Robert Blake
72Patents
25h-index
60Co-inventors
91Inventor score
Filing activity: Sep 17, 1991 → Mar 10, 2011
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US8459557B2 | Dual laser scanning code symbol reading system employing automatic object presence detector for automatic laser source selection | Physics | 533 | Active |
| US8950678B2 | Barcode reader with edge detection enhancement | Physics | 491 | Active |
| US6209789A | Optical filtering system for a laser bar code scanner having narrow band-pass characteristics employing spatially separated filtering elements including a scanner window | Physics | 195 | Expired |
| US7527205B2 | Automated package dimensioning system | Physics | 189 | Active |
| US6971580B2 | AUTOMATED METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR DIMENSIONING OBJECTS OVER A CONVEYOR BELT STRUCTURE BY APPLYING CONTOURING TRACING, VERTICE DETECTION, CORNER POINT DETECTION, AND CORNER POINT REDUCTION METHODS TO TWO-DIMENSIONAL RANGE DATA MAPS OF THE SPACE ABOVE THE CONVEYOR BELT CAPTURED BY AN AMPLITUDE MODULATED LASER SCANNING BEAM | Physics | 172 | Expired |
| US7104453B1 | Unitary package identification and dimensioning system employing ladar-based scanning methods | Physics | 133 | Expired |
| US6457642B1 | Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through a laser scanning tunnel | Physics | 122 | Expired |
| US5340971A | Automatic bar code reading system having selectable long range and short range modes of operation | Physics | 121 | Expired |
| US6705526B1 | AUTOMATED METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR DIMENSIONING OBJECTS TRANSPORTED THROUGH A WORK ENVIRONMENT USING CONTOUR TRACING, VERTICE DETECTION, CORNER POINT DETECTION, AND CORNER POINT REDUCTION METHODS ON TWO-DIMENSIONAL RANGE DATA MAPS CAPTURED BY AN AMPLITUDE MODULATED LASER SCANNING BEAM | Physics | 118 | Expired |
| US6517004B2 | Automated system for identifying and dimensioning packages transported through a laser scanning tunnel using laser scanning beam indexing techniques | Physics | 113 | Expired |
| US6283375A | Automatically-activated hand-supportable laser scanning bar code symbol reading system with data transmission activation switch | Physics | 66 | Expired |
| US6554189B1 | Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through a laser scanning tunnel | Physics | 64 | Expired |
| US6978936B2 | 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 | Electricity | 53 | Expired |
| US6705528B2 | Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through a laser scanning tunnel | Physics | 46 | Expired |
| US5528024A | Device for selectively reading code symbols in spatially-defined portions of the scan field | Physics | 39 | Expired |
| US6412700B1 | Method and apparatus for automatically reading bar code symbols | Physics | 36 | Expired |
| US5886337A | Method and apparatus for automatically reading bar code symbols | Physics | 36 | Expired |
| US6619550B1 | AUTOMATED TUNNEL-TYPE LASER SCANNING SYSTEM EMPLOYING CORNER-PROJECTED ORTHOGONAL LASER SCANNING PATTERNS FOR ENHANCED READING OF LADDER AND PICKET FENCE ORIENTED BAR CODES ON PACKAGES MOVING THERETHROUGH | Physics | 36 | Expired |
| US5627359A | Laser code symbol scanner employing optical filtering system having narrow band-pass characteristics and spatially separated optical filter elements with laser light collection optics arranged along laser light return path disposed therebetween | Physics | 35 | Expired |
| US6772949B2 | Portable hand-supportable data terminal with automatically-activated laser scanning bar code symbol reader integrated therein | Physics | 34 | Expired |
| US5525789A | Automatic laser bar code symbol reading system and method of reading bar code symbols using same | Physics | 34 | Expired |
| US6595420B1 | Automatically-activated body-wearable laser scanning bar code symbol reading system having data-transmission activation switch | Physics | 30 | Expired |
| US5789731A | Laser code symbol scanner employing optical filtering system having narrow pass-band characteristics and spatially-separated optical filter elements with laser light collection optics arranged along laser light return path disposed therebetween | Physics | 29 | Expired |
| US5663828A | Accessory device for modulating the laser output of a pen-clip actuatable laser pointer | Electricity | 27 | Expired |
| US5789730A | Automatic hand-supportable laser scanner and method of reading bar code symbols using same | Physics | 26 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.