Taylor Smith

Optical code symbol reading system employing a LED-driven optical-waveguide structure for illuminating a manually-actuated trigger switch integrated within a hand-supportable system housing

Optical code symbol reading system employing an acoustic-waveguide structure for coupling sonic energy, produced from an electro-transducer, to sound wave ports formed in the system housing

Optical scanning system having an extended programming mode and method of unlocking restricted extended classes of features and functionalities embodied therewithin

Digital image capture and processing system having a single printed circuit (PC) board with a light transmission aperture, wherein a first linear array of visible light emitting diodes (LEDs) are mounted on the rear side of the PC board for producing a linear targeting illumination beam, and wherein a second linear array of visible LEDs are mounted on the front side of said PC board for producing a field of visible illumination within the field of view (FOV) of the system

Digital image capture and processing system employing an image formation and detection subsystem having an area-type image detection array supporting periodic occurrance of snap-shot type image acquisition cycles at a high-repetition rate during object illumination

Digital image capture and processing system having a printed circuit (PC) board with a light transmission aperture, wherein an image detection array is mounted on the rear side of said PC board, and a linear array of light emitting diodes (LEDS) is mounted on the front surface of said PC board, and aligned with an illumination-focusing lens structure integrated within said imaging window

Digital image capture and processing system having a printed circuit (PC) board with light transmission aperture, wherein first and second field of view (FOV) folding mirrors project the FOV of a digital image detection array on the rear surface of said PC board, through said light transmission aperture

Method of capturing and processing digital images of an object within the field of view (FOV) of a hand-supportable digitial image capture and processing system

Digital image capture and processing system supporting automatic communication interface testing/detection and system configuration parameter (SCP) programming

Hand-supportable digital image capture and processing system having a printed circuit board with a light transmission aperture, through which the field of view (FOV) of the image detection array and visible targeting illumination beam are projected using a FOV-folding mirror

Hand-supportable digital image capture and processing system employing automatic object presence detection to control automatic generation of a linear targeting illumination beam within the field of view (FOV), and manual trigger switching to initiate illumination

Method of unlocking restricted extended classes of features and functionalities embodied within a digital image capture and processing system by reading feature/functionality-unlocking type code symbols

Method of programming the system configuration parameters of a digital image capture and processing system during the implementation of its communication interface with a host system without reading programming-type bar code symbols

Hand-supportable digital image capture and processing system employing visible targeting illumination beam projected from an array of visible light sources on the rear surface of a printed circuit (PC) board having a light transmission aperture, and reflected off multiple folding mirrors and projected through the light transmission aperture into a central portion of the field of view of said system

Digital image capture and processing system supporting a periodic snapshot mode of operation wherein during each image acquisition cycle, the rows of image detection elements in the image detection array are exposed simultaneously to illumination

Countertop-based digital image capture and processing system having an illumination subsystem employing a single array of LEDs disposed behind an illumination focusing lens structure integrated within the imaging window, for generating a field of visible illumination highly confined below the field

Digital image capture and processing system employing an image formation and detection subsystem having image formation optics providing a field of view (FOV) on an area-type image detection array, and a multi-mode illumination subsystem having near and far field LED-based illumination arrays for illuminating near and far field portions of said FOV

Method of blocking a portion of illumination rays generated by a countertop-supported digital imaging system, and preventing illumination rays from striking the eyes of the system operator or nearby consumers during operation of said countertop-supported digital image capture and processing system installed at a retail point of sale (POS) station

Digital image capture and processing system supporting a presentation mode of system operation which employs a combination of video and snapshot modes of image detection array operation during a single cycle of system operation

Digital image capture and processing system employing a linear LED-based illumination array mounted behind an illumination-focusing lens component integrated within the imaging window of the system

Digital image capture and processing system employing an image formation and detection system having an area-type image detection array supporting single snap-shot and periodic snap-shot modes of image acquisition during object illumination and imaging operations