GEORGE JOSEPH KOLIS
Pilots at Jackson Ave, Camden, NJ

6517004, Feb 11, 2003

Sep 21, 1998

09/157778

Timothy A. Good - Blackwood NJ
Andrew D. Dehennis - Cheltenham PA
Xiaoxun Zhu - Marlton NJ
George B. Rockstein - Audobon NJ
Stephen J. Colavito - Brookhaven PA
Robert E. Blake - Woodbury Heights NJ
Ka Man Au - Philadelphia PA
George Kolis - Pennsauken NJ
C. Harry Knowles - Moorestown NJ

Metrologic Instruments, Inc. - Blackwood NJ

G06K 710

23547202, 23546201

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.

6978936, Dec 27, 2005

Apr 23, 2002

10/131796

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 C. 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

Metpologic Instruments, Inc. - Blackwood NJ

G06K007/10

23546201, 23546225, 23547201

Methods of and systems for illuminating objects using planar laser illumination beams having substantially-planar spatial distribution characteristics that extend through the field of view (FOV) of image formation and detection modules employed in such systems. Each planar laser illumination beam is produced from a planar laser illumination beam array (PLIA) comprising an plurality of planar laser illumination modules (PLIMs). Each PLIM comprises a visible laser diode (VLD, a focusing lens, and a cylindrical optical element arranged therewith. The individual planar laser illumination beam components produced from each PLIM are optically combined to produce a composite substantially planar laser illumination beam having substantially uniform power density characteristics over the entire spatial extend thereof and thus the working range of the system. Preferably, each planar laser illumination beam component is focused so that the minimum beam width thereof occurs at a point or plane which is the farthest or maximum object distance at which the system is designed to acquire images, thereby compensating for decreases in the power density of the incident planar laser illumination beam due to the fact that the width of the planar laser illumination beam increases in length for increasing object distances away from the imaging optics. By virtue of the present invention, it is now possible to use both VLDs and high-speed CCD-type image detectors in conveyor, hand-held and hold-under type scanning applications alike, enjoying the advantages and benefits that each such technology has to offer, while avoiding the shortcomings and drawbacks hitherto associated therewith.

6978935, Dec 27, 2005

Apr 23, 2002

10/131573

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

Metrologic Instruments, Inc. - Blackwood NJ

G06K007/10

23546201, 23546225, 23547201

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.

7832643, Nov 16, 2010

Oct 30, 2007

11/980081

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 C. 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

Metrologic Instruments, Inc. - Blackwood NJ

G06K 7/10

23546225, 23546201

A hand-supportable planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based code symbol reader includes: a hand-supportable housing having light transmission aperture; a linear image formation and detection module having a linear image detection array; and a planar laser illumination beam (PLIB) producing device having at least one visible laser diode (VLD) for producing a planar light illumination beam (PLIB). The code symbol reader further includes image grabber for grabbing digital linear images formed and detected by the image formation and detection module, an image data buffer for buffering the digital linear images grabbed by the image grabber and constructing a two-dimensional image from a series of buffered linear digital images, and an image processing computer for processing the buffered two-dimensional digital image so as to read code symbols graphically represented in the two-dimensional digital linear image. During object illumination and imaging operations, a controller automatically controls the linear image formation and detection module, the PLIB producing device, the image frame grabber, and the image data buffer.

5686717, Nov 11, 1997

Jun 3, 1996

8/657220

Carl Harry Knowles - Morrestown NJ
George Kolis - Pennsauken NJ

Metrologic Instruments, Inc. - Blackwood NJ

G06K 710

235462

A bar code symbol reading system having a laser scanner, and a multi-port digital signal decoder capable of decoding digital signals produced from various types of scanning devices including, for example, high-speed counter top scanners, low-speed hand-held scanners, wand scanners, light pen scanners, and magnetic card scanners. The digital signal decoder includes a plurality of data input ports for receiving digital input signals produced from the various scanning devices. The digital signal decoder also includes common digital signal and data processing circuitry for processing the digital input signals and digital data so as to produce, as output, decoded symbol data. In addition, the digital signal decoder further includes an output data port for providing the decoded symbol data to a host device operably connected to the digital signal decoder. In the illustrative embodiment, the digital signal decoder is realized using VLSI circuit and microprocessor technology.

7000839, Feb 21, 2006

Sep 2, 2003

10/364656

Timothy A. Good - Blackwood NJ, US
Xiaoxun Zhu - Marlton NJ, US
George B. Rockstein - Audubon NJ, US
Stephen J. Colavito - Brookhaven PA, US
Robert E. Blake - Woodbury Heights NJ, US
Ka Man Au - Philadelphia PA, US
Sankar Ghosh - Philadelphia PA, US
George Kolis - Pennsauken NJ, US
Ian A. Scott - Haddonfield NJ, US
Thomas Amundsen - Turnersville NJ, US
Gennady Germaine - Cherry Hill NJ, US
Andrew D. Dehennis - Cheltenham PA, US
LeRoy Dickson - Morgan Hill CA, US
Carl Harry Knowles - Moorestown NJ, US

Metrologic Instruments, Inc. - Blackwood NJ

G06K 7/10

23546214, 23546201, 23547201, 235435, 23546218

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.

7673803, Mar 9, 2010

Oct 30, 2007

11/978941

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

Metrologic Instruments, Inc. - Blackwood NJ

G06K 7/10

23546245, 23546225

A planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based engine including; an engine housing having light transmission aperture; an image formation and detection module and having an image detection array and image formation optics with a field of view (FOV) extending from the image detection array, through the light transmission aperture and onto an object moving relative to the engine housing during object illumination and imaging operations; a planar laser illumination beam (PLIB) producing device, and having at least one visible laser illumination source arranged in relation to the image formation and detection module, for producing a planar light illumination beam (PLIB), and projecting the planar light illumination beam through light transmission aperture and oriented such that the plane of the PLIB is coplanar with the field of view of the image formation and detection module so that the object can be simultaneously illuminated by the planar light illumination beam and imaged within the field of view and onto the image detection array for detection as a digital linear image of the object; a laser despeckling mechanism for reducing the coherence of the PLIB during object illumination and imaging operation so that the power of speckle-pattern noise is substantially reduced in digital linear images detected on said image detection array.

6290131, Sep 18, 2001

May 12, 1999

9/310811

George Kolis - Pennsauken NJ
John Furlong - Woodbury NJ

Metrologic Instruments, Inc. - Blackwood NJ

G06K 710

23546201

An enhanced scanner is equipped with a novel interfacing mechanism for communicating directly with a data communications network. This eliminates the requirement of using intelligent network interface devices to access data generated by any of a plurality of bar code scanners coupled to a communications network. This novel interfacing mechanism may include a program stored on a memory device within the scanner and executed by a scanner processing mechanism. The scanner processing mechanism is adapted to perform two functions--bar code scanning and network communications--thereby reducing the cost and complexity of a communications network that includes one or more bar code scanners coupled to a host device through the network.

6299065, Oct 9, 2001

Oct 26, 1998

9/179159

Carl Harry Knowles - Moorestown NJ
George Kolis - Pennsauken NJ

Metrologic Instruments, Inc. - Blackwood NJ

G02B 2610

23546225

A digitizer/sequencer device (10) for the processing of scanner digital input data including bar code data is disclosed. The device is flexible and universal in nature in that it can provide inputs to both a fixed program decoder (20) for the decoding of the Universal Product Code (UPC) code as well as a programmable processor (26) which can decode UPC as well as a variety of many other bar codes. Further, the device can handle inputs from various types of scanners (11) include high-speed counter top, hand-held scanners and light pen scanners and magnetic card readers, which provide input data over a wide range of frequencies. A large number of individual frequencies are made available in the device. One of these frequencies may be optimally selected by the programmable processor (26) to provide an internal clock for the device and a clock frequency for the digitizer counters (S clock) and another of these frequencies may be selected to provide a clock frequency (M clock) for the hard wired decoder. A sequencing means (28) is used to control the operation of the device so that it steps through a predetermined number of steps after the occurrence of each transition in the incoming bar code data.

7584893, Sep 8, 2009

Oct 30, 2007

11/980074

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 C. 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

Metrologic Instruments, Inc. - Blackwood NJ

G06K 7/10

23546242, 23547225

A tunnel-type digital imaging system for use within retail shopping environments such as supermarkets. The system includes a tunnel configuration arranged about a conveyor structure for transporting objects therethrough, and an image capturing and processing subsystem embodied within the tunnel configuration, for generating a 3D digital imaging volume above the conveyor structure and within the tunnel configuration, for capturing digital 1D images of objects transported through the 3D digital imaging volume. The image capturing and processing subsystem includes a plurality of illumination and imaging stations. Each station includes a 2D imaging array having optics providing a 3D field of view (FOV) on the 2D imaging array that is projected and extends into the 3D digital imaging volume, and one or more light emitting devices configured together to produce an illumination beam that extends into the 3D FOV of the 2D imaging array. A digital image processing subsystem processing digital 1D images of objects passing through the 3D digital imaging volume, and a system control subsystem which controls and/or orchestrates the coplanar illumination and imaging subsystems during system operation.