Thomas Amundsen
137Patents
34h-index
85Co-inventors
93Inventor score
Filing activity: May 11, 1995 → Jun 12, 2015
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7128266B2 | Hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar code symbol reader supporting narrow-area and wide-area modes of illumination and image capture | Physics | 688 | Expired |
| US8376233B2 | Bar code symbol reading system employing an extremely elongated laser scanning beam capable of reading poor and damaged quality bar code symbols with improved levels of performance | Physics | 548 | Active |
| US8590789B2 | Scanner with wake-up mode | Physics | 544 | Active |
| US8976030B2 | Point of sale (POS) based checkout system supporting a customer-transparent two-factor authentication process during product checkout operations | Physics | 497 | Active |
| US8985459B2 | Decodable indicia reading terminal with combined illumination | Physics | 491 | Active |
| US9057641B2 | Method of and system for detecting object weighing interferences | Physics | 473 | 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 |
| US6457642B1 | Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through a laser scanning tunnel | Physics | 122 | Expired |
| US9261398B2 | Method of and system for detecting object weighing interferences | Physics | 109 | Active |
| US6360947B1 | AUTOMATED HOLOGRAPHIC-BASED TUNNEL-TYPE LASER SCANNING SYSTEM FOR OMNI-DIRECTIONAL SCANNING OF BAR CODE SYMBOLS ON PACKAGE SURFACES FACING ANY DIRECTION OR ORIENTATION WITHIN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCANNING VOLUME DISPOSED ABOVE A CONVEYOR BELT | Physics | 100 | Expired |
| US6732929B2 | Led-based planar light illumination beam generation module employing a focal lens for reducing the image size of the light emmiting surface of the led prior to beam collimation and planarization | Physics | 91 | Expired |
| US6913202B2 | Planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) engine | Electricity | 83 | Expired |
| US6742707B1 | 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 | Electricity | 78 | Expired |
| US7086595B2 | 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 | Physics | 71 | Expired |
| US6554189B1 | Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through a laser scanning tunnel | Physics | 64 | Expired |
| US7240844B2 | 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 | Physics | 62 | Expired |
| US7490774B2 | Hand-supportable imaging based bar code symbol reader employing automatic light exposure measurement and illumination control subsystem integrated therein | Physics | 58 | Expired |
| US6182897A | Web-enabled system and method for designing and manufacturing laser scanners | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 56 | Expired |
| US7281661B2 | 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 | Physics | 55 | 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 |
| US6971577B2 | 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 | Electricity | 53 | Expired |
| US6830185B2 | 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 | Electricity | 51 | Expired |
| US6705528B2 | Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through a laser scanning tunnel | Physics | 46 | Expired |
| US7185817B2 | Hand-supportable digital imaging-based bar codes symbol reader employing multi-mode subsystems | Physics | 44 | Expired |
| US6540140B1 | Web-enabled system and method for designing and manufacturing bar code scanners | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 41 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.