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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 |
Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based engine Grant 7,673,803 - Tsikos , et al. March 9, 2 | 2010-03-09 |
Hand-supportable code symbol reader employing coplanar laser illumination and linear imaging Grant 7,644,866 - Tsikos , et al. January 12, 2 | 2010-01-12 |
Hand-supportable code symbol reader employing coplanar laser illumination and linear imaging Grant 7,621,455 - Tsikos , et al. November 24, 2 | 2009-11-24 |
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 |
Hand-supportable planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) device for producing a planar laser illumination beam (PLIB) coplanar with the field of view (FOV) of a linear image detection array Grant 7,533,821 - Tsikos , et al. May 19, 2 | 2009-05-19 |
Automated package dimensioning system Grant 7,527,205 - Zhu , et al. May 5, 2 | 2009-05-05 |
Hand-supportable planar linear illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based code symbol reading system Grant 7,527,202 - Tsikos , et al. May 5, 2 | 2009-05-05 |
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 |
Hand-supportable LED-based planar illumination and imaging system Grant 7,523,863 - Tsikos , et al. April 28, 2 | 2009-04-28 |
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 |
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 |
Hand-supportable code symbol reader employing coplanar laser illumination and linear imaging App 20080116279 - Tsikos; Constantine J. ;   et al. | 2008-05-22 |
Hand-supportable code symbol reader employing coplanar laser illumination and linear imaging App 20080110993 - Tsikos; Constantine J. ;   et al. | 2008-05-15 |
Automated package dimensioning subsystem App 20070181685 - Zhu; Xiaoxun ;   et al. | 2007-08-09 |
Planar laser illumination and imaging system App 20070175999 - Tsikos; Constantine J. ;   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 |
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 20070029390 - Tsikos; Constantine J. ;   et al. | 2007-02-08 |
Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) systems with integrated despeckling mechanisms provided therein App 20070012777 - Tsikos; Constantine J. ;   et al. | 2007-01-18 |
Bioptical product and produce identification systems employing planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIM) based subsystems Grant 7,152,795 - Tsikos , et al. December 26, 2 | 2006-12-26 |
Method of producing digital images of objects using planar laser illumination beams and electronic image detection arrays Grant 7,143,943 - Tsikos , et al. December 5, 2 | 2006-12-05 |
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 |
Method of and apparatus for reducing speckle-pattern noise in a planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based system Grant 7,131,586 - Tsikos , et al. November 7, 2 | 2006-11-07 |
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 |
Unitary package identification and dimensioning system employing ladar-based scanning methods Grant 7,104,453 - Zhu , 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 |
Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) systems employing laser-diode based planar laser illumination arrays and linear electronic image detection arrays Grant 7,073,718 - Tsikos , et al. July 11, 2 | 2006-07-11 |
Led-based planar light illumination and imaging (PLIIM) systems Grant 7,070,107 - Tsikos , et al. July 4, 2 | 2006-07-04 |
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 |
Hand-supportable Planar Laser Illumination And Imaging (pliim) Based Camera System Capable Of Producing Digital Linear Images Of An Object, Containing Pixels Having A Substantially Uniform Aspect-ratio Independent Of The Measured Relative Velocity Of An Object While Manually Moving Said Pliim Based Grant 7,066,391 - Tsikos , et al. June 27, 2 | 2006-06-27 |
Method Of Speckle-noise Pattern Reduction And Apparatus Therefore 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 7,028,899 - Tsikos , et al. April 18, 2 | 2006-04-18 |
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 |
LED-based planar light illumination and imaging (PLIIM) engine Grant 6,991,166 - Tsikos , et al. January 31, 2 | 2006-01-31 |
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 |
Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based camera system for producing high-resolution 3-D images of moving 3-D objects Grant 6,988,660 - Tsikos , et al. January 24, 2 | 2006-01-24 |
Automated 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-base Grant 6,988,661 - Tsikos , et al. January 24, 2 | 2006-01-24 |
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 |
Planar laser illumination and imaging module (PLIIN) based semiconductor chips Grant 6,971,578 - Tsikos 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 |
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 |
Method of and system for producing high-resolution 3-D images of 3-D object surfaces having arbitrary surface geometry Grant 6,962,289 - Vatan , et al. November 8, 2 | 2005-11-08 |
Planar LED-based illumination array (PLIA) chips Grant 6,959,870 - Tsikos , et al. November 1, 2 | 2005-11-01 |
Automatic vehicle identification (AVI) system employing planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based subsystems Grant 6,959,869 - Tsikos , et al. November 1, 2 | 2005-11-01 |
Tunnel-based Method Of And System For Identifying Transported Packages Employing The Transmission Of Package Dimension Data Over A Data Communications Network And The Transformation Of Package Dimension Data At Linear Imaging Subsystems In Said Tunnel-based System So As To Enable The Control Of Auto Grant 6,959,868 - Tsikos , et al. November 1, 2 | 2005-11-01 |
Internet-based Method Of And System For Remotely Monitoring, Configuring And Servicing Planar Laser Illumination And Imaging (pliim) Based Networks With Nodes For Supporting Object Identification And Attribute Information Acquisition Functions Grant 6,957,775 - Tsikos , et al. October 25, 2 | 2005-10-25 |
Planar laser illumination and imaging system App 20050230477 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ;   et al. | 2005-10-20 |
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 White Level Independent Of The Velocity Of The Object While Manually Moving Said Film Based Camera System Past S Grant 6,953,152 - Tsikos , et al. October 11, 2 | 2005-10-11 |
Planar Laser Illumination And Imaging (pliim) Based Camera System For Automatically Producing Digital Linear Images Of A Moving Object, Containing Pixels Having A Substantially Square Aspect-ratio Independent Of The Measured Range And/or A Velocity Of Said Moving Object Grant 6,953,151 - Tsikos , et al. October 11, 2 | 2005-10-11 |
Hand-supportable planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) device Grant 6,948,659 - Tsikos , et al. September 27, 2 | 2005-09-27 |
Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) engine Grant 6,913,202 - Tsikos , et al. July 5, 2 | 2005-07-05 |
Planar Laser Illumination And Imaging (pliim) System Employing Laser-diode Based Planar Laser Illumination Arrays And A Linear Electronic Image Detection Array Employing Image Formation Optics That Optically Compensates For Decreases In The Power-density Of The Planar Laser Illumination Beam With In Grant 6,896,184 - Tsikos , et al. May 24, 2 | 2005-05-24 |
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 |
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 acquiring and analyzing information about the physical attributes of objects using planar laser illumination beams, velocity-driven auto-focusing and auto-zoom imaging optics, and height and velocity controlled image detection arrays App 20050023353 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ;   et al. | 2005-02-03 |
Method of Producing Digital Images of Objects using Planar Laser Illumination Beams and Electronic Image Detection Arrays App 20050017074 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ;   et al. | 2005-01-27 |
Planar laser illumination modules (PLIMS) employed in a planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) system Grant 6,837,437 - Tsikos , et al. January 4, 2 | 2005-01-04 |
Method Of And Apparatus For Automatically Cropping Captured Linear Images Of A Moving Object Prior To Image Processing Using Region Of Interest (roi) Coordinate Specifications Captured By An Object Profiling Subsystem Grant 6,837,432 - Tsikos , et al. January 4, 2 | 2005-01-04 |
Method Of And Apparatus For Automatically Compensating For Viewing-angle Distortion In Digital Linear Images Of Object Surfaces Moving Past A Planar Laser Illumination And Imaging (pliim) Based Camera System At Skewed Viewing Angles Grant 6,830,184 - Tsikos , et al. December 14, 2 | 2004-12-14 |
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 |
Method Of And System For Producing Digital Images Of Objects With Subtantially Reduced Speckle-noise Patterns By Illuminating Said Objects With Spatially And/or Temporally Coherent-reduced Planar Laser Illumination Grant 6,830,189 - Tsikos , et al. December 14, 2 | 2004-12-14 |
Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) systems Grant 6,786,414 - Tsikos , et al. September 7, 2 | 2004-09-07 |
Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) system employing an area-type image detection array Grant 6,764,008 - Tsikos , et al. July 20, 2 | 2004-07-20 |
Method 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 Theretowards Grant 6,742,707 - Tsikos , et al. June 1, 2 | 2004-06-01 |
Method of extending the working distance of a planar laser illumination and imaging system without increasing the output power of the visible laser diode (VLD) sources employed there Grant 6,742,711 - Tsikos , et al. June 1, 2 | 2004-06-01 |
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 |
Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) systems employing laser-diode based planar laser illumination arrays and linear electronic image detection arrays App 20040065736 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ;   et al. | 2004-04-08 |
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 laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) system employing laser-diode based planar laser illumination arrays and a linear electronic image detection array employing image formation optics that optically compensates for decreases in the power-density of the planar laser illumination beam with in App 20030209602 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ;   et al. | 2003-11-13 |
Method of and system for producing images of objects using planar laser illumination beams and image detection arrays Grant 6,631,842 - Tsikos , et al. October 14, 2 | 2003-10-14 |
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 |
Method of and system for producing images of objects using planar laser illumination beams and image detection arrays Grant 6,629,641 - Tsikos , et al. October 7, 2 | 2003-10-07 |
Planar light illumination and imaging (PLIIM) system employing led-based planar light illumination arrays (PLIAS) and an area-type image detection array App 20030150917 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ;   et al. | 2003-08-14 |
LED-based planar light illumination and imaging (PLIIM) systems App 20030150916 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ;   et al. | 2003-08-14 |
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LED-based planar light illumination and imaging (PLIIM) engine App 20030102379 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ;   et al. | 2003-06-05 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Method of and apparatus for automatically compensating for viewing-angle distortion in digital linear images of object surfaces moving past a planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based camera system at skewed viewing angles App 20030071119 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ;   et al. | 2003-04-17 |
Internet-based method of and system for remotely monitoring, configuring and servicing planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based networks with nodes for supporting object identification and attribute information acquisition functions App 20030071122 - 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 |
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 |
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 apparatus for automatically cropping captured linear images of a moving object prior to image processing using region of interest (ROI) coordinate specifications captured by an object profiling subsystem App 20030062414 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ;   et al. | 2003-04-03 |
Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based camera system for automatically producing digital linear images of a moving object, containing pixels having a substantially square aspectratio independent of the measured range and/or velocity of said moving object App 20030062415 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ;   et al. | 2003-04-03 |
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 |
Method of and system for producing high-resolution 3-D images of 3-D object surfaces having arbitrary surface geometry App 20030053513 - Vatan, Pirooz ;   et al. | 2003-03-20 |
Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based camera system for producing high-resolution 3-D images of moving 3-D objects App 20030052169 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ;   et al. | 2003-03-20 |
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Planar LED-based illumination array (PLIA) chips App 20020195496 - Tsikos, Constantine J. ;   et al. | 2002-12-26 |
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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 |
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