Registers – Coded record sensors – Particular sensor structure
Patent
1994-05-27
1995-12-26
Hajec, Donald T.
Registers
Coded record sensors
Particular sensor structure
235463, G06K 710
Patent
active
054789990
ABSTRACT:
A system for detecting a bar code symbol receives a two-dimensional image containing the symbol, where the system has no a priori knowledge of the orientation of the symbol in the image. The system scans the image in one dimension to locate a quiet zone for the symbol and searches the image in one dimension to identify a start/stop character of the symbol. A system for decoding a bar code symbol having a plurality of elements receives a signal representative of the symbol. The system searches the signal along a first search step to characterize the width of one of the elements. The system then selects a second search step by projecting from the first search step onto a reference line, where the reference line is not parallel to either the first or second search steps. The system then searches the signal along the second search step to characterize the width of another of the elements. A system for decoding a bar code symbol having at least three elements receives a signal representative of the symbol. The system characterizes a first set of two or more elements by searching the signal along a first search step. The system also characterizes a second set of two or more elements by searching the signal along a second search step, where the first set and the second set have an element in common and where the first and second search steps are not collinear.
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Figarella Luis
Klancnik Mihael
Frech Karl D.
Hajec Donald T.
Mendelsohn Steve
Murray William H.
United Parcel Service of America Inc.
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