WO2008064909A2 - Messagerie par code à barres - Google Patents

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WO2008064909A2
WO2008064909A2 PCT/EP2007/010425 EP2007010425W WO2008064909A2 WO 2008064909 A2 WO2008064909 A2 WO 2008064909A2 EP 2007010425 W EP2007010425 W EP 2007010425W WO 2008064909 A2 WO2008064909 A2 WO 2008064909A2
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Anna Kupka
Peter Conlon
John Doherty
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Ammado Internet Services Limited
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    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K19/00—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings
    • G06K19/06—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code
    • G06K19/06009—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code with optically detectable marking
    • G06K19/06046—Constructional details
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K1/00—Methods or arrangements for marking the record carrier in digital fashion
    • G06K1/12—Methods or arrangements for marking the record carrier in digital fashion otherwise than by punching
    • G06K1/121—Methods or arrangements for marking the record carrier in digital fashion otherwise than by punching by printing code marks
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K19/00—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings
    • G06K19/06—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code
    • G06K2019/06215—Aspects not covered by other subgroups
    • G06K2019/06225—Aspects not covered by other subgroups using wavelength selection, e.g. colour code

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  • This invention relates to barcode messaging and in particular to messaging using multicolour barcodes.
  • a barcode is a machine-readable representation of information represented by widths and spacing of, for example, printed parallel lines or concentric circles. Barcodes can be read and decoded by optical scanners or decoded from an electronic or scanned image by suitable software. Although barcodes are usually printed with black bars separated by white spacing for high contrast, monochrome bars on a white or coloured background are also known. One dimensional and two dimensional barcodes are well-known for labelling, for example for stock control, routing, and automated checkout from a retail establishment.
  • an apparatus for generating a multicolour barcode comprising: text input means; barcode generating means arranged to generate a barcode from the text input; and colouring means for applying a multicolour pattern to the barcode.
  • the colouring means is arranged to colour bars of the bar code a single respective colour, such that no bar is coloured by more than one colour.
  • the barcode generating means is arranged to generate bars of varying height.
  • the barcode generating means comprises means for overlaying the barcode with an image.
  • the barcode generating means comprises means for overlaying the barcode with an animated image.
  • the apparatus further comprising colour printing means arranged to print the multicolour barcode.
  • the apparatus further comprises communications means for electronically communicating the multicolour barcode.
  • the apparatus further comprises encoder means for encoding a message as a multicolour barcode.
  • the barcode generating means is adapted to produce a reference identifier and the communications means is arranged to access a server over a network and to store a message on the server under the reference identifier and to communicate the multicolour barcode representing the reference identifier to an intended recipient of the message for use in retrieving the message.
  • the barcode generating means is adapted to produce a reference identifier comprising a private or public key of a public/private key encryption system
  • the apparatus comprises receiving means arranged to receive a multicolour barcode representing text and to decode the barcode and to output the text.
  • a system comprising a transmitter and a receiver as described above
  • Figure 1 is a representation of a one-dimensional multi-coloured barcode according to the invention.
  • Figure 2 is a representation of a two-dimensional multi-coloured barcode according to the invention
  • Figure 3 is a schematic drawing of an embodiment of telecommunications according to the invention
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic drawing of another embodiment of telecommunications according to the invention.
  • Figures 5 and 6 are examples of further multicoloured barcodes according to the invention.
  • a barcode generator produces bars of a barcode 11 coloured according to a multicolour template 12 to produce a multicoloured barcode 13.
  • a multicoloured barcode may be used to identify members of a community or club.
  • the colour barcode provides each user with a personalised identifier as a member of the community.
  • any person joining the community may select a user name unique within the community for encoding into a personalised barcode.
  • each bar or element of a barcode should be a single colour
  • additional processing is applied so that a boundary between two adjacent colours does not divide a bar into two colours. For example, if a boundary between two colours would result in a major portion of a width of a bar being of a first colour and a minor portion of a second colour, the complete bar is coloured in the colour of the major portion.
  • an algorithm may be applied which, for example, always colours the complete bar in what would otherwise be a colour of a half of the bar first generated or, alternatively, colours such bars within a barcode alternately in what would otherwise be the colour of only the first half and the colour of only the second half of the bar.
  • any known linear barcode format such as Code 128 may be used as the format to encode the identifier name to produce a barcode to which the colour template is applied.
  • the format character set includes the digits 0 to 9, the letters A to Z in upper and lower case and all the standard ASCII symbols and control codes.
  • the barcode generator instead of linear barcodes the barcode generator produces two-dimensional codes. Starting from a two-dimensional code 21 such as DataMatrix ECC200, a two-dimensional colour template 22 is applied to the monochrome two-dimensional code to derive a multicoloured two-dimensional code.
  • the multicoloured barcodes can be used in a variety of applications. For example, they may be displayed for caller identification on display telephone and mobile telephones or printed as identifiers on membership or identity cards.
  • the multicoloured barcodes are generated and used in a messaging system. Because of their higher information content than linear, or one-dimensional, barcodes, two-dimensional codes are particularly suitable for messaging.
  • a first user computer 31 or, for example, a mobile telephone or personal organiser, may connect over a network 30, such as the Internet, to a server 32 to store a message 311 on the server together with a reference.
  • the first user computer 31 may then send a message as, or including, a barcode 312, over the same or a different network or channel, a short message to a second user computer 33, or, for example, a mobile telephone or personal organiser, of the intended recipient with the reference of the stored message.
  • the second user then logs into the server 32 over the network 30, or some other network or channel, and retrieves the message 312 by entering, at least, the barcode 312.
  • the use of known public/private key encryption allows users to transmit relatively secure messages between each other.
  • a barcode message may be used to transmit the private or public key.
  • the embodiment may be used by an operator of the server to increase traffic to the website of the server, for example, where the website is a game site, to encourage users to participate in games on the site.
  • a first user may be provided by an operator with a barcode encoder, for example, having exclusive rights in a colour template as a brand mark, in order to promote the brand.
  • a message is converted into a multicoloured barcode message at a first user computer 41 or, for example, mobile telephone or personal organiser, and sent as a barcode message to a second user 42 having an appropriate barcode decoder.
  • the barcode may be transmitted as an image and recognised using a machine vision or pattern recognition application.
  • the message is decoded at the second user 2 using the barcode decoder.
  • Encoding of a message as a barcode may be accomplished by loading the barcode as a font, so that encoded messages can be generated in commonly used word processing and spreadsheet applications.
  • the transliteration of a message may be accomplished with any known language translator application loaded with the code used in encoding the barcode.
  • a changing height of the bars may be used to represent, for example, intonation, mood, emotion or atmosphere. This has particular application where a barcode is generated by a speech recognition system or read by a speech synthesis system.
  • colouring of the bars could alternatively be used to represent, for example, intonation, mood, emotion or atmosphere or to encode additional information.
  • an image may be overlaid on a barcode message to represent, for example, intonation, mood, emotion or atmosphere.
  • the overlaid image is animated.

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Abstract

Cette invention a trait à un appareil pour générer un code à barres multicolore comprenant une entrée pour un texte; un générateur de code à barres agencé pour générer un code à barres à partir du texte d'entrée; et une coloration pour l'application d'un motif multicolore prédéterminé au code à barres. L'appareil peut transmettre et recevoir des messages sous forme de code à barres. Un message peut être stocké sur un serveur, tel qu'un site Internet, indexé par une clé de référence et la clé de référence transmise au destinataire visé du message en tant que code à barres multicolore, de telle sorte que le destinataire visé peut utiliser la clé de référence pour extraire le message.
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