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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:
Dec. 26, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rick Allan Kato, Greeley, CO (US);
Kelly John Reasoner, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
23546225 ; 23546201 ;
Abstract
A method of deciphering bar codes is disclosed herein. The method determines if the bar code complies with predetermined specifications. The method then sorts the bar code information into character groups. Each character group is reviewed individually to assure compliance with the predetermined specification. The individual character groups are then decoded individually. The method allows for bar code specification to have varying tolerances between the individual character groups, which increases the likelihood of a bar code reader being able to decipher the bar code.