CA, US
Carl Harry Knowles - Moorestown NJ, US

Assignee:

Metrologic Instruments, Inc. - Blackwood NJ

International Classification:

G06K007/10

US Classification:

23547201, 23546225, 23546201

Abstract:

A fully automated package identification and measuring system, in which an omni-directional holographic scanning tunnel is used to read bar codes on packages entering the tunnel, while a package dimensioning subsystem is used to capture information about the package prior to entry into the tunnel. Mathematical models are created on a real-time basis for the geometry of the package and the position of the laser scanning beam used to read the bar code symbol thereon. The mathematical models are analyzed to determine if collected and queued package identification data is spatially and/or temporally correlated with package measurement data using vector-based ray-tracing methods, homogeneous transformations, and object-oriented decision logic so as to enable simultaneous tracking of multiple packages being transported through the scanning tunnel.

US Patent:

6978935, Dec 27, 2005

Filed:

Apr 23, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/131573

Inventors:

Constantine J. Tsikos - Voorhees NJ, US
C. Harry Knowles - Moorestown NJ, US
Xiaoxun Zhu - Marlton NJ, US
Michael D. Schnee - Aston PA, US
Ka Man Au - Philadelphia PA, US
Allan Wirth - Bedford MA, US
Timothy A. Good - Clementon NJ, US
Andrew Jankevics - Westford MA, US
Sankar Ghosh - Glenolden PA, US
Charles A. Naylor - Sewell NJ, US
Thomas Amundsen - Turnersville NJ, US
Robert Blake - Woodbury Heights NJ, US
William Svedas - Deptford NJ, US
Shawn Defoney - Runnemede NJ, US
Edward Skypala - Blackwood NJ, US
Pirooz Vatan - Wilmington MA, US
Russell Joseph Dobbs - Cherry Hill NJ, US
George Kolis - Pennsauken NJ, US
Mark S. Schmidt - Williamstown NJ, US
Jeffery Yorsz - Winchester MA, US
Patrick A. Giordano - Blackwood NJ, US
Stephen J. Colavito - Brookhaven PA, US
Barry E. Schwartz - Haddonfield NJ, US
Steven Y. Kim - Cambridge MA, US
Dale Fisher - Voorhees NJ, US
Jon Van Tassell - Winchester MA, US

Assignee:

Metrologic Instruments, Inc. - Blackwood NJ

International Classification:

G06K007/10

US Classification:

23546201, 23546225, 23547201

Abstract:

A planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based system comprising a linear image formation and detection module having (i) an image sensing chip having a plurality of conductive pins establishing electrical interconnections with conductive elements within a chip mounting socket mounted on an electronic camera board, and (ii) image forming optics with a field of view. The system also includes a heat-exchanging structure, rigidly connected to the image formation optics, and having (i) a body portion provided with heat exchanging elements, (ii) a plurality of apertures through which the plurality of conductive pins on the image sensing chip pass to establish electrical interconnections with the conductive elements within the chip mounting socket, and (III) a plurality of mechanical elements for releasably engaging the package of the image sensing chip so as to rigidly maintain the image sensing chip in alignment with the image forming optics.