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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2024
Filed:
May. 25, 2023
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
François Morin, Montreal, CA;
Matrox Electronics Systems, Ltd., Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for decoding a barcode included in at least one scan line into a string of decoded characters. The method includes for each of at least one barcode character set, establishing a validation threshold based, at least in part, on a degree of difference found among a respective set of reference barcode symbols employed in representing a respective set of reference characters included in the barcode character set with which the respective validation threshold is associated. Each detected barcode symbol is decoded into a decoded character for a corresponding character position in the string using a selected character set. A best-matching symbol is identified for the detected barcode symbol among the respective set of reference barcode symbols of the selected character set. A best-matched character that is represented by the best-matching symbol is validated as the decoded character using the respective validation threshold established for the selected character set.