ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,450,453, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Datalogic IP Tech S.r.l. (Bologna, Italy).

"Apparatus and methods utilizing multiple modes to synchronize image acquisition by multiple linear scanners" was invented by Claudio Saporetti (Bologna, Italy) and Matteo Di Giorgio (Loreto Aprutino, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system including at least one linear scanner. The system utilizes multiple modes to synchronize image acquisition of the at least one linear scanner. A first mode directly triggers image acquisition by the at least one linear scanner based on a distance a conveyor of the object carrying a machine-readable symbol has ...