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专利名称:Methods and apparatus utilizing visually
distinctive barcodes
发明人:Timothy P. J. G. Kindberg申请号:US09713473申请日:20001114公开号:US06550685B1公开日:20030422
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摘要:Methods and apparatus utilizing visually distinctive bar code symbols aredescribed. An article is provided with a bar code symbol including a bar code. The barcode comprises a sequence of first and second element types. The bar code symbol is
made visually distinctive through one of the following features: a) at least one bar codeelement is not a single straight line segment; b) a contour of a bounding shape of thesmallest area encompassing the bar code has at least two adjacent sides that are notperpendicular; or c) a contour of a bounding shape of the smallest area encompassing anencoding region has no side such that one end of all the bar code elements within theregion touches that side. A selectable resolver is used to identify a resource for theencoded value. The resolver may access the resource to provide additional informationabout the article.
申请人:HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LP
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