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Grayscale barcode reading apparatus system including translating device for translating a pattern image into a sequence of bar widths and transition directions

US5619026A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 4, 1995
Grant dateApr 8, 1997
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Expiry dateJan 4, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K7/12
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system for verifying an object of interest, includes a grayscale one-dimensional bar pattern coupled to the object, an illumination and imaging system using a one-dimensional imaging device for reading the pattern coupled to the object and for producing a pattern image, a device for translating the pattern image into a sequence of bar widths and transition directions representing a detected code, a device for comparing the detected code with a predetermined code, and a device for indicating one of the detected code and acceptance or rejection of the detected code based on comparison of the detected code with the predetermined code.

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