Inventor · Fayetteville, NY, US

Robert C. Gardiner

33Patents
20h-index
23Co-inventors
85Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 18, 1995 → May 29, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6832725B2 Optical reader comprising multiple color illumination Electricity 861 Expired
US8596542B2 Apparatus operative for capture of image data Physics 574 Active
US8622303B2 Decoding utilizing image data Physics 549 Active
US8559767B2 Imaging apparatus having imaging assembly Electricity 545 Active
US8702000B2 Reading apparatus having partial frame operating mode Physics 527 Active
US9047525B2 Imaging apparatus having imaging assembly Electricity 489 Active
US6637658B2 Optical reader having partial frame operating mode Physics 287 Expired
US5831254A Exposure control apparatus for use with optical readers Physics 251 Expired
US7086596B2 Decoder board for an optical reader utilizing a plurality of imaging formats Physics 234 Expired
US7219843B2 Optical reader having a plurality of imaging modules Electricity 216 Expired
US9137009B1 Portable keying device and method Electricity 144 Active
US7270274B2 Imaging module comprising support post for optical reader Electricity 141 Expired
US9582696B2 Imaging apparatus having imaging assembly Electricity 111 Active
US7270273B2 Optical reader having partial frame operating mode Physics 84 Expired
US7690572B2 Decoder board for an optical reader utilizing a plurality of imaging formats Physics 74 Active
US7268924B2 Optical reader having reduced parameter determination delay Electricity 73 Expired
US7878403B2 Image sensor based optical reader Electricity 59 Active
US8016196B2 Decoder board for an optical reader utilizing a plurality of imaging formats Physics 58 Active
US7533824B2 Image sensor based optical reader Electricity 51 Active
US8074887B2 Optical reader having a plurality of imaging modules Physics 37 Active
US7428079B2 Bar code reading device having partial frame image capture operating mode Electricity 14 Expired
US9076054B2 Image sensor based optical reader Electricity 9 Active
US7376234B1 Portable keying device and method Electricity 9 Expired
US8121440B2 Imaging apparatus having imaging assembly Electricity 8 Active
US7434733B2 Optical reader having partial frame operating mode Physics 8 Active

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