Described in detail herein are systems and methods for determining in situ locations of physical objects using mobile devices within a facility. Multiple mobile devices may scan different identifiers of different physical objects disposed in a facility. The mobile devices may transmit the identifiers to a distributed computing system. The distributed computing system may query a database to determine the in situ location of the physical objects associated with the identifiers. In response to not being able to retrieve a in situ location of a physical object, the distributed computing system may determine a path of the mobile device which transmitted the identifier associated with the physical object with the unknown in situ location. The distributed computing system may determine the in situ location of the physical object for which the in situ location was unknown based on the path and the known locations of the other physical objects.

A scanner configured to provide different patterns of light for scanning is provided. The scanner may include electrochromic surfaces and reflective surfaces, which can be arranged and used to direct light through different pathways within the scanner. The scanner may further include one or more light emitting components, receiving optics, and power supplies to facilitate generating the different patterns of light for scanning. A method of scanning is also provided.

A mobile device includes a code capturing entity adapted to capture a data code associated with an item, an entity adapted to determine whether a captured data code is authentic and to generate authentication information as a result, and to decode the captured data code to obtain decoded information, and an output entity. The mobile device is adapted such that the authentication information and the decoded information are sent to a processing entity which receives the authentication information and the decoded information and generates, based on the authentication information and the decoded information by using a stored prediction model, an indication for a next code to be captured; and the output entity is arranged to output information relating to an item and location associated with said next code to be captured based on said indication.

A user moves about a venue, and operates a mobile reader to read a product tag in a read zone of the mobile reader. An identifier, such as a user identity badge, is associated with the user to identify the user. A sensing system is deployed in the venue for sensing the location of the identifier. A host server associates the mobile reader with the identifier of the user operating the mobile reader, and determines a location of the product tag in the venue based on the read zone and the location of the identifier.

A barcode scanner system includes a scan unit which includes, on one surface thereof, a scan module for scanning a barcode and has, on the other surface thereof, a structure for coupling to a body unit; and the body unit which has one surface having a shape corresponding to the coupling structure of the scan unit, and includes a display module, a communication module, an operation module, and a fingerprint recognition module. The body unit recognizes fingerprint information of the user through the fingerprint recognition module, and transmits the fingerprint information to a server to perform authentication. When a user input to the operation module occurs after authentication completion information is received from the server, a barcode scan is performed, and the scanned barcode information is transmitted to the server. Barcode information and user information identified through recognition of the fingerprint information are matched and stored in the server.

A log scanning system and method for scanning a log load. Each individual log in the log load may have an ID element with a unique log ID data on at least one log end face. The system has a handheld scanner unit for free-form scanning by an operator over a load end face of the log load. The scanner unit has a depth sensor configured to capture a series of depth images of the load end face and a texture sensor configured to capture a series of texture images of the load end face during the load end face scan. The system also has a data processor(s) that receives and processes the depth and texture images captured from the scan. The processor(s) are configured to fuse the depth images or depth and texture images into a data model of the load end face, determine log end boundaries of the individual logs visible in the load end face by processing the data model, process the texture images to identify and decode any ID elements visible in the scan to extract individual log ID data, and generate output data representing the log load based on the determined log end boundaries and extracted log ID data.

A housing of an imaging unit is disclosed. The housing comprises an outer surface and an inner surface, wherein the inner surface of the housing defines a lens channel sized to receive a lens barrel. Further, the inner surface of the housing defines a helical step in the lens channel, wherein the helical step protrudes outwardly into the lens channel, and wherein the helical step is angled at a first predetermined pitch. Further, the inner surface of the lens channel defines a glue pocket, in the lens channel, which extends from the inner surface of the housing to the outer surface of the housing such that a first edge surface, defining a portion of a periphery of the glue pocket, is coplanar with the helical step.

Example implementations include a method, apparatus and computer-readable medium of configuring a license for a component configurable with a computer system, comprising storing the component on the computer system. The implementations further include encoding computer system information corresponding to the computer system into a barcode, such as a Quick Response (QR) code. Additionally, the implementations further include displaying the barcode and a license identifier field. Additionally, the implementations further include receiving a license identifier in the license identifier field, wherein the license identifier is based on the barcode. Additionally, the implementations further include decoding the license for the component based on the license identifier.

A scanning and monitoring glove system includes a glove member having a palm portion, a thumb portion and a plurality of finger portions, a product scanner integrated into the glove member, a digital camera integrated into one of the plurality of finger portions of the glove member, and a biometric scanning device integrated into the glove member. The biometric scanning device being operable to sense biometric data associated with a wearer of the glove member.

An application on a mobile device may include a barcode decoder. The application may be configured to download a configuration file. The configuration file may include an enterprise identifier that is uniquely associated with an enterprise. The application may additionally be configured to obtain a license key for the barcode decoder. The license key may be based on the enterprise identifier. The application may additionally be configured to transition the barcode decoder from an inactive state to an active state conditional upon verifying that the license key is based on the enterprise identifier.