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Method and device for reading a two-dimensional encoded pattern applied on a non-uniform background

US11847516B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 10, 2020
Grant dateDec 19, 2023
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Expiry dateDec 10, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K19/06093
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and device for detecting and decoding a two-dimensional encoded pattern, e.g. of the Robust Encoding Pattern type (REP), even in case the pattern is applied on a non-uniform colored background of a surface of a substrate. The operations for decoding such an encoded pattern involve detecting the states of its symbols through a test pattern, checking that local differences between parameter values of the elements of the symbols are consistent with an allowed representation of the test pattern to assign via a one-to-one mapping the states of the symbols of the test pattern to the corresponding symbols of the encoded pattern, and decoding the encoded pattern based on the assigned representation of its symbols.

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