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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2017
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Yoshifumi Nishida, San Jose, CA (US);
Ching-Ling Huang, San Ramon, CA (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for contextualizing barcode content data includes a mobile device obtaining images containing one or more barcodes, decoding at least one of the barcodes to determine its content, determining a metric magnitude quantifying a measurable relationship between at least one decoded barcode and the imaging device, comparing the metric magnitude to a predetermined condition, if the predetermined condition is satisfied, then accessing a respective barcode specific information data record based on respective barcode content, and providing at least one of contextual information and contextual instruction to the mobile computing device, via one or more forms of multi-modal communication (e.g., visual display, audio notification, tactile stimulus, etc.). Determining a distance between at least two barcodes in the image, and displaying a message based on the distance. A system configured to implement the method and a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions for a processor to perform the method are also disclosed.