公开(公告)号：US07364081B2

公开(公告)日：2008-04-29

申请号：US11001776

申请日：2004-12-02

申请人： William H. Havens ,  Andrew Longacre, Jr. ,  Dennis W. McEnery ,  Thomas Hawley ,  Ynjiun Wang

发明人： William H. Havens ,  Andrew Longacre, Jr. ,  Dennis W. McEnery ,  Thomas Hawley ,  Ynjiun Wang

IPC分类号： G06K7/10 ,  G06K9/36 ,  G06K9/80 ,  G06K15/12

CPC分类号： G06K7/1491 ,  G06K7/14 ,  G06K7/1465

摘要： The present invention is directed to a method for reading a bar code symbol with an optical reader. The method includes the step of scanning the bar code symbol to obtain a plurality of scan lines. Each of the plurality of scan lines includes a linear array of N-pixel values. Adjacent pixels in the linear array of N-pixel values are separated by a sample separation distance. A reconstructed scan line is generated that interleaves the N-pixel values from selected scan lines of the plurality of scan lines. A reconstructed pixel sample separation distance of adjacent interleaved pixels is an integer fraction of the pixel sample separation distance.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种用光学阅读器读取条形码符号的方法。 该方法包括扫描条形码符号以获得多条扫描线的步骤。 多个扫描线中的每一条都包括N个像素值的线性阵列。 将N个像素值的线性阵列中的相邻像素分隔开一个样本间隔距离。 生成重构的扫描线，其从多条扫描线的选定扫描线交织N个像素值。 相邻交错像素的重建像素样本分离距离是像素样本间隔距离的整数分数。

公开(公告)号：US07219841B2

公开(公告)日：2007-05-22

申请号：US10982393

申请日：2004-11-05

申请人： Charles E. Biss ,  William H. Havens ,  Michael D. Robinson ,  Paul Balschweit ,  Timothy R. Fitch ,  Melvin D. McCall ,  Garrison Gomez ,  Mark A. McClaude ,  Andrew Longacre, Jr. ,  Eunice Sonneville

发明人： Charles E. Biss ,  William H. Havens ,  Michael D. Robinson ,  Paul Balschweit ,  Timothy R. Fitch ,  Melvin D. McCall ,  Garrison Gomez ,  Mark A. McClaude ,  Andrew Longacre, Jr. ,  Eunice Sonneville

IPC分类号： G06K7/10

CPC分类号： G01N21/8806 ,  G06K7/089 ,  G06K7/10851

摘要： A device for processing image data relating to bar codes is described. In one embodiment a bar code verification device is provided having an ergonomic form factor characterized by a domed hand held trigger and a viewing window. The verification device may be disposed in a network that includes a host processor system and other bar code reading devices which may include other bar code verification devices. Processing circuitry for processing image signals corresponding to printed bar codes may be partially disposed within the hand held verification device and partially disposed within a host processor system spaced apart from and associated with the hand held verification device. The hand held verification device may be in wireless communication with the host processor system to which it is associated. The bar code verification system may include signal enhancement modules which interpolate constructed pixel values from actual pixel values and which correct for signal degradation resulting from high frequency spatial sampling.

摘要翻译： 描述用于处理与条形码有关的图像数据的装置。 在一个实施例中，提供了一种具有人形工程学形状因子的条形码验证装置，其特征在于具有圆顶手持触发器和观察窗口。 验证设备可以被布置在包括主处理器系统和可以包括其他条形码验证设备的其他条形码读取设备的网络中。 用于处理对应于打印的条形码的图像信号的处理电路可以部分地设置在手持式验证装置内并且部分地设置在与手持式验证装置间隔开并与其相关联的主处理器系统内。 手持式验证装置可以与其相关联的主处理器系统进行无线通信。 条形码验证系统可以包括信号增强模块，其从实际像素值内插构造的像素值，并且对由高频空间采样导致的信号劣化进行校正。

公开(公告)号：US07347376B1

公开(公告)日：2008-03-25

申请号：US10664581

申请日：2003-09-17

申请人： Charles E. Biss ,  Andrew Longacre, Jr. ,  William H. Havens ,  Donna M. Fletcher ,  Eunice Sonneville

发明人： Charles E. Biss ,  Andrew Longacre, Jr. ,  William H. Havens ,  Donna M. Fletcher ,  Eunice Sonneville

IPC分类号： G06K7/10

CPC分类号： G06K7/10722 ,  B41F33/0036 ,  G06K7/10732

摘要： The invention is an apparatus configured to provide self-alignment in use when measuring the print quality of an encoded indicium. The apparatus is configured to exclude ambient light, and to align an encoded indicium located at a first aperture defined in a first surface of the apparatus with an imager positioned at a second aperture defined in a second surface of the apparatus. A source of illumination is provided to illuminate the encoded indicium during an interval when the encoded indicium is undergoing a verification process. An illumination control is provided to control the source of illumination. The apparatus can be controlled using a computer and a computer program recorded on a machine-readable medium.

摘要翻译： 本发明是一种设备，用于在测量编码标记的打印质量时提供使用中的自对准。 该设备被配置为排除环境光，并且将位于设备的第一表面中的第一孔处的编码标记与定位在设备的第二表面中的第二孔处的成像器对准。 提供照明源以在编码标记正在进行验证过程的间隔期间照亮编码标记。 提供照明控制以控制照明源。 可以使用记录在机器可读介质上的计算机和计算机程序来控制装置。

公开(公告)号：US08342408B2

公开(公告)日：2013-01-01

申请号：US13213905

申请日：2011-08-19

申请人： Charles E. Biss ,  William H. Havens ,  Michael D. Robinson ,  Paul Balschweit ,  Timothy R. Fitch ,  Melvin D. McCall ,  Garrison Gomez ,  Mark A. McClaude ,  Andrew Longacre, Jr. ,  Eunice Sonneville

发明人： Charles E. Biss ,  William H. Havens ,  Michael D. Robinson ,  Paul Balschweit ,  Timothy R. Fitch ,  Melvin D. McCall ,  Garrison Gomez ,  Mark A. McClaude ,  Andrew Longacre, Jr. ,  Eunice Sonneville

IPC分类号： G06K7/10

CPC分类号： G01N21/8806 ,  G06K7/089 ,  G06K7/10851

摘要： A device for processing image data relating to bar codes is described. In one embodiment a bar code verification device is provided having an ergonomic form factor characterized by a domed hand held trigger and a viewing window. The verification device may be disposed in a network that includes a host processor system and other bar code reading devices which may include other bar code verification devices. Processing circuitry for processing image signals corresponding to printed bar codes may be partially disposed within the hand held verification device and partially disposed within a host processor system spaced apart from and associated with the hand held verification device. The hand held verification device may be in wireless communication with the host processor system to which it is associated. The bar code verification system may include signal enhancement modules which interpolate constructed pixel values from actual pixel values and which correct for signal degradation resulting from high frequency spatial sampling.

公开(公告)号：US08002187B2

公开(公告)日：2011-08-23

申请号：US12577557

申请日：2009-10-12

申请人： Charles E. Biss ,  William H. Havens ,  Michael D. Robinson ,  Paul Balschweit ,  Timothy R. Fitch ,  Melvin D. McCall ,  Garrison Gomez ,  Mark A. McClaude ,  Andrew Longacre, Jr. ,  Eunice Sonneville

发明人： Charles E. Biss ,  William H. Havens ,  Michael D. Robinson ,  Paul Balschweit ,  Timothy R. Fitch ,  Melvin D. McCall ,  Garrison Gomez ,  Mark A. McClaude ,  Andrew Longacre, Jr. ,  Eunice Sonneville

IPC分类号： G06K7/10

CPC分类号： G01N21/8806 ,  G06K7/089 ,  G06K7/10851

摘要： A device for processing image data relating to bar codes is described. In one embodiment a bar code verification device is provided having an ergonomic form factor characterized by a domed hand held trigger and a viewing window. The verification device may be disposed in a network that includes a host processor system and other bar code reading devices which may include other bar code verification devices. Processing circuitry for processing image signals corresponding to printed bar codes may be partially disposed within the hand held verification device and partially disposed within a host processor system spaced apart from and associated with the hand held verification device. The hand held verification device may be in wireless communication with the host processor system to which it is associated. The bar code verification system may include signal enhancement modules which interpolate constructed pixel values from actual pixel values and which correct for signal degradation resulting from high frequency spatial sampling.

摘要翻译： 描述用于处理与条形码有关的图像数据的装置。 在一个实施例中，提供了一种具有人形工程学形状因子的条形码验证装置，其特征在于具有圆顶手持触发器和观察窗口。 验证设备可以被布置在包括主处理器系统和可以包括其他条形码验证设备的其他条形码读取设备的网络中。 用于处理对应于打印的条形码的图像信号的处理电路可以部分地设置在手持式验证装置内并且部分地设置在与手持式验证装置间隔开并与其相关联的主处理器系统内。 手持式验证装置可以与其相关联的主处理器系统进行无线通信。 条形码验证系统可以包括信号增强模块，其从实际像素值内插构造的像素值，并且对由高频空间采样导致的信号劣化进行校正。

公开(公告)号：US07600687B2

公开(公告)日：2009-10-13

申请号：US11804990

申请日：2007-05-21

申请人： Charles E. Biss ,  William H. Havens ,  Michael D. Robinson ,  Paul Balschweit ,  Timothy R. Fitch ,  Melvin D. McCall ,  Garrison Gomez ,  Mark A. McClaude ,  Andrew Longacre, Jr. ,  Eunice Sonneville

发明人： Charles E. Biss ,  William H. Havens ,  Michael D. Robinson ,  Paul Balschweit ,  Timothy R. Fitch ,  Melvin D. McCall ,  Garrison Gomez ,  Mark A. McClaude ,  Andrew Longacre, Jr. ,  Eunice Sonneville

IPC分类号： G06K7/10

CPC分类号： G01N21/8806 ,  G06K7/089 ,  G06K7/10851

摘要： A device for processing image data relating to bar codes is described. In one embodiment a bar code verification device is provided having an ergonomic form factor characterized by a domed hand held trigger and a viewing window. The verification device may be disposed in a network that includes a host processor system and other bar code reading devices which may include other bar code verification devices. Processing circuitry for processing image signals corresponding to printed bar codes may be partially disposed within the hand held verification device and partially disposed within a host processor system spaced apart from and associated with the hand held verification device. The hand held verification device may be in wireless communication with the host processor system to which it is associated. The bar code verification system may include signal enhancement modules which interpolate constructed pixel values from actual pixel values and which correct for signal degradation resulting from high frequency spatial sampling.

摘要翻译： 描述用于处理与条形码有关的图像数据的装置。 在一个实施例中，提供了一种具有人形工程学形状因子的条形码验证装置，其特征在于具有圆顶手持触发器和观察窗口。 验证设备可以被布置在包括主处理器系统和可以包括其他条形码验证设备的其他条形码读取设备的网络中。 用于处理对应于打印的条形码的图像信号的处理电路可以部分地设置在手持式验证装置内并且部分地设置在与手持式验证装置间隔开并与其相关联的主处理器系统内。 手持式验证装置可以与其相关联的主处理器系统进行无线通信。 条形码验证系统可以包括信号增强模块，其从实际像素值内插构造的像素值，并且对由高频空间采样导致的信号劣化进行校正。

公开(公告)号：US5286960A

公开(公告)日：1994-02-15

申请号：US787534

申请日：1991-11-04

申请人： Andrew Longacre, Jr. ,  Charles M. Hammond, Jr. ,  William H. Havens ,  John M. Pidhirny

发明人： Andrew Longacre, Jr. ,  Charles M. Hammond, Jr. ,  William H. Havens ,  John M. Pidhirny

IPC分类号： G06K7/10

CPC分类号： G06K7/10851

摘要： A method and apparatus are provided for detecting bar-space and space-bar transitions in a bar code symbol. A sequence of sparsely sampled analog signals from a photodetector in a bar code scanner is representative of the reflectance pattern of a symbol.Following initialization, a threshold, representing the value of the analog signal at a transition point, is derived from observed samples of the bars and spaces in the bar code symbol. Sampled reflectance information is accumulated as the symbol is scanned, and a program driven microprocessor calculates and repeatedly updates this threshold, using observed maxima and minima in the analog samples, and also referencing a binary output to determine whether a bar or space is currently being viewed.When the values of two successive analog samples bracket this threshold, then a bar-space or space-bar transition has occurred. Linear interpolation is performed on the two samples to determine the transition point and an offset from the first of the two samples. After a delay corresponding to this offset, the level of a binary output is changed. A bit serial binary output is thus produced, representative of the relative widths of bars and spaces.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于检测条形码符号中的条形空间和空格键转换的方法和装置。 来自条形码扫描器中的光电检测器的稀疏采样的模拟信号的序列代表符号的反射率图案。 在初始化之后，从条形码符号中的条形和空格的观察样本导出表示转换点处的模拟信号的值的阈值。 扫描符号时累积采样反射信息，并且程序驱动的微处理器使用模拟采样中的观测最大值和最小值来计算并重复更新该阈值，并且还引用二进制输出以确定是否正在查看条形或空间 。 当两个连续的模拟样本的值包含该阈值时，就发生了一个条形空间或空格键转换。 对两个样本执行线性插值，以确定转换点和两个样本中的第一个样本的偏移量。 在与该偏移相对应的延迟之后，二进制输出的电平改变。 因此产生了一个串行二进制输出，代表了条形和空格的相对宽度。

公开(公告)号：US5430286A

公开(公告)日：1995-07-04

申请号：US202669

申请日：1994-02-25

申请人： Charles M. Hammond, Jr. ,  William H. Havens ,  Andrew Longacre, Jr.

发明人： Charles M. Hammond, Jr. ,  William H. Havens ,  Andrew Longacre, Jr.

IPC分类号： G06K7/10 ,  G06T1/00

CPC分类号： G06K7/10702 ,  G06K7/10594

摘要： There is provided a system of detecting mark-sense indicia wherein the images of a light source and the region of sensitivity of a light sensor are substantially coaxial, coplanar, and coextensive throughout the working depth of field. This system is insensitive to the laminate and the diffusion effects. A light source is aimed at a beam splitter that diverts a portion of the light beam through optics that focus the light on a reflective target containing a bar code symbol to be scanned. The reflected beam is returned through the optics and the beam splitter, and a portion of the reflected beam is conducted to a light sensor. In this manner, the light path from the detector to the optical sensor is split twice by the beam splitter. The optics are configured so that the light beams that define the field of illumination and the region of sensitivity and which pass between the optics and the target are congruent, having identical optical axes and angles of divergence.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种检测标记检测标记的系统，其中光源的图像和光传感器的灵敏度区域在整个工作景深范围内基本上同轴，共面和共延伸。 该系统对层压板和扩散效应不敏感。 光源瞄准分束器，其将一部分光束通过将聚焦在包含待扫描的条形码符号的反射目标上的光的光学器件转向。 反射光束通过光学器件和分束器返回，并且一部分反射光束被传导到光传感器。 以这种方式，从分束器将从检测器到光学传感器的光路分开两次。 光学器件被配置为使得限定照明场和灵敏度区域并且在光学器件和靶之间通过的光束是一致的，具有相同的光轴和发散角。

公开(公告)号：US5308962A

公开(公告)日：1994-05-03

申请号：US99246

申请日：1993-07-28

申请人： William H. Havens ,  Charles M. Hammond, Jr. ,  Andrew Longacre, Jr.

发明人： William H. Havens ,  Charles M. Hammond, Jr. ,  Andrew Longacre, Jr.

IPC分类号： G06K7/10 ,  G06K7/04

CPC分类号： G06K7/10851 ,  G06K2207/1018

摘要： A scanner is provided for reading a target containing indicia, such as bar codes, which includes a means for directing the a light source so that it illuminates a target, a photodetector that generates an electrical signal indicative of the intensity of the detected light, a means for decoding the electrical signal to identify the presence of a target containing a region of relatively high reflectivity, and a means for modifying the level of illumination of the light source either from low to high upon recognition of said region of relatively high reflectivity or from high to low when some predetermined condition, such as the end of the indicia scan, or the passage of a time period without reading indicia, is met.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于读取包含标记的目标的扫描仪，诸如条形码，其包括用于引导光源以使其照亮目标的装置，产生指示检测到的光的强度的电信号的光电检测器， 用于对电信号进行解码以识别包含相对较高反射率的区域的目标的装置，以及用于在识别所述相对较高反射率区域时从低到高修改光源的照明水平的装置，或从 当满足某些预定条件（例如标记扫描的结束）或没有读取标记的时间段的通过时，从高到低。

公开(公告)号：US5294783A

公开(公告)日：1994-03-15

申请号：US819448

申请日：1992-01-10

申请人： Charles M. Hammond, Jr. ,  Andrew Longacre, Jr. ,  William H. Havens

发明人： Charles M. Hammond, Jr. ,  Andrew Longacre, Jr. ,  William H. Havens

IPC分类号： G06K7/10

CPC分类号： G06K7/1092 ,  G06K7/10851

摘要： A bar code detection circuit accepts as input the discretized analog output of a CCD array, and performs piecewise linear reconstruction to produces a continuous polylinear output signal. In the region of a bar/space transition, the output signal is a close approximation of the reflectance function of a bar code symbol convolved with the system transfer function of the bar code reader. Linear interpolation is performed in order to determine the offset of a given threshold value from an edge of the CCD analog output.

摘要翻译： 条形码检测电路接受CCD阵列的离散化模拟输出作为输入，并执行分段线性重构以产生连续的多线性输出信号。 在条形/空间转换的区域中，输出信号是与条形码读取器的系统传递函数卷积的条形码符号的反射函数的近似近似值。 执行线性内插以便确定给定阈值与CCD模拟输出边缘的偏移。