Patent ID: 8736615
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: G02B,G06K,G06Q,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method of displaying an image of a barcode in a pixel display belonging to a device, the method comprising the steps of: receiving data indicative of characteristics of a pixel display belonging to a device; identifying, based on the received data indicative of the characteristics of the pixel display, a plurality of possible image forms of a barcode for the pixel display, wherein in at least one of the possible image forms includes a barcode wherein: selecting and generating an image form from the plurality of possible image forms of the barcode, the selected and generated image form being readable as a barcode, when displayed in the pixel display and read from the pixel display by a barcode reader such that the barcode reader can extract barcode information from the image form as displayed in the pixel display of the device; and causing the selected image form to be displayed in the pixel display.