Two-dimensional bar code symbology using implicit version information
encoding
    11.
    发明授权
    Two-dimensional bar code symbology using implicit version information encoding 失效
    二维条码符号系统使用隐式版本信息编码

    公开(公告)号:US6047892A

    公开(公告)日:2000-04-11

    申请号:US115355

    申请日:1998-07-14

    CPC classification number: G06K19/06037

    Abstract: A electro-optical memory includes a substrate on which is printed (or otherwise inscribed) a complex symbol or "label" or "bar code" of a high density two-dimensional symbology. The bar code contains component symbols or "codewords" which are placed in row and column formation, with a variable number of codewords per row, and a variable number of rows. The symbology utilizes implicit bar code encoding scheme for implicit encoding the number of rows and the number of columns of codewords, as well as a predetermined amount of error correction. The symbology is capable of supporting a fixed number of bar code variants, with each variant having a predetermined number of rows and columns of codewords, and a predetermined error correction capability. For some codewords the implicit encoding scheme is combined with a gray coding scheme to reduce the inter-row codeword crosstalk. Systems are used for printing and decoding the bar codes of the invented symbology in applications where improved storage density and tight real estate requirements are of utmost importance. A memory may be used in conjunction with a scanner and a suitable control system in a number of applications, e.g., robotics operations or automated object searching.

    Abstract translation: 电光存储器包括其上印有(或以其它方式内接)高密度二维符号系统的复合符号或“标签”或“条形码”的基板。 条形码包含以行和列形成的分量符号或“码字”,每行可变数量的码字和可变数量的行。 该符号系统利用隐式条形码编码方案对行数和码字列的数量进行隐式编码,以及预定量的纠错。 符号系统能够支持固定数量的条形码变体,每个变体具有预定数量的行和行的码字以及预定的纠错能力。 对于一些码字,隐式编码方案与灰度编码方案相结合以减少行间码字串扰。 系统用于在改进的存储密度和紧密的房地产要求至关重要的应用中对本发明的符号系统的条形码进行打印和解码。 存储器可以与多个应用中的扫描器和合适的控制系统结合使用,例如机器人操作或自动对象搜索。

    Color processing for bar code symbol compaction
    12.
    发明授权
    Color processing for bar code symbol compaction 失效
    条码符号压实的颜色处理

    公开(公告)号:US5576528A

    公开(公告)日:1996-11-19

    申请号:US363472

    申请日:1994-12-23

    CPC classification number: G06K19/06037 G06K2019/06225

    Abstract: A method and apparatus for increasing the information density of a bar code symbol by generating multiple constituent bar code symbols, wherein each one is formed in a different color selected from a group of various primary colors, and overlaying each differently colored symbol on top of each other, thus forming an aggregate bar code symbol of various colors. In areas where the differently colored bars overlap each other, colors distinct from those in the original group of colors are formed. The aggregate bar code symbol is scanned by a solid state imaging device, and the scanned image is resolved by image processing techniques into the three constituent bar code symbols of the various colors. Each bar code symbol is then individually processed and decoded in accordance with the particular symbology used to encode the constituent bar code symbols. As a result of the present invention, multiple bar code symbols are printed in the space normally required by one bar code symbol, and each constituent symbol is separated by color resolution and decoded to form the original data. Thus, the information density of the bar code system is increased without the need for a new symbology. In addition, a single bar code symbol may be divided into multiple portions of substantially the same size and printed substantially over each other in different colors, thus producing a single compacted bar code symbol with increased information density. The compacted bar code symbol may be recovered by scanning and resolving the symbol back into its constituent portions, concatenating the portions together, and decoding the resulting bar code symbol in accordance with standard techniques.

    Abstract translation: 一种用于通过生成多个组成条形码符号来增加条形码符号的信息密度的方法和装置,其中每一个都以不同的原色组合选择的不同颜色形成,并且将每个不同颜色的符号覆盖在每个 从而形成各种颜色的聚集条形码符号。 在不同颜色的条重叠的区域中,形成与原始颜色组不同的颜色。 聚合条形码符号由固态成像装置扫描,并且扫描图像通过图像处理技术解析成各种颜色的三个组成条形码符号。 然后根据用于编码组成条形码符号的特定符号系统对每个条形码符号进行单独处理和解码。 作为本发明的结果,在通常由一个条形码符号需要的空间中打印多个条形码符号,并且每个构成符号通过颜色分辨率分离并被解码以形成原始数据。 因此,条形码系统的信息密度增加,而不需要新的符号系统。 此外,单个条形码符号可以被划分成大致相同尺寸的多个部分,并且以不同的颜色基本上彼此印刷,从而产生具有增加的信息密度的单个压实的条形码符号。 压缩的条形码符号可以通过将符号扫描并分解回其组成部分,将这些部分连接在一起,并根据标准技术对所得到的条形码符号进行解码来恢复。

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXPERT QUALITY CONTROL
    14.
    发明申请
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXPERT QUALITY CONTROL 审中-公开
    专家质量控制的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20110040694A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-02-17

    申请号:US12854838

    申请日:2010-08-11

    Abstract: In exemplary embodiments, an apparatus and method for providing expert quality control on a consultation system is provided. Feedback is received for an expert. The feedback may be from users of the consultation system, other experts on the consultation system, or third-parties with relevant expertise and may comprise direct and indirect feedback. Adjustment factors are recorded for the expert. The adjustment factors comprise public and non-public actions associated with the expert. The expert is then evaluated using the feedback and the adjustment factors.

    Abstract translation: 在示例性实施例中,提供了一种用于在咨询系统上提供专家质量控制的装置和方法。 收到专家意见。 反馈意见可能来自咨询系统的用户,咨询系统的其他专家或具有相关专业知识的第三方,可能包括直接和间接的反馈。 记录专家的调整因素。 调整因素包括与专家有关的公共和非公共行动。 然后使用反馈和调整因素评估专家。

    Zero-footprint camera-based point-of-sale bar code presentation scanning system
    15.
    发明授权
    Zero-footprint camera-based point-of-sale bar code presentation scanning system 有权
    零占地面积相机的销售点条形码显示扫描系统

    公开(公告)号:US07395970B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-07-08

    申请号:US10837911

    申请日:2004-05-03

    CPC classification number: G07G1/0054 G06K7/10722 G06K7/10732

    Abstract: A bar code scanning system and method for reading and processing bar code symbology uses a scanning station installed above the check-out stand and a receiving station at some distance away from the scanning station. The scanning station projects light onto a surface of the check-out stand. The projected light can have a well defined border indicating where a user should place items to be scanned. Alternatively, a pattern coincident with the projected light can be projected onto the surface and which includes a target indicating where items should be placed for scanning. Light reflected by items in the target region is processed to decode optical symbology on the item and produce a signal that is representative of said sensed symbology. Information about the scanned item can be processed and displayed by the receiving station for use in, e.g., a point-of-sale transaction. The system can also be configured to capture images of a user's payment card for use in payment processing and to store images of at least selected scanned items for use in subsequent processes.

    Abstract translation: 条形码扫描系统和读取和处理条形码符号系统的方法使用安装在退房台上方的扫描台和距离扫描站一定距离的接收站。 扫描台将光投射到退房台的表面上。 投影光可以有一个明确定义的边界,指示用户应该放置要扫描的物品的位置。 或者,与投影光一致的图案可以投影到表面上,并且其包括指示应该放置物品以进行扫描的目标。 处理由目标区域中的项目反射的光,以对该物品上的光学符号进行解码,并产生代表所述检测到的符号系统的信号。 关于被扫描物品的信息可以被接收站处理和显示,以用于例如销售点交易。 该系统还可以被配置为捕获用于用于支付处理的用户的支付卡的图像,并且存储用于后续处理的至少所选扫描项目的图像。

    Absorber layer for thin film photovoltaics and a solar cell made therefrom
    19.
    发明授权
    Absorber layer for thin film photovoltaics and a solar cell made therefrom 失效
    用于薄膜光伏的吸收层和由其制成的太阳能电池

    公开(公告)号:US08779283B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-07-15

    申请号:US12040422

    申请日:2008-02-29

    Abstract: A method, in certain embodiments, includes providing a metal alloy, annealing the metal alloy, and contacting the metal alloy with vapors of selenium, or sulfur, or a combination thereof. The metal alloy having a uniform first bulk composition and a first surface composition on annealing provides an annealed metal alloy having a non uniform second bulk composition and a second surface composition which on being contacted vapors of selenium, or sulfur, or a combination thereof, produces a selenized or a sulfurized metal alloy. Further the metal alloy may have a layer formed in situ from a low melting point metal within the alloy via diffusion rather than sequential deposition and co-evaporation.

    Abstract translation: 在某些实施方案中,一种方法包括提供金属合金,退火金属合金,以及使金属合金与硒或硫的蒸气或其组合接触。 具有均匀的第一本体组合物的金属合金和退火时的第一表面组合物提供了具有非均匀的第二本体组合物的退火金属合金和第二表面组合物,所述第二表面组合物在与硒或硫的蒸气或其组合相接触时产生 硒化或硫化金属合金。 此外,金属合金可以具有通过扩散从合金中的低熔点金属原位形成的层,而不是顺序沉积和共蒸发。

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