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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2000
Paul Lawlor, Nottingham, GB;
Clarion Limited, Nottingham, GB;
Abstract
Codes, such as those representing dates ( ), barcodes ( ) and incrementing values ( ) are applied onto packaged consumer products by a coder ( ). The coder receives instructions from a processing system ( ) composite data ( ) representing information to be coded onto the packaging is received by the processing system ( ). Coder instructions for a coder processing subsystem ( ) are generated by processing system ( ) with reference to coder capabilities ( ). In response to these coder capabilities, the processing system ( ) either instructs the coder to generate a graphical representation in response to the instructions or assists the coder to generate a graphical representation before supplying lower level instructions to the coder.