Bar code reader

Details Bar code reader Bar code reader

1997-03-07

1998-03-03

Hajec, Donald T.

Registers

Coded record sensors

Particular sensor structure

235462, C06K 710

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057238537

ABSTRACT:
A portable, hand-held, self-contained two-dimensional bar code reader adapted to the PDF417 symbology, includes a light source, a photodetector, and a decoder. The decoder comprises an 8 bit microcomputer, having an address space of 64K bytes, but actually using an 8K Byte SRAM for data storage, and 32K Byte PEROM for program instructions. Performance is enhanced by a novel program resident in the program memory, and by the use of direct memory access to load signals derived from the photodetector into memory. The unit draws an average of 1.4 watts during a reading operation when the light source is enabled and 0.83 watts during decoding when the light source is disabled. It is capable of reading an 800 character PDF417 symbol at an error correction level of 5 in about 2 seconds.

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