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Patent US7207491 - System and method for generating a combined bar code image - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA system and method is provided that includes generating a combined bar code symbol and image that is readable by a bar code scanner device. The system comprises a computer program that provides an image and a bar code symbol and combines the bar code symbol with the image such that the bar code symbol...http://www.google.com/patents/US7207491?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7207491 - System and method for generating a combined bar code imageAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS7207491 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 10/922,411Publication dateApr 24, 2007Filing dateAug 20, 2004Priority dateNov 9, 2001Fee statusLapsedAlso published asCN101044662A, EP1784902A2, EP1784902A4, US20050109846, WO2006023807A2, WO2006023807A3Publication number10922411, 922411, US 7207491 B2, US 7207491B2, US-B2-7207491, US7207491 B2, US7207491B2InventorsAllen LubowOriginal AssigneeInternational Barcode CorporationExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (39), Non-Patent Citations (7), Referenced by (13), Classifications (5), Legal Events (5) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetSystem and method for generating a combined bar code image
US 7207491 B2Abstract
A system and method is provided that includes generating a combined bar code symbol and image that is readable by a bar code scanner device. The system comprises a computer program that provides an image and a bar code symbol and combines the bar code symbol with the image such that the bar code symbol is readable by the bar code scanner device. The system processes the image and bar code symbol by comparing the properties corresponding to the image, the bar code symbol (e.g., color values), and properties corresponding to the bar code scanner sensitivity values associated with the bar code scanner device. The processed bar code symbol that is combined with the processed image is readable by the bar code scanner device.
This application is a continuation-in-part of and claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. � 120 from patent application Ser. No. 10/497,636, filed Nov. 3, 2004 which is a national stage application of and claims the benefit under U.S.C. � 365(a) from international application no. PCT/US 02/38558, filed Dec. 2, 2002, which claims the benefit under 35U.S.C. �119(e) from provisional patent application No. 60/334,570, filed Nov. 30, 2001, the contents of which are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety. The application is also a continuation-in-part of and claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. �120 from patent application Ser. No. 10/495,034, filed Nov. 4, 2004, which is a national stage application of and claims the benefit under U.S.C. �365(a) from international application no. PCT/US02/36371, filed Nov. 12, 2002, which claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. � 119(e) from provisional patent application No. 60/347,561, filed Nov. 9, 2001, the contents of which are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety. This application also claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. � 119(e) from provisional patent application No. 60/528,046, filed Dec. 8, 2003, the contents of which is also incorporated by reference herein its entirety.
The present invention relates generally to a system and method for combining an image or images such as logos, graphics, text, �wall paper�, etc. with a bar code symbol, and more particularly to providing such an image or images within a bar code symbol such that the bar code symbol can be read in the presence of the image(s).
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method provides a composite image comprising a bar code symbol and another image, where the bar code symbol is machine readable by an optical scanning device. In accordance with embodiments of the invention, one or more properties of the bar code symbol, the other image and/or and the optical scanning device are analyzed, e.g., operation of the optical scanning device with respect to at least one optical property of the bar code symbol and/or the other image. For example, the following, and/or combinations thereof, may be analyzed: the color(s) of the bar code symbol and image and the color sensitivity of the optical scanning device; the contrast between elements of the bar code symbol and between elements of the bar code symbol and the other image, and the contrast sensitivity of the optical scanning device; the relative sizes and/or positions of the bar code symbol and the image and the resolution and/or sensitivity of the optical scanning device with respect to such size and position and/or; etc.
FIG. 1 illustrates a system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, where a composite image generation system (CIGS) 102 comprising a computer system is in communication with a bar code verifier 104, storage medium 106, a communications network 108, such as the Internet, and another communications network 110, such as an Ethernet. The computer system may include one or more computer devices. The computer system may also be comprised entirely from software, entirely from hardware, or both hardware and software. System 102 comprises a computer program that may reside on any computational or processing device having the capability to run or execute a program. CIGS system 102 may download the computer program from a remote location or may directly load the program from a CD-ROM or other such storage medium (e.g., floppy disk, memory card, etc.). For example, the computer program may be downloaded from storage medium 112 over communications network 108. Storage medium 112 may be, for example, a database or server device that is accessible over communications network 108. The computer program may also be accessed and run from an Internet browser by various computer devices 114 residing on network 110 that have authorization to access CIGS system 102 remotely. When the computer program is accessed from an Internet browser, the system 102 running the program may function as a computer server. The program may also be stored in a storage medium 116 and accessed over network 110, by computer devices 114.
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