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OCR And bar code reading using area array

US4402088A · kind A · utility

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7Claims
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Filing dateApr 9, 1981
Grant dateAug 30, 1983
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Expiry dateApr 9, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V10/28
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic scanner scans both bar code characters and alphanumeric characters producing a set of electrical signals. The electrical signals are examined by both a alphanumeric optical character reader and a bar code reader and the system outputs a signal indicative of what is read by either the bar code or alphanumeric reader but not both.

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