Christopher Allen
31Patents
9h-index
27Co-inventors
71Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 12, 2007 → Apr 27, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US8317105B2 | Optical scanning system having an extended programming mode and method of unlocking restricted extended classes of features and functionalities embodied therewithin | Physics | 547 | Active |
| US8479992B2 | 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 | Physics | 540 | Active |
| US8517271B2 | 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 | Physics | 533 | Active |
| US8459557B2 | Dual laser scanning code symbol reading system employing automatic object presence detector for automatic laser source selection | Physics | 533 | Active |
| US7841533B2 | 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 | Physics | 28 | Active |
| US8087588B2 | 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 | Physics | 22 | Active |
| US8157174B2 | 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 | Physics | 20 | Active |
| US7900839B2 | 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 | Physics | 15 | Active |
| US8052057B2 | 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 | Physics | 15 | Active |
| US8157175B2 | 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 | Physics | 9 | Active |
| US7922089B2 | 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 | Physics | 8 | Active |
| US7845561B2 | 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 | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US9997935B2 | System and method for charging a barcode scanner | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US7988053B2 | 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 | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US8047438B2 | 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 | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US10263443B2 | Power capacity indicator | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US11489352B2 | System and method for charging a barcode scanner | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US10797498B2 | Power capacity indicator | Electricity | 2 | Active |
| US7845559B2 | 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 | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US11675987B2 | Scanning apparatus and modular power source | Electricity | 2 | Active |
| US9104930B2 | Code symbol reading system | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US10804718B2 | System and method for charging a barcode scanner | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US8011585B2 | 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 | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US7967209B2 | 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 | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US7997489B2 | 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 | Physics | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.