Abstract:
A device disclosed herein relates to a rotation invariant data storage device comprising, a data storage device with an optically sensible image, encoded data stored within the sensible image, and a plurality of radial vectors stores the encoded data. The encoded data comprises an image that has been encrypted to a two-dimensional (2-D) white noise matrix and converted to a one-dimensional (1-D) array.
Abstract:
A tool management system utilizes an optically readable indicia to identify tools. The indicia comprises a pattern (180) having pattern elements which are geometrically similar in shape. The pattern elements, which may comprise rings, are sized and positioned to identify characteristics of a tool (110) to which the pattern is applied. Each pattern element is disposed within a predetermined zone, and in the preferred embodiment, the boundaries of each pattern element are compared to the midpoint of the zone to decode the pattern. While the indicia is preferably used in connection with tools, it has application to other objects, and it is particularly advantageous where a relatively large amount of information must be encoded.
Abstract:
Machine-readable coded data disposed on or in a substrate in accordance with a layout, the layout having at least order n rotational symmetry, where n is at least two, the layout encoding an orientation codeword comprising a sequence of an integer multiple m of of n symbols, where m is one or more, each encoded symbol being distributed at n locations about a center of rotational symmetry of the layout such that decoding the symbols at each of the n orientations of the layout produces n representations of the orientation codeword, each representation comprising a different cyclic shift of the orientation codeword and being indicative of the degree of rotation of the layout, and wherein the orientation codeword is fault tolerant.
Abstract:
Eine maschinell lesbare Kennung auf einer Kaffeemehl enthaltenden Portionseinheit für Espressomaschinen ist in einfach und zuverlässig auslesbarer Form rotationssymmetrisch strukturiert auf einer im wesentlichen ebenen Fläche der Portionseinheit angeordnet, wobei die Portionseinheit vorzugsweise eine Portionskapsel (1) mit einem im wesentlichen runden Boden (2) ist, auf dem die Kennung koaxial aufgebracht ist.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a system for preparing beverages comprising : - a container enclosing a beverage or food ingredient, wherein the container carries at least one dielectric or conductive pattern said pattern encoding information, and - a dispenser adapted for decoding information encoded by the at least one dielectric or conductive pattern carried by the container and for preparing a food or a beverage from the beverage or food ingredient enclosed in the container.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a code support (60a, 60b) adapted to be associated with or part of a capsule intended for delivering a beverage in a beverage producing device by centrifugation of the capsule. The support comprises a code formed by at least a first sequence of symbols and a second sequence of symbols. The code is represented on the support so that each symbol is sequentially readable by a reading arrangement (100) of an external reading device while the capsule is driven in rotation along an axis of rotation (Z). The first sequence comprises at least one first preamble sequence of symbols, and at least one first data sequence of symbols. The second sequence comprises at least one second preamble sequence of symbols and at least one second data sequence of symbols. The first preamble sequence is distinct from the second preamble sequence.
Abstract:
A circular bar code includes at least one circular data ring having a plurality of data cells arranged side-by-side in a circle, a circular locator ring of a solid color and conveying the location and size of the bar code to a reading device; and a locator cell conveying the orientation of the bar code to the reading device. The locator ring and the at least one data ring have a finite width, and are concentric, without any gap between adjacent rings. The locator ring can be either inside or outside of the at least one data ring. The locator cell is defined by a gap in the locator ring and a single data cell located in a data ring adjacent the locator ring. The circumferential and radial dimensions of the locator cell convey the data cell size to the reading device.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a system for preparing a beverage comprising: a drinking cup (1) carrying an identifier (11), said identifier encoding information related to the shape of the drinking cup, and a beverage dispenser configured for preparing a beverage by introducing a beverage concentrate ingredient (10) in the drinking cup (1) and introducing a diluent in the drinking cup for mixing the liquid and the beverage concentrate ingredient inside the drinking cup, said dispenser comprising: diluent supply means (8), support means (6) for supporting the drinking cup, at least one nozzle (32) for introducing the diluent in the drinking cup, means (322, 62) for adapting the relative distance (d2) between the support means of the drinking cup and the at least one nozzle, and a sensing device (2) adapted to obtain information about the shape of said drinking cup.
Abstract:
Die Erfindung betrifft eine Strichcodeanordnung mit mehreren jeweils in einem Abstand zueinander angeordneten Linien, bei der die Tangenten in mindestens zwei Punkten jeder Linie nicht parallel sind, beispielsweise kreisförmige Strichcodes oder polygonale Strichcodes.
Abstract:
In a method and apparatus for locating the acquisition target of a two-dimensional symbol in a pixel image, the image is convolved with a double template. The position with the greatest correlation coefficient between the double template and the image is selected as the location of the acquisition target. The double template comprises two identical parallel one-dimensional single templates corresponding to two lines that cross the symmetrical acquisition target at equal distances from the center of the acquisition target. Using a double template instead of only a single template reduces the possibility of finding false positive locations of the acquisition target. Since the double template comprises two identical halves, the image is preferably convolved with only one half of the double template and the double-template correlation coefficients are then generated from these intermediate single-template correlation results. In a preferred embodiment, a binary pixel image is run-length encoded prior to being convolved with a run-length-encoded template.