Two-dimensional bar code symbology using implicit version information
encoding

    公开(公告)号:US5811787A

    公开(公告)日:1998-09-22

    申请号:US762630

    申请日:1996-12-09

    IPC分类号: G06K19/06 G06K5/00 G06K7/10

    CPC分类号: G06K19/06037

    摘要: 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.

    Two-dimensional bar code symbology using implicit version information
encoding
    2.
    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

    IPC分类号: G06K19/06 G06K7/10

    CPC分类号: G06K19/06037

    摘要: 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.

    摘要翻译: 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。

    Universal host interface for data acquisition systems
    4.
    发明授权
    Universal host interface for data acquisition systems 失效
    用于数据采集系统的通用主机接口

    公开(公告)号:US6115678A

    公开(公告)日:2000-09-05

    申请号:US255663

    申请日:1999-02-23

    CPC分类号: G06K17/0022

    摘要: A universal interface system for use with a data acquisition system including a data acquisition device such as a bar code scanner or scanner integrated terminal for providing digital data signals indicative of acquired data for transmission to a host device such as a computer, and a host device having host-specific input/output data format requirements. The universal interface system comprises universal data exchange means located in the data acquisition device for providing digital data signals in a universal data exchange format independent of the data format requirements of the host device; and a host interface cable coupled to the data acquisition device and to said host device, for transmitting acquired digital data from the data acquisition device to the host device, the interface cable comprising means for translating digital data from the universal data exchange format to the host-specific input/output data format requirements. The interface cable comprises a buffer for storing a host parameter data word used in communications with the host device. The universal data exchange means comprises a memory for storing a plurality of host parameter data words, each of the host parameter data words being associated with one of a plurality of different host interface modules; and means for reading from the memory and transmitting to the host interface module the host parameter data word associated with the particular host interface module operatively connected thereto.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于数据采集系统的通用接口系统,包括诸如条形码扫描器或扫描仪集成终端的数据采集装置,用于提供指示用于传送到诸如计算机的主机设备的获取数据的数字数据信号,以及主机设备 具有主机特定的输入/输出数据格式要求。 通用接口系统包括位于数据采集设备中的通用数据交换装置,用于以与主机设备的数据格式要求无关的通用数据交换格式提供数字数据信号; 以及主机接口电缆,其耦合到所述数据采集设备和所述主机设备,用于将所获取的数字数据从所述数据采集设备发送到所述主机设备,所述接口电缆包括用于将数字数据从通用数据交换格式转换到所述主机的装置 特定的输入/输出数据格式要求。 接口电缆包括用于存储与主机设备通信中使用的主机参数数据字的缓冲器。 通用数据交换装置包括用于存储多个主机参数数据字的存储器,每个主机参数数据字与多个不同的主机接口模块之一相关联; 以及用于从存储器读取并向主机接口模块发送与可操作地连接到其的特定主机接口模块相关联的主机参数数据字的装置。

    Audible indicators for optical code reading systems
    5.
    发明授权
    Audible indicators for optical code reading systems 失效
    光学代码读取系统的可视指示器

    公开(公告)号:US06332575B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-12-25

    申请号:US09182205

    申请日:1998-10-30

    IPC分类号: G06K710

    摘要: A system for reading optical codes, and more particularly to code reading systems with sound signal generators, modules a sound detector detects an ambient sound level in a vicinity of the system operator and the volume of the audible indicator is controlled in response to the detected ambient sound level. The sound may be produced by a transducer located in a raised rail adjacent the system operator. Various kinds of audio signals may be produced, for example, to distinguish the system's response from those of nearby optical code reading systems or to identify the kind of optical code symbology being read or its informational content.

    摘要翻译: 用于读取光学代码的系统,更具体地说,涉及具有声音信号发生器的代码读取系统,声音检测器检测系统操作者附近的环境声音级别的模块,并且响应于检测到的环境来控制可听指示器的音量 声级 声音可以由位于与系统操作员相邻的凸起轨道中的换能器产生。 可以产生各种音频信号,例如,以区分系统的响应与附近的光学代码读取系统的响应,或者识别正在读取的光学代码符号系统的种类或其信息内容。