公开(公告)号：US07637433B1

公开(公告)日：2009-12-29

申请号：US11818155

申请日：2007-05-11

申请人： Xiaoxun Zhu ,  Yong Liu ,  Ka Man Au ,  Rui Hou ,  Hongpeng Yu ,  Xi Tao ,  Liang Liu ,  Wenhua Zhang ,  Anatoly Kotlarsky

发明人： Xiaoxun Zhu ,  Yong Liu ,  Ka Man Au ,  Rui Hou ,  Hongpeng Yu ,  Xi Tao ,  Liang Liu ,  Wenhua Zhang ,  Anatoly Kotlarsky

IPC分类号： G06K7/10

CPC分类号： G06K7/10831 ,  G06K7/10712 ,  G06K7/10732 ,  G06K7/14 ,  G06K2207/1012

摘要： A digital image capture and processing system comprising an illumination measurement subsystem for measuring the level of illumination at a particular region of the field of view (FOV) of the system during object illumination and imaging operations, and producing and storing an illumination measure for achieving a desired spatial intensity in a digital image to be formed and detected by the image formation and detection subsystem. An illumination control subsystem uses the illumination measure to control a LED-based illumination array during object illumination and imaging operations. A programmed image processor supports an image-processing based illumination metering program, as well as processes digital images formed and detected by the image formation and detection subsystem so as to read or acquire information graphically represented in the digital images. A computing platform supports the implementation of one or more of the subsystems above, and includes memory for storing at least one code symbol reading application.

摘要翻译： 一种数字图像捕获和处理系统，包括用于在对象照明和成像操作期间测量系统的视场（FOV）的特定区域处的照明水平的照明测量子系统，以及产生和存储用于实现 由图像形成和检测子系统形成和检测的数字图像中的期望的空间强度。 照明控制子系统在对象照明和成像操作期间使用照明度量来控制基于LED的照明阵列。 编程图像处理器支持基于图像处理的照明测光程序，并且处理由图像形成和检测子系统形成和检测的数字图像，以便读取或获取在数字图像中图形表示的信息。 计算平台支持上述一个或多个子系统的实现，并且包括用于存储至少一个代码符号读取应用的存储器。

公开(公告)号：US07624926B2

公开(公告)日：2009-12-01

申请号：US11605854

申请日：2006-11-29

申请人： Xiaoxun Zhu ,  Yong Liu ,  Ka Man Au ,  Rui Hou ,  Hongpeng Yu ,  Xi Tao ,  Liang Liu ,  Wenhua Zhang ,  Anatoly Kotlarsky

发明人： Xiaoxun Zhu ,  Yong Liu ,  Ka Man Au ,  Rui Hou ,  Hongpeng Yu ,  Xi Tao ,  Liang Liu ,  Wenhua Zhang ,  Anatoly Kotlarsky

IPC分类号： G02B26/08

CPC分类号： G06F9/44526 ,  G06K7/10712 ,  G06K7/10732 ,  G06K7/10831 ,  G06K7/10851 ,  G06K7/10881 ,  G06K7/14 ,  G06K2207/1012

摘要： A hand-supportable digital-imaging based system for reading bar code symbols involving: automatically detecting the presence of an object within a field of view FOV of the system, and in response thereto, automatically generating an image cropping zone (ICZ) framing pattern and projecting the ICZ framing pattern within the FOV and onto the detected object; visually aligning the code symbol on the detected object, within the ICZ framing pattern; manually actuating a trigger switch when the code symbol on the object is located within the ICZ framing pattern, and while the ICZ framing pattern and a field of illumination are being simultaneously projected onto the object during object illumination operations, forming and capturing a digital image of the code symbol on the detected object; automatically cropping the image pixels contained within the spatial boundaries of the ICZ framing pattern, from the pixels of the digital image; and decode processing the cropped image so as to read one or more 1D and/or 2D code symbols graphically represented therein.

摘要翻译： 一种用于读取条形码符号的手持式数字成像系统，包括：自动检测系统视场FOV内物体的存在，并响应于此，自动生成图像裁剪区（ICZ）成帧模式，以及 将所述ICV框架图案投射到所述被检测物体内; 在ICZ成帧模式内，目视对准检测对象上的代码符号; 当物体上的代码符号位于ICZ成帧模式内时，手动启动触发开关，并且当物体照明操作期间ICZ成帧模式和照明场同时投射到物体上时，形成和捕获数字图像 检测到的对象上的代码符号; 从数字图像的像素自动裁剪包含在ICZ成帧图案的空间边界内的图像像素; 并解码处理裁剪的图像，以便读取其中图形表示的一个或多个1D和/或2D代码符号。

公开(公告)号：US07503498B2

公开(公告)日：2009-03-17

申请号：US11603272

申请日：2006-11-21

申请人： Xiaoxun Zhu ,  Yong Liu ,  Ka Man Au ,  Rui Hou ,  Hongpeng Yu ,  Xi Tao ,  Liang Liu ,  Wenhua Zhang ,  Anatoly Kotlarsky

发明人： Xiaoxun Zhu ,  Yong Liu ,  Ka Man Au ,  Rui Hou ,  Hongpeng Yu ,  Xi Tao ,  Liang Liu ,  Wenhua Zhang ,  Anatoly Kotlarsky

IPC分类号： G06K7/10

CPC分类号： G06K7/10851 ,  G06K7/10732 ,  G06K7/10881

摘要： A hand-supportable digital image capture and processing system comprises: an area-type image formation and detection subsystem having an area-type image detection array; an LED-based illumination subsystem having a LED-based illumination array; an automatic light exposure measurement and illumination control subsystem; an image capturing and buffering subsystem; and an image-processing subsystem. The LED array is automatically driven in a precise manner to globally expose the area-type image detection array with LED-based illumination only when substantially all of its rows of pixels are in a state of integration and have a common integration time, thereby enabling the capture of high quality images independent of the relative motion between the object and the hand-supportable digital image capture and processing system.

摘要翻译： 手持式数字图像捕获和处理系统包括：区域型图像形成和检测子系统，具有区域型图像检测阵列; 具有基于LED的照明阵列的基于LED的照明子系统; 一个自动曝光测量和照明控制子系统; 图像捕获和缓冲子系统; 和图像处理子系统。 LED阵列以精确的方式被自动驱动，以便仅当基本上所有像素行都处于集成状态并且具有共同的积分时间时才能以基于LED的照明来全面暴露区域型图像检测阵列， 捕获高质量的图像，与物体和手持式数字图像捕获和处理系统之间的相对运动无关。

公开(公告)号：US07299986B2

公开(公告)日：2007-11-27

申请号：US10909255

申请日：2004-07-30

申请人： Xiaoxun Zhu ,  Yong Liu ,  Ka Man Au ,  Rui Hou ,  Hongpeng Yu ,  Xi Tao ,  Liang Liu ,  Wenhua Zhang ,  Anatoly Kotlarsky ,  Sankar Ghosh ,  Michael Schnee ,  Pasqual Spatafore ,  Thomas Amundsen ,  Sung Byun ,  Mark Schmidt ,  Garrett Russell ,  John Bonanno ,  C. Harry Knowles

发明人： Xiaoxun Zhu ,  Yong Liu ,  Ka Man Au ,  Rui Hou ,  Hongpeng Yu ,  Xi Tao ,  Liang Liu ,  Wenhua Zhang ,  Anatoly Kotlarsky ,  Sankar Ghosh ,  Michael Schnee ,  Pasqual Spatafore ,  Thomas Amundsen ,  Sung Byun ,  Mark Schmidt ,  Garrett Russell ,  John Bonanno ,  C. Harry Knowles

IPC分类号： G06K7/10

CPC分类号： G06K7/10851 ,  G06K7/10732 ,  G06K7/10881

摘要： A wireless hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading device comprising: an automatic object presence and range detection subsystem; a multi-mode image formation and detection subsystem having narrow-area and wide area image capture modes of operation; a multi-mode LED-based illumination subsystem having narrow-area and wide area illumination modes of operation; an automatic light exposure measurement and illumination control subsystem; an image capturing and buffering subsystem; a multi-mode image-processing bar code symbol reading subsystem; an input/output subsystem; a manually-actuatable trigger switch; and a system control subsystem for controlling these subsystems.

摘要翻译： 一种基于无线手持式数字成像的条形码符号读取装置，包括：自动对象存在和范围检测子系统; 具有窄区域和广域图像捕捉模式的多模式图像形成和检测子系统; 具有窄区域和广域照明操作模式的多模式的基于LED的照明子系统; 自动曝光测量和照明控制子系统; 图像捕获和缓冲子系统; 多模式图像处理条码符号读取子系统; 输入/输出子系统; 手动触发开关; 以及用于控制这些子系统的系统控制子系统。

公开(公告)号：US07293714B2

公开(公告)日：2007-11-13

申请号：US10901428

申请日：2004-07-28

申请人： Xiaoxun Zhu ,  Yong Liu ,  Ka Man Au ,  Rui Hou ,  Hongpeng Yu ,  Xi Tao ,  Liang Liu ,  Wenhua Zhang ,  Anatoly Kotlarsky ,  Sankar Ghosh ,  Michael Schnee ,  Pasqual Spatafore ,  Thomas Amundsen ,  Sung Byun ,  Mark Schmidt ,  Garrett Russell ,  John Bonanno ,  C. Harry Knowles

发明人： Xiaoxun Zhu ,  Yong Liu ,  Ka Man Au ,  Rui Hou ,  Hongpeng Yu ,  Xi Tao ,  Liang Liu ,  Wenhua Zhang ,  Anatoly Kotlarsky ,  Sankar Ghosh ,  Michael Schnee ,  Pasqual Spatafore ,  Thomas Amundsen ,  Sung Byun ,  Mark Schmidt ,  Garrett Russell ,  John Bonanno ,  C. Harry Knowles

IPC分类号： G06K7/10

CPC分类号： G06K7/10851 ,  G06K7/10732 ,  G06K7/10881

摘要： A hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading system comprises: an automatic object presence detection subsystem; an image formation and detection subsystem having an area-type image sensing array with a field of view (FOV); a LED-based illumination subsystem having an LED illumination array for producing a field of narrow-band illumination within the FOV; an automatic light exposure measurement and illumination control subsystem; an image capturing and buffering subsystem; an image-processing bar code symbol reading subsystem; an input/output subsystem; and a system control subsystem for controlling the subsystems. The image-processing bar code symbol reading subsystem has a mode of image processing, wherein a captured digital image is automatically processed along a set of parallel virtual scan lines spaced-apart by a number of pixel-offset distances proportional to the maximum pixel height of the region of interest (ROI) in the captured digital image containing a bar code symbol.

摘要翻译： 一种基于手持式数字成像的条形码符号读取系统，包括：自动对象存在检测子系统; 具有具有视场（FOV）的区域型图像感测阵列的图像形成和检测子系统; 具有用于在FOV内产生窄带照明领域的LED照明阵列的基于LED的照明子系统; 自动曝光测量和照明控制子系统; 图像捕获和缓冲子系统; 图像处理条码符号读取子系统; 输入/输出子系统; 以及用于控制子系统的系统控制子系统。 图像处理条形码符号读取子系统具有图像处理的模式，其中捕获的数字图像沿着一组平行的虚拟扫描线被自动处理，所述一组并行虚拟扫描线间隔开与像素偏移距离成比例的多个像素偏移距离 捕获的数字图像中的感兴趣区域（ROI）包含条形码符号。

公开(公告)号：US07284705B2

公开(公告)日：2007-10-23

申请号：US10909270

申请日：2004-07-30

申请人： Xiaoxun Zhu ,  Yong Liu ,  Ka Man Au ,  Rui Hou ,  Hongpeng Yu ,  Xi Tao ,  Liang Liu ,  Wenhua Zhang ,  Anatoly Kotlarsky ,  Sankar Ghosh ,  Michael Schnee ,  Pasqual Spatafore ,  Thomas Amundsen ,  Sung Byun ,  Mark Schmidt ,  Garrett Russell ,  John Bonanno ,  C. Harry Knowles

发明人： Xiaoxun Zhu ,  Yong Liu ,  Ka Man Au ,  Rui Hou ,  Hongpeng Yu ,  Xi Tao ,  Liang Liu ,  Wenhua Zhang ,  Anatoly Kotlarsky ,  Sankar Ghosh ,  Michael Schnee ,  Pasqual Spatafore ,  Thomas Amundsen ,  Sung Byun ,  Mark Schmidt ,  Garrett Russell ,  John Bonanno ,  C. Harry Knowles

IPC分类号： G06K7/10

CPC分类号： G06K7/10851 ,  G06K7/10732 ,  G06K7/10881

摘要： A hand-supportable semi-automatic digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading system comprises: an automatic object presence detection subsystem; a multi-mode image formation and detection subsystem having narrow-area and wide area image capture modes of operation; a multi-mode LED-based illumination subsystem having narrow-area and wide area illumination modes of operation; an automatic light exposure measurement and illumination control subsystem; an image capturing and buffering subsystem; a multi-mode image-processing bar code symbol reading subsystem; an input/output subsystem; a manually-actuatable trigger switch; and a system control subsystem for controlling the subsystems. The digital imaging-based bar code reading system employs a three-tier modular software architecture for carrying out its image-processing based bar code symbol reading operations. The three-tier software architecture comprises an application layer, a system core layer, and an operating system (OS) layer.

摘要翻译： 一种支持手持式半自动数字成像的条形码符号读取系统，包括：自动对象存在检测子系统; 具有窄区域和广域图像捕捉模式的多模式图像形成和检测子系统; 具有窄区域和广域照明操作模式的多模式的基于LED的照明子系统; 自动曝光测量和照明控制子系统; 图像捕获和缓冲子系统; 多模式图像处理条码符号读取子系统; 输入/输出子系统; 手动触发开关; 以及用于控制子系统的系统控制子系统。 基于数字成像的条形码读取系统采用三层模块化软件架构来进行基于图像处理的条形码符号读取操作。 三层软件架构包括应用层，系统核心层和操作系统（OS）层。

公开(公告)号：US07267282B2

公开(公告)日：2007-09-11

申请号：US10901427

申请日：2004-07-28

申请人： Xiaoxun Zhu ,  Yong Liu ,  Ka Man Au ,  Rui Hou ,  Hongpeng Yu ,  Xi Tao ,  Liang Liu ,  Wenhua Zhang ,  Anatoly Kotlarsky ,  Sankar Ghosh ,  Michael Schnee ,  Pasqual Spatafore ,  Thomas Amundsen ,  Sung Byun ,  Mark Schmidt ,  Garrett Russell ,  John Bonanno ,  C. Harry Knowles

发明人： Xiaoxun Zhu ,  Yong Liu ,  Ka Man Au ,  Rui Hou ,  Hongpeng Yu ,  Xi Tao ,  Liang Liu ,  Wenhua Zhang ,  Anatoly Kotlarsky ,  Sankar Ghosh ,  Michael Schnee ,  Pasqual Spatafore ,  Thomas Amundsen ,  Sung Byun ,  Mark Schmidt ,  Garrett Russell ,  John Bonanno ,  C. Harry Knowles

IPC分类号： G06K7/10

CPC分类号： G06K7/10851 ,  G06K7/10732 ,  G06K7/10881

摘要： A hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reader comprises: an automatic object presence detection subsystem; an image formation and detection subsystem employing a CMOS area-type image detection array; an LED-based illumination subsystem employing an LED illumination array to generate a field of narrow-band LED-based illumination within the FOV; an automatic light exposure measurement and illumination control subsystem employing LED illumination driver circuitry; an image capturing and buffering subsystem; an image-processing bar code symbol reading subsystem; an input/output subsystem; and a system control subsystem for controlling the subsystems. The automatic light exposure measurement and illumination control subsystem controls the LED illumination driver circuitry to expose the automatically detected object, to a field of narrow-band LED-based illumination only when substantially all rows of pixels in the CMOS image sensing array are in a state of integration, thereby enabling the image capturing and buffering subsystem to capture high quality digital images independent of the relative motion between the bar code symbol reader and the object.

摘要翻译： 一种支持手持数字成像的条形码符号读取器包括：自动对象存在检测子系统; 采用CMOS区域型图像检测阵列的图像形成和检测子系统; 采用LED照明阵列的基于LED的照明子系统在FOV内产生基于窄带LED的照明领域; 采用LED照明驱动电路的自动曝光测量和照明控制子系统; 图像捕获和缓冲子系统; 图像处理条码符号读取子系统; 输入/输出子系统; 以及用于控制子系统的系统控制子系统。 自动曝光测量和照明控制子系统控制LED照明驱动器电路，以将自动检测的对象暴露于基于窄带LED的照明领域，只有当CMOS图像感测阵列中的大部分像素行处于状态 从而使得图像捕获和缓冲子系统能够独立于条形码符号读取器和对象之间的相对运动来捕获高质量的数字图像。

公开(公告)号：US07604175B2

公开(公告)日：2009-10-20

申请号：US11801747

申请日：2007-05-10

申请人： Xiaoxun Zhu ,  Yong Liu ,  Ka Man Au ,  Rui Hou ,  Hongpeng Yu ,  Xi Tao ,  Liang Liu ,  Wenhua Zhang ,  Anatoly Kotlarsky ,  Sankar Ghosh ,  Michael Schnee ,  Pasqual Spatafore ,  Thomas Amundsen ,  Sung Byun ,  Mark Schmidt ,  Garrett Russell ,  John Bonanno ,  C. Harry Knowles

发明人： Xiaoxun Zhu ,  Yong Liu ,  Ka Man Au ,  Rui Hou ,  Hongpeng Yu ,  Xi Tao ,  Liang Liu ,  Wenhua Zhang ,  Anatoly Kotlarsky ,  Sankar Ghosh ,  Michael Schnee ,  Pasqual Spatafore ,  Thomas Amundsen ,  Sung Byun ,  Mark Schmidt ,  Garrett Russell ,  John Bonanno ,  C. Harry Knowles

IPC分类号： G06K7/10

CPC分类号： G06K7/10851 ,  G06K7/10732 ,  G06K7/10881

摘要： A method of reading bar code symbols using a digital-imaging based code symbol reading system employing an event-driven multi-tier modular software architecture and supporting automatic operating system login and loading of a bar code symbol reading application.

摘要翻译： 一种使用基于数字成像的代码符号读取系统来读取条形码符号的方法，该系统采用事件驱动的多层模块化软件架构并支持自动操作系统登录和加载条形码符号读取应用。

公开(公告)号：US07527206B2

公开(公告)日：2009-05-05

申请号：US11607114

申请日：2006-11-30

申请人： Xiaoxun Zhu ,  Yong Liu ,  Ka Man Au ,  Rui Hou ,  Hongpeng Yu ,  Xi Tao ,  Liang Liu ,  Wenhua Zhang ,  Anatoly Kotlarsky

发明人： Xiaoxun Zhu ,  Yong Liu ,  Ka Man Au ,  Rui Hou ,  Hongpeng Yu ,  Xi Tao ,  Liang Liu ,  Wenhua Zhang ,  Anatoly Kotlarsky

IPC分类号： G06K7/10

CPC分类号： G06F9/44526 ,  G06K7/10712 ,  G06K7/10732 ,  G06K7/10831 ,  G06K7/10851 ,  G06K7/10881 ,  G06K7/14 ,  G06K2207/1012

摘要： A digital-imaging based code symbol reading system comprising an image sensing array with a field of view (FOV), an illumination subsystem with an LED illumination array, an automatic illumination measurement subsystem, an illumination control subsystem, and programmed imager processor supporting an image-processing based illumination metering program. The automatic illumination measurement subsystem automatically measures the illumination level at a particular region of the FOV and determines the illumination duration necessary to achieve a desired spatial intensity in the detected digital image. The illumination metering program automatically analyzes and measures, in real-time, the spatial intensity distribution of the digital image and determines whether or not a corrected illumination duration is required or desired when detecting the next or subsequent digital images, during the current or subsequent object illumination and imaging cycle. The previously determined illumination duration is over-written with the corrected illumination duration, which is used to drive the illumination subsystem and form and detect one or more subsequent digital images of the illuminated object.

摘要翻译： 一种基于数字成像的代码符号读取系统，包括具有视场（FOV）的图像感测阵列，具有LED照明阵列的照明子系统，自动照明测量子系统，照明控制子系统和支持图像的编程成像器处理器 基于加工的照明计量程序。 自动照明测量子系统自动测量FOV的特定区域处的照明水平，并确定在检测到的数字图像中实现所需空间强度所需的照明持续时间。 照明测光程序实时自动分析和测量数字图像的空间强度分布，并确定在当前或后续对象中检测下一个或后续数字图像时是否需要或期望校正的照明持续时间 照明和成像周期。 先前确定的照明持续时间用校正的照明持续时间被覆盖，该照明持续时间用于驱动照明子系统并形成和检测被照明物体的一个或多个后续数字图像。

公开(公告)号：US07490774B2

公开(公告)日：2009-02-17

申请号：US10989220

申请日：2004-11-15

申请人： Xiaoxun Zhu ,  Yong Liu ,  Ka Man Au ,  Rui Hou ,  Hongpeng Yu ,  Xi Tao ,  Liang Liu ,  Wenhua Zhang ,  Anatoly Kotlarsky ,  Sankar Ghosh ,  Michael Schnee ,  Pasqual Spatafore ,  Thomas Amundsen ,  Sung Byun ,  Mark Schmidt ,  Garrett Russell ,  John Bonanno ,  C. Harry Knowles

发明人： Xiaoxun Zhu ,  Yong Liu ,  Ka Man Au ,  Rui Hou ,  Hongpeng Yu ,  Xi Tao ,  Liang Liu ,  Wenhua Zhang ,  Anatoly Kotlarsky ,  Sankar Ghosh ,  Michael Schnee ,  Pasqual Spatafore ,  Thomas Amundsen ,  Sung Byun ,  Mark Schmidt ,  Garrett Russell ,  John Bonanno ,  C. Harry Knowles

IPC分类号： G02B26/00

CPC分类号： G06F9/44526 ,  G06K7/10712 ,  G06K7/10732 ,  G06K7/10831 ,  G06K7/10851 ,  G06K7/10881 ,  G06K7/14 ,  G06K2207/1012

摘要： A hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading device comprises: an IR-based object presence and range detection subsystem; a area-type image formation and detection subsystem having an image capture modes of operation; a multi-mode led-based illumination subsystem for providing a narrow-band field of illumination; an automatic light exposure measurement and illumination control subsystem; an image capturing and buffering subsystem; a image-processing bar code symbol reading subsystem; an input/output subsystem; and a system control subsystem integrated with each of the above-described subsystems. The automatic light exposure measurement and illumination control subsystem has a light collecting element and a photodiode arranged within the hand-supportable housing, wherein incident illumination is collected from the predetermined portion of the FOV using the light collecting element, and then focused upon the photodiode for detection of the intensity of incident illumination and subsequent processing by the automatic light exposure measurement and illumination control subsystem.

摘要翻译： 一种基于手持式数字成像的条形码符号读取装置，包括：基于IR的对象存在和范围检测子系统; 具有图像拍摄模式的区域型图像形成和检测子系统; 用于提供窄带场照明的多模式LED基照明子系统; 自动曝光测量和照明控制子系统; 图像捕获和缓冲子系统; 图像处理条形码符号读取子系统; 输入/输出子系统; 以及与上述每个子系统集成的系统控制子系统。 自动曝光测量和照明控制子系统具有布置在手持式外壳内的光收集元件和光电二极管，其中使用光收集元件从FOV的预定部分收集入射照明，然后聚焦在光电二极管上 通过自动曝光测量和照明控制子系统检测入射照明强度和后续处理。