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Inventor

Constantine J. Tsikos

Inventor
Voorhees, NJ, US

Overview

72→
Patents
1982–2010
Patent span
Physics
Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 72 as inventor

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G06Kprimary
G06KGraphical data reading21%
G02BOptical elements, systems or apparatus19%
H01SDevices using the process of light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation [laser] to amplify or generate light19%
G06VImage or video recognition or understanding11%
B82YSpecific uses or applications of nanostructures10%
G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes9%
G07GRegistering the receipt of cash, valuables, or tokens2%
H10DInorganic electric semiconductor devices2%
G01BMeasuring length, thickness or similar linear dimensions1%
G01SRadio direction-finding1%
PatentTitleYear
7,832,643'Hand-supported planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based systems with laser despeckling mechanisms integrated therein'20107,673,803'Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based engine'20107,644,866'Hand-supportable code symbol reader employing coplanar laser illumination and linear imaging'20107,621,455'Hand-supportable code symbol reader employing coplanar laser illumination and linear imaging'20097,600,689'Tunnel-based object identification and dimensioning system'20097,584,893'Tunnel-type digital imaging system for use within retail shopping environments such as supermarkets'20097,581,681'Tunnel-type digital imaging system for use within retail shopping environments such as supermarkets'20097,533,821'Hand-supportable planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) device for producing a planar laser illumination beam (PLIB) coplanar with the field of view (FOV) of a linear image detection array'20097,527,205'Automated package dimensioning system'20097,527,200'Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) systems with integrated despeckling mechanisms provided therein'20097,527,202'Hand-supportable planar linear illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based code symbol reading system'20097,523,863'Hand-supportable LED-based planar illumination and imaging system'20097,513,428'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'20097,152,795'Bioptical product and produce identification systems employing planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIM) based subsystems'20067,143,943'Method of producing digital images of objects using planar laser illumination beams and electronic image detection arrays'20067,140,543'Planar light illumination and imaging device with modulated coherent illumination that reduces speckle noise induced by coherent illumination'20067,131,586'Method of and apparatus for reducing speckle-pattern noise in a planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based system'20067,104,455'Planar light illumination and imaging (PLIIM) system employing LED-based planar light illumination arrays (PLIAS) and an area-type image detection array'20067,104,453'Unitary package identification and dimensioning system employing ladar-based scanning methods'20067,086,594'Planar light illumination and imaging (PLIIM) systems employing LED-based planar light illumination arrays (PLIAS) and linear electronic image detection arrays'20067,073,718'Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) systems employing laser-diode based planar laser illumination arrays and linear electronic image detection arrays'20067,070,106'Internet-based remote monitoring, configuration and service (RMCS) system capable of monitoring, configuring and servicing a planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based network'20067,070,107'Led-based planar light illumination and imaging (PLIIM) systems'20067,066,391'HAND-SUPPORTABLE PLANAR LASER ILLUMINATION AND IMAGING (PLIIM) BASED CAMERA SYSTEM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIGITAL LINEAR IMAGES OF AN OBJECT, CONTAINING PIXELS HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM ASPECT-RATIO INDEPENDENT OF THE MEASURED RELATIVE VELOCITY OF AN OBJECT WHILE MANUALLY MOVING SAID PLIIM BASED CAMERA SYSTEM PAST SAID OBJECT DURING ILLUMINATION AND IMAGING OPERATIONS'20067,028,899'METHOD OF SPECKLE-NOISE PATTERN REDUCTION AND APPARATUS THEREFORE BASED ON REDUCING THE TEMPORAL-COHERENCE OF THE PLANAR LASER ILLUMINATION BEAM BEFORE IT ILLUMINATES THE TARGET OBJECT BY APPLYING TEMPORAL PHASE MODULATION TECHNIQUES DURING THE TRANSMISSION OF THE PLIB TOWARDS THE TARGET'20066,997,386'PLANAR LASER ILLUMINATION AND IMAGING (PLIIM) DEVICE EMPLOYING A LINEAR IMAGE DETECTION ARRAY HAVING VERTICALLY-ELONGATED IMAGE DETECTION ELEMENTS, WHEREIN THE HEIGHT OF THE VERTICALLY-ELONGATED IMAGE DETECTION ELEMENTS AND THE F/# PARAMETER OF THE IMAGE FORMATION OPTICS ARE CONFIGURED TO REDUCE SPECKLE-PATTERN NOISE POWER THROUGH SPATIAL-AVERAGING OF DETECTED SPECKLE-NOISE PATTERNS'20066,991,165'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'20066,991,166'LED-based planar light illumination and imaging (PLIIM) engine'20066,988,661'AUTOMATED OBJECT IDENTIFICATION AND ATTRIBUTE ACQUISITION SYSTEM HAVING A MULTI-COMPARTMENT HOUSING WITH OPTICALLY-ISOLATED LIGHT TRANSMISSION APERTURES FOR OPERATION OF A PLANAR LASER ILLUMINATION AND IMAGING (PLIIM) BASED LINEAR IMAGING SUBSYSTEM AND A LASER-BASE'20066,988,660'Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based camera system for producing high-resolution 3-D images of moving 3-D objects'20066,978,935'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'20056,978,936'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'20056,971,576'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'20056,971,575'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'20056,971,577'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'20056,971,578'Planar laser illumination and imaging module (PLIIN) based semiconductor chips'20056,962,289'Method of and system for producing high-resolution 3-D images of 3-D object surfaces having arbitrary surface geometry'20056,959,869'Automatic vehicle identification (AVI) system employing planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based subsystems'20056,959,868'TUNNEL-BASED METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING TRANSPORTED PACKAGES EMPLOYING THE TRANSMISSION OF PACKAGE DIMENSION DATA OVER A DATA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF PACKAGE DIMENSION DATA AT LINEAR IMAGING SUBSYSTEMS IN SAID TUNNEL-BASED SYSTEM SO AS TO ENABLE THE CONTROL OF AUTO ZOOM/FOCUS CAMERA MODULES THEREWITHIN DURING LINEAR IMAGING OPERATIONS'20056,959,870'Planar LED-based illumination array (PLIA) chips'20056,957,775'INTERNET-BASED METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTELY MONITORING, CONFIGURING AND SERVICING PLANAR LASER ILLUMINATION AND IMAGING (PLIIM) BASED NETWORKS WITH NODES FOR SUPPORTING OBJECT IDENTIFICATION AND ATTRIBUTE INFORMATION ACQUISITION FUNCTIONS'20056,953,152'HAND-SUPPORTABLE PLANAR LASER ILLUMINATION AND IMAGING (PLIIM) BASED CAMERA SYSTEM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIGITAL LINEAR IMAGES OF A OBJECT, CONTAINING PIXELS HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM WHITE LEVEL INDEPENDENT OF THE VELOCITY OF THE OBJECT WHILE MANUALLY MOVING SAID FILM BASED CAMERA SYSTEM PAST SAID OBJECT DURING ILLUMINATION IMAGING OPERATIONS'20056,953,151'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'20056,948,659'Hand-supportable planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) device'20056,913,202'Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) engine'20056,896,184'PLANAR LASER ILLUMINATION AND IMAGING (PLIIM) SYSTEM EMPLOYING LASER-DIODE BASED PLANAR LASER ILLUMINATION ARRAYS AND A LINEAR ELECTRONIC IMAGE DETECTION ARRAY EMPLOYING IMAGE FORMATION OPTICS THAT OPTICALLY COMPENSATES FOR DECREASES IN THE POWER-DENSITY OF THE PLANAR LASER ILLUMINATION BEAM WITH INCREASES IN OBJECT DISTANCE DURING ILLUMINATION AND IMAGING OPERATIONS'20056,880,756'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'20056,877,662'Led-based planar light illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based camera system employing real-time object coordinate acquisition and producing to control automatic zoom and focus imaging optics'20056,863,216'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 PHASE MODULATION TECHNIQUES DURING THE TRANSMISSION OF THE PLIB TOWARDS THE TARGET'20056,857,570'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 FREQUENCY MODULATION TECHNIQUES DURING THE TRANSMISSION OF THE PLIB TOWARDS THE TARGET'20056,837,432'METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY CROPPING CAPTURED LINEAR IMAGES OF A MOVING OBJECT PRIOR TO IMAGE PROCESSING USING REGION OF INTEREST (ROI) COORDINATE SPECIFICATIONS CAPTURED BY AN OBJECT PROFILING SUBSYSTEM'20056,837,437'Planar laser illumination modules (PLIMS) employed in a planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) system'20056,830,185'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'20046,830,184'METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY COMPENSATING FOR VIEWING-ANGLE DISTORTION IN DIGITAL LINEAR IMAGES OF OBJECT SURFACES MOVING PAST A PLANAR LASER ILLUMINATION AND IMAGING (PLIIM) BASED CAMERA SYSTEM AT SKEWED VIEWING ANGLES'20046,830,189'METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING DIGITAL IMAGES OF OBJECTS WITH SUBTANTIALLY REDUCED SPECKLE-NOISE PATTERNS BY ILLUMINATING SAID OBJECTS WITH SPATIALLY AND/OR TEMPORALLY COHERENT-REDUCED PLANAR LASER ILLUMINATION'20046,786,414'Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) systems'20046,764,008'Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) system employing an area-type image detection array'20046,742,707'METHOD OF SPECKLE-NOISE PATTERN REDUCTION AND APPARATUS THEREFOR BASED ON REDUCING THE SPATIAL-COHERENCE OF THE PLANAR LASER ILLUMINATION BEAM BEFORE THE BEAM ILLUMINATES THE TARGET OBJECT BY APPLYING SPATIAL PHASE SHIFTING TECHNIQUES DURING THE TRANSMISSION OF THE PLIB THERETOWARDS'20046,742,711'Method of extending the working distance of a planar laser illumination and imaging system without increasing the output power of the visible laser diode (VLD) sources employed there'20046,739,511'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 PHASE MODULATION TECHNIQUES DURING THE TRANSMISSION OF THE PLIB TOWARDS THE TARGET'20046,736,321'Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) system employing wavefront control methods for reducing the power of speckle-pattern noise digital images acquired by said system'20046,631,842'Method of and system for producing images of objects using planar laser illumination beams and image detection arrays'20036,629,641'Method of and system for producing images of objects using planar laser illumination beams and image detection arrays'20035,243,690'Robot targeting using transit time control'19935,065,237'Edge detection using patterned background'19915,013,927'Object location apparatus'19914,979,815'Laser range imaging system based on projective geometry'19904,608,638'Apparatus for accumulating and permanently storing statistical information'19864,547,668'Two-dimensional pressure sensor using retro-reflective tape and semi-transparent medium'19854,547,898'Apparatus for determining the two-dimensional connectivity of a prescribed binary variable associated with a surface'19854,507,557'Non-contact X,Y digitizer using two dynamic ram imagers'19854,353,056'Capacitive fingerprint sensor'1982

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1982Patents assigned to SIEMENS CORP (1)· patent assignee history
1982–1986Based in Pennsauken, NJ, US· patent location history
1985–1986Patents assigned to SIEMENS CORP RES & SUPPORT (4)· patent assignee history
1990–1991Based in West Berlin, NJ, US· patent location history
1991–1993Patents assigned to GEN ELECTRIC (3)· patent assignee history
1991–1993Based in Voorhees Township, Camden County, NJ, US· patent location history
2003–2010Patents assigned to METROLOGIC INSTR INC (61)· patent assignee history
2003–2010Based in Voorhees, NJ, US· patent location history
2005Patents assigned to METPOLOGIC INSTR INC (1)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees
AssigneePatentsSpan
METROLOGIC INSTR INC612003–2010
SIEMENS CORP RES & SUPPORT41985–1986
GEN ELECTRIC31991–1993
METPOLOGIC INSTR INC12005
SIEMENS CORP11982
Locations
LocationPatentsSpan
Voorhees, New Jersey, US632003–2010
Pennsauken, New Jersey, US51982–1986
Voorhees Township, Camden County, New Jersey, US21991–1993
West Berlin, New Jersey, US21990–1991