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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kurt Hecht, Hartsville, PA (US);
Milorad Neskovic, Hatfield, PA (US);
Vasanth Shreesha, Quakertown, PA (US);
Edward Cohen, Mt. Laurel, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Accu-sort Systems, Inc., Telford, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 ;
Abstract
An area of interest is scanned to produce pixels of the scanned area. The pixels are divided into a plurality of blocks. For each block, an orientation of a spanning line or a lack of orientation is determined. Contiguous ones of the blocks are clustered, when their orientation is within a certain tolerance level. Each cluster has a length and a width. The length is longer than the width. If the orientation of a cluster's block is perpendicular to the length of that cluster, that cluster is selected as a bar code candidate.