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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2010
Jia LI, Aurora, CA;
Mikhail Brusnitsyn, North York, CA;
Eunice Poon, Markham, CA;
Seungsik Kwak, Oakville, CA;
Guoyi Fu, Toronto, CA;
Jia Li, Aurora, CA;
Mikhail Brusnitsyn, North York, CA;
Eunice Poon, Markham, CA;
Seungsik Kwak, Oakville, CA;
Guoyi Fu, Toronto, CA;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is a system and method for decoding an image of a bar code. Decoding the barcode includes tokenizing a plurality of pixels in the image of the barcode based upon a plurality of thresholds to form a first set of tokens. Decoding the barcode also includes re-tokenizing the plurality of pixels in the image of the barcode based upon the intensity of the pixels in the plurality of tokens, and the relativity intensity of neighboring tokens, to form a second set of tokens.