Inventor

Yong Liu

Inventor
Suzhou, CN

Overview

111→
Patents
1996–2021
Patent span
Physics
Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 111 as inventor

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G06Kprimary
G06KGraphical data reading35%
A47FSpecial furniture, fittings, or accessories for shops, storehouses, bars, restaurants or the like8%
G02BOptical elements, systems or apparatus8%
G07GRegistering the receipt of cash, valuables, or tokens8%
G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes8%
G06VImage or video recognition or understanding8%
G06FElectric digital data processing4%
H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television4%
H01JElectric discharge tubes or discharge lamps2%
G06TImage data processing or generation, in general2%
PatentTitleYear
11,121,353Systems and methods for potassium enhancing silicon-containing anodes for improved cyclability202111,121,430Block copolymer separators with nano-channels for lithium-ion batteries202110,769,393Chip on board based highly integrated imager202010,567,559Sliding mechanism and terminal device provided with same202010,487,340Tobacco mosaic virus resistant N'au gene and cloning methods and applications thereof201910,032,056Method of using camera sensor interface to transfer multiple channels of scan data using an image format20189,740,904'Method of using camera sensor interface to transfer multiple channels of scan data using an image format'20179,619,685'Encoded information reading terminal with replaceable imaging assembly'20179,519,815'Optical indicia reading terminal with color image sensor'20169,436,860'Optical indicia reading apparatus with multiple image sensors'20169,430,686'Package-on-package based integrated circuit chip imager'20169,424,453'Indicia reading terminal with color frame processing'20169,424,454'Chip on board based highly integrated imager'20169,378,403'Method of using camera sensor interface to transfer multiple channels of scan data using an image format'20169,342,723'Encoded information reading terminal with multiple imaging assemblies'20169,262,660'Optical indicia reading terminal with color image sensor'20169,135,483'Terminal having image data format conversion'20159,129,172'Indicia reading terminal with color frame processing'20159,111,159'Imaging based barcode scanner engine with multiple elements supported on a common printed circuit board'20159,098,763'Encoded information reading terminal with replaceable imaging assembly'20159,082,031'Package-on-package based integrated circuit chip imager'20159,038,911'Laser scanning code symbol reading system'20158,988,502'System and method for transmission, processing, and rendering of stereoscopic and multi-view images'20158,910,875'Indicia reading terminal with color frame processing'20148,842,946'Light sensor having reduced dark current'20148,837,826'System and method for transmission, reception, and restoration of decimated color channels in image data'20148,810,133'Grid for illumination apparatus'20148,789,759'Laser scanning code symbol reading system employing multi-channel scan data signal processing with synchronized digital gain control (SDGC) for full range scanning'20148,774,267'System and method for transmission, processing, and rendering of stereoscopic and multi-view images'20148,704,842'System and method for histogram computation using a graphics processing unit'20148,657,200'Indicia reading terminal with color frame processing'20148,608,071'Optical indicia reading terminal with two image sensors'20138,528,823'Indicia reading terminal with color frame processing'20138,322,622'Hand-supportable digital-imaging based code symbol reading system supporting motion blur reduction using an accelerometer sensor'2012RE043757'Rotational stage for high speed, large area scanning in focused beam systems'20128,279,451'Probing apparatus with on-probe device-mapping function'20128,234,507'Electronic-ink display device employing a power switching mechanism automatically responsive to predefined states of device configuration'20128,172,141'Laser beam despeckling devices'20128,042,740'Method of reading bar code symbols on objects at a point-of-sale station by passing said objects through a complex of stationary coplanar illumination and imaging planes projected into a 3D imaging volume'20117,986,157'High speed probing apparatus for semiconductor devices and probe stage for the same'20117,954,719'Tunnel-type digital imaging-based self-checkout system for use in retail point-of-sale environments'20117,878,407'POS-based digital image capturing and processing system employing automatic object motion detection and spectral-mixing based illumination techniques'20117,806,335'Digital image capturing and processing system for automatically recognizing objects in a POS environment'20107,806,336'Laser beam generation system employing a laser diode and high-frequency modulation circuitry mounted on a flexible circuit'20107,793,841'Laser illumination beam generation system employing despeckling of the laser beam using high-frequency modulation of the laser diode current and optical multiplexing of the component laser beams'20107,784,695'Planar laser illumination module (PLIM) employing high-frequency modulation (HFM) of the laser drive currents and optical multplexing of the output laser beams'20107,784,698'Digital image capturing and processing system for automatically recognizing graphical intelligence graphically represented in digital images of objects'20107,775,436'Method of driving a plurality of visible and invisible LEDs so as to produce an illumination beam having a dynamically managed ratio of visible to invisible (IR) spectral energy/power during object illumination and imaging operations'20107,770,796'Device for producing a laser beam of reduced coherency using high-frequency modulation of the laser diode current and optical multiplexing of the output laser beam'20107,762,465'Device for optically multiplexing a laser beam'20107,731,091'Digital image capturing and processing system employing automatic object detection and spectral-mixing based illumination techniques'20107,681,799'Method of reading code symbols using a digital image capturing and processing system employing a micro-computing platform with an event-driven multi-tier software architecture'20107,665,665'Digital illumination and imaging subsystem employing despeckling mechanism employing high-frequency modulation of laser diode drive current and optical beam multiplexing techniques'20107,661,597'Coplanar laser illumination and imaging subsystem employing spectral-mixing and despeckling of laser illumination'20107,637,433'Digital image capture and processing system employing a micro-computing platform with an event-driven multi-tier modular software architecture and supporting an image-processing based illumination metering program for automatically adjusting illumination during object illumination and imaging operations'20097,624,926'Method of automatically reading code symbols on objects present within the field of view (FOV) of a hand-supportable digital-imaging based code symbol reader, by simultaneously projecting an image cropping zone (ICZ) framing pattern and a field of illumination within the FOV during object illumination and imaging operations'20097,614,560'Method of illuminating objects at a point of sale (POS) station by adaptively controlling the spectral composition of the wide-area illumination beam produced from an illumination subsystem within an automatic digital image capture and processing system'20097,611,064'Digital image capture and processing system having automatic illumination measurement and control capabilities realized using a photodetector operating independently of the image sensing array, and an image-processing based illumination metering program for automatically adjusting the illumination duration of the system during object illumination and imaging operations'20097,604,175'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 bar code symbol reading application'20097,588,190'Digital-imaging code symbol reading system supporting automatic programming of system parameters for automatic configuration of said system in hands-on and hands-free modes of operation'20097,588,188'Pos-based digital image capturing and processing system using automatic object detection, spectral-mixing based illumination and linear imaging techniques'20097,575,170'POS-based digital image capturing and processing system using automatic object detection, spectral-mixing based illumination and linear imaging techniques'20097,571,858'POS-based digital image capturing and processing system using automatic object detection, spectral-mixing based illumination and linear imaging techniques'20097,568,625'Hand-supportable digital image-processing based bar code symbol reading system employing image cropping zone (ICZ) framing and post-image capture cropping'20097,546,952'Method of illuminating objects during digital image capture operations by mixing visible and invisible spectral illumination energy at point of sale (POS) environments'20097,527,206'Method of setting the time duration of illumination from an LED-based illumination array employed in a digital imaging-based code symbol reader, using an image-processing based illumination metering program executed therewithin'20097,513,430'Digital image capturing and processing system employing an area-type image sensing array exposed to narrow-band illumination from a narrow-band illumination subsystem for a time duration controlled using a photodetector operated independently from said area-type image sensing array'20097,510,122'Portable digital image capturing and processing system employing an area-type image sensing array exposed to illumination produced from an LED-based illumination array and measured using a photodector operated independently from said area-type image sensing array'20097,503,498'Hand-supportable digital image capturing and processing system employing an area-type image sensing array exposed to illumination from an LED-based illumination array only when all sensor elements in said image-sensing array are activated and in a state of integration'20097,503,499'Digital image capturing and processing system producing narrow-band illumination when image sensor elements in a state of integration, and simultaneously detecting narrow-band illumination using an area-type image sensor and independently-operated photo-detector'20097,490,774'Hand-supportable imaging based bar code symbol reader employing automatic light exposure measurement and illumination control subsystem integrated therein'20097,490,778'Method of reading code symbols using a hand-supportable digital image capturing and processing device employing a micro-computing platform supporting an event-driven multi-tier modular software architecture'20097,469,835'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 code symbol reading application'20087,428,998'Automatic hand-supportable image-based bar code symbol reader having image-processing based bar code reading subsystem employing simple decode image processing operations applied in an outwardly-directed manner referenced from the center of a captured narrow-area digital image of an object bearing a 1D bar code symbol'20087,407,109'Digital-imaging based code symbol reading system employing a micro-computing platform supporting an event-driven multi-tier modular software architecture'20087,360,706'Hand-supportable imaging-based auto-discriminating 1D/2D bar code symbol reader employing a multi-mode image processing bar code symbol reading subsystem having a plurality of modes of operation which are dynamically reconfigurable in response to real-time image analysis'20087,357,325'Hand-supportable imaging-based bar code symbol reader employing a CMOS-type image sensor using global exposure techniques'20087,347,374'Hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reader employing an event-driven system control subsystem, automatic IR-based object detection, and trigger-switch activated image capture and processing subsystem'20087,325,738'Method of and system for determining the lower limit of decoding resolution in an imaging-based bar code symbol reader'20087,320,431'Digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading system employing a multi-mode illumination subsystem with far-field and near field led-based illumination arrays'20087,319,597'Subrack for receiving plug-in units with code pins'20087,299,986'Digital imaging-based bar code symbol driven portable data terminal system'20077,293,714'Hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading system automatically processing captured images along parallel virtual scan lines based on the maximum pixel height of the region of interest (ROI)'20077,284,705'Hand-supportable semi-automatic digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading system realized upon a multi-tier modular software platform'20077,281,661'Hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reading system employing a method of intelligently illuminating an object so as to generate a digital image thereof which is substantially free of noise caused by specular-type reflection'20077,278,575'Hand-supportable image-based bar code symbol reader employing helically-sweeping feature-extraction analysis on a captured digital image of an object referenced from the center thereof'20077,273,180'Hand-supportable imaging-based bar code symbol reader having a multi-mode bar code symbol image processor dynamically reconfigurable in response to real-time image processing operations carried out on captured images'20077,270,272'Digital image-based bar code symbol reading system employing a multi-mode image-processing symbol reading subsystem'20077,267,282'Hand-supportable imaging-based bar code symbol reader capable of exposing an automatically detected object to a field of narrow-band LED-based illumination only when substantially all rows of pixels in a CMOS image sensing array are in a state of integration'20077,255,279'Hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code reading system wherein, during each imaging cycle, a single frame of pixel data is automatically detected by a CMOS area-type image sensing array when substantially all rows of pixels therein are in a state of integration and have a common integration time, and then pixel data is transmitted from said CMOS area-type image sensing array into a FIFO buffer, and then mapped into memory for subsequent image processing'20077,243,847'Digital imaging-based bar code symbol reader employing an LED-based illumination subsystem driven by an automatic light exposure measurement and illumination control subsystem'20077,240,844'Hand-suportable imaging-based bar code symbol reader employing an automatic light exposure measurement and illumination control subsystem for measuring illumination exposure on CMOS image sensing array and controlling LED illumination array driver circuitry'20077,237,722'Hand-supported imaging-based bar code symbol reader employing a multi-mode image-processing based bar code reading subsystem with modular image-processing architecture'20077,225,988'Hand-supportable imaging-based bar code symbol reader employing a tri-mode led-based illumination subsystem'20077,225,989'Method of performing auto-discrimination of 1D/2D bar code symbologies in a semi-automatic hand-supportable imaging-based bar code symbol reader having narrow-area and wide-area image capture modes of operation'20077,216,810'Hand-supportable multi-mode digital imaging-based bar code symbol reader employing an automatic illumination and exposure control subsystem that automatically controls the operation of a multi-mode led-based illumination subsystem so that detected objects are sufficiently illuminated and good quality digital images thereof are formed and detected'20077,213,762'Hand-supportable imaging-based bar code symbol reader employing a CMOS-type image sensing array in combination with a band-pass optical filter subsystem, narrow-band illumination subsystem, and automatic light exposure measurement and illumination control subsystem'20077,188,770'Hand-supportable semi-automatic imaging-based bar code reading system wherein an led-based illumination subsystem automatically illuminates a detected target object in a narrow-area field of illumination, and illuminates the detected target object in a wide-area field of illumination upon manual activation of a trigger switch'20077,185,817'Hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar codes symbol reader employing multi-mode subsystems'20077,178,733'Hand-supportable imaging-based bar code symbol reader employing automatic object presence and range detection to control the generation of near-field and far-field wide-area illumination during bar code symbol imaging operations'20077,128,266'Hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reader supporting narrow-area and wide-area modes of illumination and image capture'20067,086,595'METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING CAPTURED DIGITAL IMAGES OF OBJECTS WITHIN A SEMI-AUTOMATIC HAND-SUPPORTABLE IMAGING-BASED BAR CODE SYMBOL READER SO AS TO READ 1D AND/OR 2D BAR CODE SYMBOLS GRAPHICALLY REPRESENTED THEREIN'20066,911,656'Rotational stage for high speed, large area scanning in focused beam systems'20056,884,605'Compositions, methods and products comprising human papillomavirus for detecting and treating a cancer'20056,777,688'Rotational stage for high speed, large area scanning in focused beam systems'20046,506,600'Secreting products from skin by adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene transfer'20036,495,361'Method of producing infectious papillomavirus in placental cells'20025,849,484'In vitro assay for inhibitors of the intron self-splicing reaction in Pneumocystis carinii'19985,776,680'Diagnostic probes for pneumocystis carini'19985,724,131'Integrated emission microscope for panchromatic imaging, continuous wavelength spectroscopy and selective area spectroscopic mapping'19985,569,920'Retractable cathodoluminescence detector with high ellipticity and high backscattered electron rejection performance for large area specimens'1996

Career & activity timeline

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1996–2012Patents assigned to UNIV SINGAPORE (5)· patent assignee history
1998–2005Based in Singapore, SG· patent location history
2002–2005Based in Little Rock, AR, US· patent location history
2006–2016Patents assigned to METROLOGIC INSTR INC (71)· patent assignee history
2006–2020Based in Suzhou, CN· patent location history
2012–2016Patents assigned to LIU YONG (13)· patent assignee history
2013–2016Patents assigned to WANG YNJIUN PAUL (7)· patent assignee history
2014–2015Based in Edison, NJ, US· patent location history
2015–2020Patents assigned to HONEYWELL INT INC (10)· patent assignee history
2015–2016Based in Jiangsu, CN· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees
AssigneePatentsSpan
METROLOGIC INSTR INC712006–2016
LIU YONGself132012–2016
HONEYWELL INT INC102015–2020
WANG YNJIUN PAUL72013–2016
UNIV SINGAPORE51996–2012
Locations
LocationPatentsSpan
Suzhou, CN822006–2020
Jiangsu, CN52015–2016
Edison, New Jersey, US42014–2015
Singapore, SG31998–2005
Little Rock, AR, US32002–2005