Machine and human readable label
US5083816A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 6, 1990 |
| Grant date | Jan 28, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 6, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K2019/06225
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed is a human and machine readable label which is divided into three areas. The top portion of the label, which is typically half the length of the label, is divided into two columns. One of these columns contains a bar code with a quiet zone at each end of the bar code. This bar code contains the entire message of the label in a machine readable bar code format. The other column of the top portion of the label contains the first few characters of the human readable portion of the message. The bottom portion of the label contains the remainder of the human readable message and is printed throughout the entire width of the label, thus allowing the characters to be a much larger size that the human readable characters contained in the top portion of the label. The label is of a size that allows it to be placed on one end of a 3480 style tape cartridge, as well as allowing it to be placed on other types of media such a file folders. The human readable characters contained on the label have a background color which is different for each letter or digit of the human readable message. Since the background color is different for each letter or number, out of sequence cartridges are…
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