Patent · US Expired

Barcode location determination

US4948955A · kind A · utility

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27Claims
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Filing dateDec 22, 1988
Grant dateAug 14, 1990
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Expiry dateDec 22, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K7/14
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of determining the location of a barcode block comprising the steps of reducing an input image, rejecting background clutter, detecting barcode regions, extracting barcode moment-based features, and determining four corner points of said barcode block. This method of determining the location of a barcode block can be implemented in a single PC card and achieve a throughput of more than 16 documents per second.

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