Patent ID: 8376235

Claim:
A method for reading and decoding a motion blur resistant barcode when the motion blur resistant barcode is in relative motion with respect to a scanning device along an axis of motion, comprising: capturing an image from at least one scan line along the axis of motion of the motion blur resistant barcode with the scanning device, wherein the barcode comprises a plurality of parallel lines and spaces where information is encoded in the barcode by variations in a thickness of the plurality of parallel lines and by variations in the spacing between the plurality of parallel lines; extracting a blur radius from at least one motion blur resistant feature in the image wherein the blur radius is a measure of the blur due to the relative motion between the motion blur resistant barcode and the scanning device, wherein the at least one motion blur resistant feature comprises triangles added to at least one bar in the barcode; removing the blur from the image using the blur radius; decoding the motion blur resistant barcode from the non-blurred image.