Abstract:
A novel transaction-enabling method and system (3) are disclosed, wherein a transaction-enabling Java-Applet is embedded within 2-D bar code symbol. One or more HTML-encoded documents, including a framework-style HTML document, are created and stored in an HTTP server (2) for use in enabling the transaction process of the present invention. When a bar code symbol encoded with a transaction-enabling Applet is read using a bar code symbol reader (7A) interfaced with a Java-enabled Internet terminal, the corresponding HTTP document(s) are automatically accessed and displayed at the terminal, and the transaction-enabling Java-Applet initiated for execution so that the customer, consumer or client desiring the transaction can simply and conveniently conduct the information-related transaction over the Internet. The transaction-enabling Internet terminal can be in the form of an Internet kiosk installed in a public location, in the manner as conventional ATMs.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a smart card (5) provided with an electrooptic supply and transmission system for eliminating the contact groups usually found in this type of cards. A particular arrangement of the electrooptic elements (1-3) of the card and those of the reading/writing system results in producing optical delimitation for spatial separation of the transmission of light energy for supplying the card, the transmission of light signals towards the card, and the transmission of signals from the card so as to avoid interference between these different light sources.
Abstract:
A hand-held bar code reader (100) includes a laser scanning module and a two dimensional image sensor and processing for reading a bar code. The laser scanner assists the 2D image processing by providing information on location, type, range, reflectivity, and presence of bar code for 2D reading. Additionally, the 2D imaging reading operation is improved by using the laser scan as a spotter beam for aiming.
Abstract:
A handheld computing and input device (10) that may be held and operated with one hand includes a handheld housing having a main body portion (11) which is easy to grip in one hand and a lid portion (12), and a scanner (13). In one embodiment a large real estate display (15) is carried by main body portion (11) and a full keyboard (23) is carried by lid portion (11). A hinge (14) movably mounts lid portion (12) with main body portion (11) such that the two can be moved by the operator between open and closed positions. In the closed position, device (10) may be readily placed in and carrier by a holster. Trigger buttons (16A, 16B) carried in main body portion (11) allow operation of scanner (13) with either hand.
Abstract:
An optical system is disclosed that permits the viewing and reading of indicia, such as OCR scribes and/or barcodes, disposed on either side (14, 15) of a substrate, such as a semiconductor wafer, with a single camera (24). In one embodiment of the invention, optical elements (30, 32) are selectively positioned such that images of indicia fields disposed on either side (14, 16) of a substrate can be viewed (at the same magnification) whenever the substrate is in a given orientation, or such that images of indicia fields disposed on both sides (14, 16) of the substrate may be viewed at the same magnification, simultaneously. Optical paths may be folded to reduce the overall size of the optical viewing system.
Abstract:
A coded image capture and decoding system (10) includes an image capture (14) unit and a host unit (12) which operate to capture image data, generate a plurality of coded images, and, thereafter, to decode the plurality of coded images with a non-dedicated host processing circuitry. The system comprises an image capture unit (14) and a host unit (12) which may be installed together or separately in one or more physical devices. The image capture unit (14) includes an image processor, an image buffer, an optical unit, an image buffer and an interface module. The host unit (12) includes a host processor, conventional hardware and software functions, and an interface module. During a capture cycle, the image capture unit (14) repeatedly captures images from a coded target (16). When the capture cycle is complete, the image capture unit (14) attempts to interrupt the host unit (12). The host unit (12) responds to the interrupt when it is available, receives the plurality of coded images over a communication link, and performs decode processing of the coded images.
Abstract:
A client computer (102) with a scanner (118) capable of scanning objects (115) for a code (117). The client computer (102) scans the object (115) of interest and translates the code (117) into a URL (Uniform Ressource Locator) that specifies both a server computer (122, 160) and the location within the server of information that is relevant to the object (115). The client computer (102) transmits the URL to the server computer (122, 160), receives the information related to the object (115) from the server computer (122, 160), and communicates the information to the customer.
Abstract:
A device for storing gambling chips with an electronic memory circuit, comprising a rack (10) provided with a plurality of columns (32, 34, 36) for holding stacked chips (12, 14, 16) and an electronic communication unit (20) with antennas (40, 42, 44) associated with respective columns (32, 34, 36) of the rack, an interface (24) for sequentially selecting the antennas (40, 42, 44, 46) and a chip memory read/write unit (26). The communication unit (20) can communicate with the chips in each column (32, 34, 36) and, via the antenna (46), with a rack identification memory device (38) built into the frame of the rack (10) for storing data on the rack and the contents thereof. Said device is useful for providing an instantaneous inventory of the rack and determining the total value of the chips therein.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a label comprising a non-volatile memory and bidirectional electro-optical outwardly-directed transmission means. Said label is fitted in a support having its own electronic functions, e.g. a watch or an electronic calculator. By creating interactions by means of a linking circuit between the electronic functions of the support and the label's own functions, the performance of both can be improved and it is even possible to add further functions like automatically setting the time or updating exchange rates in the calculator.
Abstract:
A machine vision system images bar code labels moving through a horizontal plane at variable object distances within the system's object depth of field Zobj with a plurality of sequential line images, each with different object lengths which gradate Zobj into plural focused object planes, and the object plane within which the bar code label lies provides a focused optical image of the bar code to a multilinear photodetector which transduces the focused optical image into a corresponding electrical siganal for further processing.