US Patent Issued to Hand Held Products on Aug. 12 for "Automatic illumination switching for a scanning device using reflections" (New Jersey Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,452, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Hand Held Products Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Automatic illumination switching for a scanning device using reflections" was invented by Benjamin Hejl (Cherry Hill, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments herein relate to automatically switching illumination for a scanning device based on detected reflections. In this regard, a reflection shape is detected in at least a first image related to an object associated with a direct part marking (DPM) indicia. Based on the reflection shape, one or more characteristics associated with the object are determined. Based on the one or more ch...