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Method and apparatus for capturing and decoding an image of a remotely located bar code

US7150400B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 18, 2005
Grant dateDec 19, 2006
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Expiry dateMay 18, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K17/00
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for remotely decoding a bar code includes capturing an image of a bar code using a camera, transmitting the image of the bar code across a network, receiving the image of the bar code at a remote location on the network, reproducing the image of the bar code at the remote location to provide a reproduced image of the bar code, and scanning and decoding the reproduced image of the bar code.

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