US Patent Issued to Zebra Technologies on April 22 for "Barcode readers with biometric user identification" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,823, issued on April 22, was assigned to Zebra Technologies Corp. (Lincolnshire, Ill.).

"Barcode readers with biometric user identification" was invented by Darran Michael Handshaw (Sound Beach, N.Y.) and Stefanie Handshaw (Sound Beach, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example barcode reader includes a housing having a window. An imaging assembly is recessed within the housing, has an imaging field-of-view (FOV) directed toward the window, and includes an imager configured to capture an image of an object positioned within a product scanning region. An illumination assembly is recessed within the housing and has an illumination ...