DE3175093D1 - Method of reading bar code symbols on an object - Google Patents

Method of reading bar code symbols on an object

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DE3175093D1
DE3175093D1 DE8181301240T DE3175093T DE3175093D1 DE 3175093 D1 DE3175093 D1 DE 3175093D1 DE 8181301240 T DE8181301240 T DE 8181301240T DE 3175093 T DE3175093 T DE 3175093T DE 3175093 D1 DE3175093 D1 DE 3175093D1
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bar code
code symbols
reading bar
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symbols
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Jerome Swartz
Edward Barkan
Richard Bravman
Frank Delfine
Shelley A Harrison
Alexander M Adelson
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Symbol Technologies LLC
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR 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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DE8181301240T 1980-03-25 1981-03-23 Method of reading bar code symbols on an object Expired DE3175093D1 (en)

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US06/133,945 US4369361A (en) 1980-03-25 1980-03-25 Portable, stand-alone, desk-top laser scanning workstation for intelligent data acquisition terminal and method of scanning

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