Matthew B Allen

US Patent:

7118042, Oct 10, 2006

Filed:

Jan 18, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/052678

Inventors:

James W. Moore - Renton WA, US
Danny S. Barnes - Maple Valley WA, US
Matthew E. Allen - Maple Valley WA, US

Assignee:

Microscan Systems Incorporated - Renton WA

International Classification:

G06K 7/10

US Classification:

23546248, 23546201, 23546208, 23546232, 23546242, 235375, 235470, 382101, 382139, 382140

Abstract:

Embodiments of a method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for rapidly capturing images in an automated identification system to effectively extend one dimension of a field of view of an image system are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the image system captures and processes multiple images of at least a portion of a surface of a component in the automated identification system in response to a trigger signal communicated from a triggering device configured to sense a location of the component. Various embodiments of the invention include multiple sources for capturing images, and/or multiple user-specified schemes for effectively extending the field of view of the image system along the axis of component travel in the automated identification system.

US Patent:

7341190, Mar 11, 2008

Filed:

Sep 28, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/541317

Inventors:

James W. Moore - Renton WA, US
Danny S. Barnes - Maple Valley WA, US
Matthew E. Allen - Maple Valley WA, US

Assignee:

Microscan Systems Incorporated - Renton WA

International Classification:

G06K 7/10

US Classification:

235454, 23546248, 23546241, 23547201

Abstract:

Embodiments of a method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for rapidly capturing images in an automated identification system to effectively extend one dimension of a field of view of an image system are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the image system captures and processes multiple images of at least a portion of a surface of a component in the automated identification system in response to a trigger signal communicated from a triggering device configured to sense a location of the component. Various embodiments of the invention include multiple sources for capturing images, and/or multiple user-specified schemas for effectively extending the field of view of the image system along the axis of component travel in the automated identification system.

US Patent:

8146823, Apr 3, 2012

Filed:

Feb 11, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/029387

Inventors:

James W. Moore - Renton WA, US
Danny S. Barnes - Maple Valley WA, US
Matthew E. Allen - Liberty Lake WA, US
Bruce R. Scharf - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microscan Systems, Inc. - Renton WA

International Classification:

G06K 7/10

US Classification:

23546248, 235454, 23546214, 23546241, 23546245, 23546249, 23547201

Abstract:

Embodiments of a method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for rapidly capturing images in an automated identification system to effectively extend one dimension of a field of view of an image system are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the image system captures and processes multiple images of at least a portion of a surface of a component in the automated identification system in response to a trigger signal communicated from a triggering device configured to sense a location of the component. Various embodiments of the invention include multiple sources for capturing images, and/or multiple user-specified schemas for effectively extending the field of view of the image system along the axis of component travel in the automated identification system.

US Patent:

20180150397, May 31, 2018

Filed:

Jan 26, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/881623

Inventors:

- Seattle WA, US
Matthew David Allen - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc. - Seattle WA

International Classification:

G06F 12/0815
G06F 3/06
G06F 12/0868
G06F 17/30

Abstract:

A separate distributed buffer cache system may be implemented for a storage client of a distributed storage system. Storage I/O requests may be sent from a storage client to one or more buffer cache nodes in a distributed buffer cache system that maintain portions of an in-memory buffer cache to which the requests pertain. The distributed buffer cache system may send the write requests on to the distributed storage system to be completed, and in response to receiving acknowledgements from the storage system, sending a completion acknowledgement back to the storage client. Buffer cache nodes may update buffer cache entries for received requests such that they are not available for reads until complete at the distributed storage system. For read requests where the buffer cache entries at the buffer cache node are invalid, valid data may be obtained from the distributed storage system and sent to the storage client.