Good; Timothy A.

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Good; Timothy A. - Clementon NJ
Good; Timothy A. - Blackwood NJ
Good; Timothy A. - Balckwood NJ
Good; Timothy A. - Royersford PA

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Patent Activity

Patent	Date
Laser scanner output window Grant 8,118,228 - Good February 21, 2	2012-02-21
Automated tunnel-type scanning system enabling automated tracking and identification of packages transported therethrough Grant 7,905,410 - Good , et al. March 15, 2	2011-03-15
Laser scanner Grant 7,866,558 - Good January 11, 2	2011-01-11
Hand-supported planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based systems with laser despeckling mechanisms integrated therein Grant 7,832,643 - Tsikos , et al. November 16, 2	2010-11-16
Laser Scanner Output Window App 20100258632 - Good; Timothy A.	2010-10-14
Laser Scanner App 20100252634 - Good; Timothy A.	2010-10-07
POS-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 program Grant 7,753,269 - Russell , et al. July 13, 2	2010-07-13
Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based engine Grant 7,673,803 - Tsikos , et al. March 9, 2	2010-03-09
Tunnel-based object identification and dimensioning system Grant 7,600,689 - Tsikos , et al. October 13, 2	2009-10-13
Tunnel-type digital imaging system for use within retail shopping environments such as supermarkets Grant 7,584,893 - Tsikos , et al. September 8, 2	2009-09-08
Tunnel-type digital imaging system for use within retail shopping environments such as supermarkets Grant 7,581,681 - Tsikos , et al. September 1, 2	2009-09-01
Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) systems with integrated despeckling mechanisms provided therein Grant 7,527,200 - Tsikos , et al. May 5, 2	2009-05-05
Automated package dimensioning system Grant 7,527,205 - Zhu , et al. May 5, 2	2009-05-05
Planar laser illumination and imaging device employing laser current modulation to generate spectral components and reduce temporal coherence of laser beam, so as to achieve a reduction in speckle-pattern noise during time-averaged detection of images of objects illuminated thereby during imaging op Grant 7,513,428 - Giordano , et al. April 7, 2	2009-04-07
Autofocus liquid lens scanner App 20090072037 - Good; Timothy A. ; et al.	2009-03-19
DOE-based systems and devices for producing laser beams having modified beam characteristics Grant 7,443,587 - Dickson , et al. October 28, 2	2008-10-28
Barcode Scanner/reader Having Constantly Varying Focal Distance App 20080245872 - Good; Timothy A.	2008-10-09
Methods of and systems for producing digital images of objects with subtantially reduces speckle-noise power by illuminating said objects with wavefront-controlled planar laser illumination beams App 20080156882 - Tsikos; Constantine J. ; et al.	2008-07-03
Hand-supportable planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based systems with laser despeckling mechanisms integrated therein App 20080135621 - Tsikos; Constantine J. ; et al.	2008-06-12
Tunnel-type digital imaging system for use within retail shopping environments such as supermarkets App 20080128508 - Tsikos; Constantine J. ; et al.	2008-06-05
Hand-supportable planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based systems with laser despeckling mechanisms integrated therein App 20080128506 - Tsikos; Constantine J. ; et al.	2008-06-05
Tunnel-type digital imaging system for use within retail shopping environments such as supermarkets App 20080128507 - Tsikos; Constantine J. ; et al.	2008-06-05
Automated tunnel-type scanning system enabling automated tracking and identification of packages transported therethrough App 20080121689 - Good; Timothy A. ; et al.	2008-05-29
Automated 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 modula Grant 7,344,082 - Zhu , et al. March 18, 2	2008-03-18
Point of sale (POS) based bar code reading and cash register systems with integrated internet-enabled customer-kiosk terminals App 20070290043 - Russell; Garrett ; et al.	2007-12-20
Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through a laser scanning tunnel Grant 7,275,693 - Good , et al. October 2, 2	2007-10-02
Automated package dimensioning subsystem App 20070181685 - Zhu; Xiaoxun ; et al.	2007-08-09
DOE-based systems and devices for producing laser beams having modified beam characteristics App 20070177270 - Dickson; LeRoy ; et al.	2007-08-02
Planar light illumination and imaging device with modulated coherent illumination that reduces speckle noise induced by coherent illumination App 20070138284 - Giordano; Patrick ; et al.	2007-06-21
Modular omnidirectional bar code symbol scanning system with at least one service port for removable installation of scan module insert Grant 7,195,167 - Lucera , et al. March 27, 2	2007-03-27
Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) systems with integrated despeckling mechanisms provided therein App 20070012777 - Tsikos; Constantine J. ; et al.	2007-01-18
Planar light illumination and imaging device with modulated coherent illumination that reduces speckle noise induced by coherent illumination Grant 7,140,543 - Giordano , et al. November 28, 2	2006-11-28
DOE-based systems and devices for producing laser beams having modified beam characteristics Grant 7,123,413 - Dickson , et al. October 17, 2	2006-10-17
Unitary package identification and dimensioning system employing ladar-based scanning methods Grant 7,104,453 - Zhu , et al. September 12, 2	2006-09-12
Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through an omnidirectional laser scanning tunnel Grant 7,104,454 - Good , et al. September 12, 2	2006-09-12
Planar light illumination and imaging (PLIIM) system employing LED-based planar light illumination arrays (PLIAS) and an area-type image detection array Grant 7,104,455 - Tsikos , et al. September 12, 2	2006-09-12
Planar light illumination and imaging (PLIIM) systems employing LED-based planar light illumination arrays (PLIAS) and linear electronic image detection arrays Grant 7,086,594 - Tsikos , et al. August 8, 2	2006-08-08
Automated 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 modula App 20060151604 - Zhu; Xiaoxun ; et al.	2006-07-13
Internet-based remote monitoring, configuration and service (RMCS) system capable of monitoring, configuring and servicing a planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based network Grant 7,070,106 - Knowles , et al. July 4, 2	2006-07-04
Led-based planar light illumination and imaging (PLIIM) systems Grant 7,070,107 - Tsikos , et al. July 4, 2	2006-07-04
Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through a laser scanning tunnel App 20060102726 - Good; Timothy A. ; et al.	2006-05-18
Point of sale (POS) based bar code reading and cash register systems with integrated internet-enabled customer-kiosk terminals App 20060038009 - Russell; Garrett ; et al.	2006-02-23
Automated method of and system for identifying and measuring packages transported through a laser scanning tunnel Grant 7,000,839 - Good , et al. February 21, 2	2006-02-21
Planar Laser Illumination And Imaging (pliim) Device Employing A Linear Image Detection Array Having Vertically-elongated Image Detection Elements, Wherein The Height Of The Vertically-elongated Image Detection Elements And The F/# Parameter Of The Image Formation Optics Are Configured To Reduce Spe Grant 6,997,386 - Tsikos , et al. February 14, 2	2006-02-14
Method 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 Intensity Modulation Techniques During The Transmission Of The Plib Towards The Target Grant 6,991,165 - Tsikos , et al. January 31, 2	2006-01-31
LED-based planar light illumination and imaging (PLIIM) engine Grant 6,991,166 - Tsikos , et al. January 31, 2	2006-01-31
Planar Light Illumination And Imaging (pliim) Based System Having A Linear Image Detection Chip Mounting Assembly With Means For Preventing Misalignment Between The Field Of View (fov) Of Said Linear Image Detection Chip And The Co-planar Laser Illumination Beam (plib) Produced By Said Pliim Based S Grant 6,978,935 - Tsikos , et al. December 27, 2	2005-12-27
Method 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 objects Grant 6,978,936 - Tsikos , et al. December 27, 2	2005-12-27
Illumination apparatus with polarizing elements for beam shaping Grant 6,975,456 - Giordano , et al. December 13, 2	2005-12-13
Generalized Method Of Speckle-noise Pattern Reduction And Particular Forms Of Apparatus Therefor Based On Reducing The Spatial-coherence Of The Planar Laser Illumination Beam After It Illuminates The Target By Applying Spatial Intensity Modulation Techniques During The Detection Of The Reflected/sca Grant 6,971,576 - Tsikos , et al. December 6, 2	2005-12-06
Hand-supportable Planar Laser Illumination And Imaging (pliim) Device Employing A Pair Of Linear Laser Diode Arrays Mounted About An Area Image Detection Array, For Illuminating An Object To Be Imaged With A Plurality Of Optically-combined Spatially-incoherent Planar Laser Illumination Beams (plibs) Grant 6,971,575 - Tsikos , et al. December 6, 2	2005-12-06
Method 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 object Grant 6,971,577 - Tsikos , et al. December 6, 2	2005-12-06
Automated 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 Modula Grant 6,971,580 - Zhu , et al. December 6, 2	2005-12-06
Method 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 Intensity Modulation Techniques During The Transmission Of The Plib Towards The Target Grant 6,969,001 - Tsikos , et al. November 29, 2	2005-11-29
Planar LED-based illumination array (PLIA) chips Grant 6,959,870 - Tsikos , et al. November 1, 2	2005-11-01
Hand-supportable planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) device Grant 6,948,659 - Tsikos , et al. September 27, 2	2005-09-27
Modular omnidirectional bar code symbol scanning system with at least one service port for removable installation of scan module insert App 20050103852 - Lucera, Mark ; et al.	2005-05-19
Method Of Speckle-noise Pattern Reduction And Apparatus Therefor Based On Reducing The Temporal-coherence Of The Planar Laser Illumination Beam (plib) After It Illuminates The Target By Applying Temporal Intensity Modulation Techniques During The Detection Of The Reflected/scattered Plib Grant 6,880,756 - Tsikos , et al. April 19, 2	2005-04-19
Led-based planar light illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based camera system employing real-time object coordinate acquisition and producing to control automatic zoom and focus imaging optics Grant 6,877,662 - Tsikos , et al. April 12, 2	2005-04-12
Modular omnidirectional bar code symbol scanning system with at least one service port for removable installation of scan module insert Grant 6,874,690 - Lucera , et al. April 5, 2	2005-04-05
Method 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 Target Grant 6,863,216 - Tsikos , et al. March 8, 2	2005-03-08
Method 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 Target Grant 6,857,570 - Tsikos , et al. February 22, 2	2005-02-22
Method 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 object Grant 6,830,185 - Tsikos , et al. December 14, 2	2004-12-14
Point of sale (POS) based bar code reading and cash register systems with integrated internet-enabled customer-kiosk terminals App 20040238637 - Russell, Garrett ; et al.	2004-12-02
DOE-based systems and devices for producing laser beams having modified beam characteristics Grant 6,825,980 - Dickson , et al. November 30, 2	2004-11-30
Method of scanning information-bearing elements Grant 6,791,727 - Giordano , et al. September 14, 2	2004-09-14
Method of scanning information-bearing elements App 20040136042 - Giordano, Patrick A. ; et al.	2004-07-15
Illumination apparatus with polarizing elements for beam shaping App 20040135934 - Giordano, Patrick A. ; et al.	2004-07-15
Method 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 Target Grant 6,739,511 - Tsikos , et al. May 25, 2	2004-05-25
Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) system employing wavefront control methods for reducing the power of speckle-pattern noise digital images acquired by said system Grant 6,736,321 - Tsikos , et al. May 18, 2	2004-05-18
Led-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 planarization Grant 6,732,929 - Good , et al. May 11, 2	2004-05-11
Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through an omnidirectional laser scanning tunnel App 20040069854 - Good, Timothy A. ; et al.	2004-04-15
Illumination apparatus with polarizing elements for beam shaping Grant 6,714,351 - Giordano , et al. March 30, 2	2004-03-30
Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through a laser scanning tunnel Grant 6,705,528 - Good , et al. March 16, 2	2004-03-16
Automated 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 Beam Grant 6,705,526 - Zhu , et al. March 16, 2	2004-03-16
Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through a laser scanning tunnel App 20030234290 - Good, Timothy A. ; et al.	2003-12-25
Hand-supportable planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based camera system capable of producing digital linear images of a object, containing pixels having a substantially uniform aspectratio independent of the measured relative velocity of said object while manually moving said PLIIM based App 20030218070 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ; et al.	2003-11-27
Planar light illumination and imaging (PLIIM) systems employing LED-based planar light illumination arrays (PLIAS) and linear electronic image detection arrays App 20030189098 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ; et al.	2003-10-09
Automated Tunnel-type Laser Scanning System Employing Corner-projected Orthogonal Laser Scanning Patterns For Enhanced Reading Of Ladder And Picket Fence Oriented Bar Codes On Packages Moving Therethrough Grant 6,619,550 - Good , et al. September 16, 2	2003-09-16
Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through an omnidirectional laser scanning tunnel Grant 6,616,048 - Good , et al. September 9, 2	2003-09-09
Bioptical product and produce identification systems employing planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIM) based subsystems App 20030146282 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ; et al.	2003-08-07
Modular omnidirectional bar code symbol scanning system with at least one service port for removable installation of a scan module insert App 20030141367 - Lucera, Mark ; et al.	2003-07-31
LED-based planar light illumination and imaging (PLIIM) engine App 20030102379 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ; et al.	2003-06-05
Hand-supportable planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) devices employing linear electronic image detection arrays and optically-combined planar laser illumination beams (PLIBS) produced from a multiplicity of laser diode sources to achieve a reduction in speckle-pattern noise power in said P App 20030098349 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ; et al.	2003-05-29
Planar light illumination and imaging device with modulated coherent illumination that reduces speckle noise induced by coherent illumination App 20030089779 - Giordano, Patrick ; et al.	2003-05-15
Method 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 object App 20030089778 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ; et al.	2003-05-15
Method 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 intensity modulation techniques during the transmission of the PLIB towards the target App 20030085280 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ; et al.	2003-05-08
Method 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 object App 20030080190 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ; et al.	2003-05-01
Neutron-beam based scanning system having an automatic object identification and attribute information acquisition and linking mechanism integrated therein App 20030080192 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ; et al.	2003-05-01
Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through a laser scanning tunnel Grant 6,554,189 - Good , et al. April 29, 2	2003-04-29
Method 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 target App 20030071124 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ; et al.	2003-04-17
Method 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 intensity modulation techniques during the transmission of the PLIB towards the target App 20030071123 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ; et al.	2003-04-17
Led-based planar light illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based camera system employing real-time object coordinate acquistion and producing to control automatic zoom and focus imaging optics App 20030071128 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ; et al.	2003-04-17
Method 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 objects App 20030052175 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ; et al.	2003-03-20
Hand-supportable planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) device employing a pair of linear laser diode arrays mounted about an area image detection array, for illuminating an object to be imaged with a plurality of optically-combined spatially-incoherent planar laser illumination beams (PLIBS) App 20030042314 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ; et al.	2003-03-06
Pliim-based semiconductor chips App 20030042308 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ; et al.	2003-03-06
Generalized method of speckle-noise pattern reduction and particular forms of apparatus therefor based on reducing the spatial-coherence of the planar laser illumination beam after it illuminates the target by applying spatial intensity modulation techniques during the detection of the reflected/sca App 20030042309 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ; et al.	2003-03-06
Method 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 target App 20030034396 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ; et al.	2003-02-20
Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) device employing a linear image detection array having vertically-elongated image detection elements, wherein the height of the vertically-elongated image detection elements and the F/# parameter of the image formation optics are configured to reduce spe App 20030035460 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ; et al.	2003-02-20
Planar light illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based system having a linear image detection chip mounting assembly with means for preventing misalignment between the field of view (FOV) of said linear image detection chip and the co-planar laser illumination beam (PLIB) produced by said PLIIM based s App 20030034395 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ; et al.	2003-02-20
Hand-supportable planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) device employing a pair of linear laser diode arrays mounted about a linear image detection array, for illuminating an object to be imaged with a plurality of optically-combined spatially-incoherent planar laser illumination beams (PLIBS App 20030035461 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ; et al.	2003-02-20
Automated system for identifying and dimensioning packages transported through a laser scanning tunnel using laser scanning beam indexing techniques Grant 6,517,004 - Good , et al. February 11, 2	2003-02-11
Method of speckle-noise pattern reduction and apparatus therefor based on reducing the temporal-coherence of the planar laser illumination beam (PLIB) after it illuminates the target by applying temoporal intensity modulation techniques during the detection of the reflected/scattered PLIB App 20030019931 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ; et al.	2003-01-30
Method 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 target App 20030019932 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ; et al.	2003-01-30
Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through an omnidirectional laser scanning tunnel App 20030006289 - Good, Timothy A. ; et al.	2003-01-09
Planar LED-based illumination array (PLIA) chips App 20020195496 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ; et al.	2002-12-26
Automated 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 modula App 20020179708 - Zhu, Xiaoxun ; et al.	2002-12-05
Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through a laser scanning tunnel App 20020179716 - Good, Timothy A. ; et al.	2002-12-05
DOE-based systems and devices for producing laser beams having modified beam characteristics App 20020158131 - Dickson, LeRoy ; et al.	2002-10-31
Planar led-based illumination modules App 20020153422 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ; et al.	2002-10-24
Internet-based remote monitoring, configuration and service (RMCS) system capable of monitoring, configuring and servicing a planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based network App 20020145042 - Knowles, C. Harry ; et al.	2002-10-10
Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) system employing wavefront control methods forreducing the power of speckle-pattern noise digital images acquired by said system App 20020139853 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ; et al.	2002-10-03
Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through a laser scanning tunnel Grant 6,457,642 - Good , et al. October 1, 2	2002-10-01
DOE-based systems and devices for producing laser beams having modified beam characteristics App 20020114076 - Dickson, LeRoy ; et al.	2002-08-22
DOE-based systems and devices for producing laser beams having modified beam characteristics App 20020071472 - Dickson, LeRoy D. ; et al.	2002-06-13
Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through a laser scanning tunnel Grant 6,382,515 - Good , et al. May 7, 2	2002-05-07
Omni-directional tunnel-type laser scanning system for scanning bar code symbols on object surfaces facing any direction within a three-dimensional scanning volume disposed above a conveyor belt App 20020047048 - Knowles, C. Harry ; et al.	2002-04-25
Automated Object Dimensioning System Employing Contour Tracing, Vertice Detection, And Forner Point Detection And Reduction Methods On 2-d Range Data Maps App 20020014533 - ZHU, XIAXUN ; et al.	2002-02-07
Illumination apparatus with polarizing elements for beam shaping App 20010030806 - Giordano, Patrick A. ; et al.	2001-10-18
Automated System For Identifying And Dimensioning Packages Transported Through A Laser Scanning Tunnel Using Laser Scanning Beam Indexing Techniques App 20010015380 - GOOD, TIMOTHY A. ; et al.	2001-08-23
Instantaneous balance control scheme for ionizer Grant 6,252,233 - Good June 26, 2	2001-06-26
Self-cleaning ionizing air gun Grant 5,388,769 - Rodrigo , et al. February 14, 1	1995-02-14
Self-balancing ionizing circuit for static eliminators Grant 5,153,811 - Rodrigo , et al. October 6, 1	1992-10-06