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Allan Wirth

MI Metrologic Instruments: 29 patents #35 of 189Top 20%
AA Adaptive Optics Associates: 7 patents #2 of 13Top 20%
RTX (Raytheon): 5 patents #2,369 of 15,912Top 15%
NG Northrop Grumman: 2 patents #475 of 2,250Top 25%
Overall (All Time): #63,516 of 4,157,543Top 2%
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Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
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