US Patent Issued to Zebra Technologies on Nov. 11 for "Use of distance measurement to aid in vision applications in handheld scanner devices" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,909, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Zebra Technologies Corp. (Lincolnshire, Ill.).

"Use of distance measurement to aid in vision applications in handheld scanner devices" was invented by Justin F. Barish (Kings Park, N.Y.) and Matthew Lawrence Horner (Sound Beach, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Imaging devices, systems, and methods for capturing and processing images for vision applications in a non-fixed environment are described herein. An example device includes: a housing, a depth sensor operable to detect that an object in a range field of view is within a predetermined range from the device, an imaging sensor operable ...