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Metrologic Instruments is an automated identification and data capture (AIDC) company headquartered in Blackwood, New Jersey.〔 Metrologic Instruments designs, manufactures and markets bar code decoding hardware, adaptive optical solutions and high-speed image processing software. Metrologic Instruments is a Division of Honeywell, with more than 20 sales and manufacturing sites in North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Russia. Honeywell acquired Metrologic in July 2008.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HONEYWELL ACQUIRES METROLOGIC INSTRUMENTS ) 〕 Founded in 1968 by C. Harry Knowles, Metrologic Instruments initially concentrated on the manufacture of helium–neon laser kits for academic instruction.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Metrologic Profile ) 〕 These kits were sold to physics teachers throughout the United States. Then in 1975, after breakthroughs in bar coding technology, Metrologic Instruments developed the world’s first hand-held helium–neon laser bar code scanner. These scanners helped merchants process bar-coded merchandise.〔 Today, Metrologic Instruments manufactures over 40 different types of bar code scanners used by retailers, healthcare professionals, postal services and distribution companies around the world. These bar code scanners utilize a broad array of technology including laser, holographic, vision-based and radio-frequency identification (RFID). , Metrologic Instruments had over 350 registered patents with approximately another 130 patents pending. ==Metrologic world-firsts== 1969 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Metrologic Instruments」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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