US Patent Issued to Zebra Technologies on Sept. 16 for "Miniature long range imaging engine with auto-focus and auto-zoom system" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,364, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Zebra Technologies Corp. (Lincolnshire, Ill.).

"Miniature long range imaging engine with auto-focus and auto-zoom system" was invented by Vladimir Gurevich (Great Neck, N.Y.), Christopher W. Brock (Manorville, N.Y.), David Tsi Shi (Setauket, N.Y.), David P. Goren (Smithtown, N.Y.) and Carl D. Wittenberg (Water Mill, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems to implement a miniature long range imaging engine with auto-focus, auto-zoom, and auto-illumination are disclosed herein. An example method includes detecting, by a microprocessor, a presence of an aim light pattern within t...