Multiple bar code decoding system and method
US5262625A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 15, 1991 |
| Grant date | Nov 16, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 15, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K7/0166
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
There are disclosed a system and method for decoding data read from a plurality of different types of bar code labels which includes circuit means for detecting the occurrence of two equal continuous characters in the data generated by an optical scanner in reading a bar code label and a filter for each of the different bar code labels receiving simultaneously the two equal characters for decoding the character data and inserting locating bits in the data delimiting a valid character in the data.
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