CA1173964A - Method for controlling the operation of an optical scanner - Google Patents

Method for controlling the operation of an optical scanner

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CA1173964A
CA1173964A CA000413678A CA413678A CA1173964A CA 1173964 A CA1173964 A CA 1173964A CA 000413678 A CA000413678 A CA 000413678A CA 413678 A CA413678 A CA 413678A CA 1173964 A CA1173964 A CA 1173964A
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Leroy D. Dickson
Charles M. Pierce
Olen L. Stokes
Norman J. Woodland
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International Business Machines Corp
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K7/00—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns
    • G06K7/10—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation
    • G06K7/10544—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation by scanning of the records by radiation in the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum
    • G06K7/10821—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation by scanning of the records by radiation in the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum further details of bar or optical code scanning devices
    • G06K7/10861—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation by scanning of the records by radiation in the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum further details of bar or optical code scanning devices sensing of data fields affixed to objects or articles, e.g. coded labels
    • G06K7/10871—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation by scanning of the records by radiation in the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum further details of bar or optical code scanning devices sensing of data fields affixed to objects or articles, e.g. coded labels randomly oriented data-fields, code-marks therefore, e.g. concentric circles-code

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CA000413678A 1981-11-13 1982-10-18 Method for controlling the operation of an optical scanner Expired CA1173964A (en)

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US06/321,036 US4431912A (en) 1981-11-13 1981-11-13 Method for controlling the operation of an optical scanner

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JP (1) JPS5892067A (esLanguage)
CA (1) CA1173964A (esLanguage)
DE (1) DE3279329D1 (esLanguage)

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