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| Patent # | Title | Co-Inventors | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7832643 | Hand-supported planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based systems with laser despeckling mechanisms integrated therein | Constantine J. Tsikos, C. Harry Knowles, Xiaoxun Zhu, Michael Schnee, Ka Man Au +21 more | 2010-11-16 |
| 7673803 | Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based engine | Constantine J. Tsikos, C. Harry Knowles, Xiaoxun Zhu, Michael Schnee, Ka Man Au +21 more | 2010-03-09 |
| 7600689 | Tunnel-based object identification and dimensioning system | Constantine J. Tsikos, Timothy Good, Andrew Jankevics, Steve Kim, Thomas Amundsen +13 more | 2009-10-13 |
| 7584893 | Tunnel-type digital imaging system for use within retail shopping environments such as supermarkets | Constantine J. Tsikos, C. Harry Knowles, Xiaoxun Zhu, Michael Schnee, Ka Man Au +21 more | 2009-09-08 |
| 7581681 | Tunnel-type digital imaging system for use within retail shopping environments such as supermarkets | Constantine J. Tsikos, C. Harry Knowles, Xiaoxun Zhu, Michael Schnee, Ka Man Au +21 more | 2009-09-01 |
| 7527200 | Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) systems with integrated despeckling mechanisms provided therein | Constantine J. Tsikos, C. Harry Knowles, Xiaoxun Zhu, Michael Schnee, Ka Man Au +21 more | 2009-05-05 |
| 7527202 | Hand-supportable planar linear illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based code symbol reading system | Constantine J. Tsikos, Michael Schnee, Xiaoxun Zhu, Thomas Amundsen, Charles A. Naylor +3 more | 2009-05-05 |
| 7513428 | 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 operations | Patrick Giordano, Stephen J. Colavito, William Svedas, Timothy Good, Andrew Jankevics +2 more | 2009-04-07 |
| 7457545 | Process for controlling a Hartmann wavefront sensor (WFS) in an adaptive optic (AO) system | Andrew Jankevics | 2008-11-25 |
| 7437077 | Wavefront sensing system employing active updating of reference positions and subaperture locations on wavefront sensor | Andrew Jankevics | 2008-10-14 |
| 7343099 | Free space optical (FSO) laser communication system employing fade mitigation measures based on laser beam speckle tracking and locking principles | Andrew Jankevics | 2008-03-11 |
| 7161128 | Optical instrument employing a wavefront sensor capable of coarse and fine phase measurement capabilities during first and second modes of operation | — | 2007-01-09 |
| 7143943 | Method of producing digital images of objects using planar laser illumination beams and electronic image detection arrays | Constantine J. Tsikos, Michael Schnee, Xiaoxun Zhu, Thomas Amundsen, Charles A. Naylor +3 more | 2006-12-05 |
| 7140543 | Planar light illumination and imaging device with modulated coherent illumination that reduces speckle noise induced by coherent illumination | Patrick Giordano, Stephen J. Colavito, William Svedas, Timothy Good, Andrew Jankevics +2 more | 2006-11-28 |
| 7131586 | Method of and apparatus for reducing speckle-pattern noise in a planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based system | Constantine J. Tsikos, Michael Schnee, Xiaoxun Zhu, Thomas Amundsen, Charles A. Naylor +3 more | 2006-11-07 |
| 7070106 | Internet-based remote monitoring, configuration and service (RMCS) system capable of monitoring, configuring and servicing a planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based network | C. Harry Knowles, Mark Schmidt, Xiaoxun Zhu, Shawn Defoney, Edward Skypala +20 more | 2006-07-04 |
| 6991165 | 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 | Constantine J. Tsikos, C. Harry Knowles, Timothy Good, Andrew Jankevics | 2006-01-31 |
| 6978935 | 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 SYSTEM, IN RESPONSE TO THERMAL EXPANSION AND/OR CONTRACTION WITHIN SAID PLIIM BASED SYSTEM | Constantine J. Tsikos, C. Harry Knowles, Xiaoxun Zhu, Michael Schnee, Ka Man Au +21 more | 2005-12-27 |
| 6978936 | 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 | Constantine J. Tsikos, C. Harry Knowles, Xiaoxun Zhu, Michael Schnee, Ka Man Au +21 more | 2005-12-27 |
| 6971575 | 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) SCANNED THROUGH THE FIELD OF VIEW (FOV) OF SAID AREA IMAGE DETECTION ARRAY, AND REDUCING THE SPECKLE-PATTERN NOISE POWER IN DETECTED 2-D IMAGES BY TEMPORALLY-AVERAGING DETECTED SPECKLE-NOISE PATTERNS | Constantine J. Tsikos, C. Harry Knowles, Xiaoxun Zhu, Michael Schnee, Timothy Good | 2005-12-06 |
| 6971576 | 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/SCATTERED PLIB | Constantine J. Tsikos, C. Harry Knowles, Andrew Jankevics, Timothy Good | 2005-12-06 |
| 6971577 | 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 | Constantine J. Tsikos, C. Harry Knowles, Xiaoxun Zhu, Michael Schnee, Ka Man Au +3 more | 2005-12-06 |
| 6969001 | 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 | Constatine J. Tsikos, C. Harry Knowles, Timothy Good, Andrew Jankevics | 2005-11-29 |
| 6953151 | 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 | Constantine J. Tsikos, C. Harry Knowles, Xiaoxun Zhu, Michael Schnee, Ka Man Au +1 more | 2005-10-11 |
| 6880756 | 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 | Constantine J. Tsikos, C. Harry Knowles, Timothy Good, Andrew Jankevics | 2005-04-19 |