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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 1988
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Raymond F Ravizza, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ampex Corporation, Redwood City, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235472 ; 235474 ;
Abstract
A bar code reader system includes a stream of pulses whose period is a function of the scan speed of the reader as it scans the bars and spaces of a bar code symbol. Transition pulses are supplied which identify the boundaries of the bars and spaces. The tach pulses which occur between transition pulses are counted, loaded into memory, and are read from memory via microprocessor means, whereby the widths of the bars and spaces are determined. The sequence of the bar and space data is decoded to yield the bar code encoded numbers.