Bar code
First Claim
1. A design bar code comprising a bar symbol sequence that includes a plurality of bar symbols aligned with spaces therebetween and a side having human-readable bar code information, wherein the bar symbols occupy a belt area and one or more of the bar symbols has a length that extends outside of the belt area, wherein the length of at least one bar symbol in the bar symbol sequence is varied in a region outside of the belt area to form a rendered pattern, the region outside of the belt area being opposite the side having the human-readable bar code information, and wherein the bar symbols inside the belt area represent information that is machine-readable.
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Abstract
A design bar code 100 according to one particular embodiment includes a bar symbol sequence 110 that contains a plurality of bar symbols aligned in a scanning direction X with spaces therebetween, and an additional pattern 130 that supplements a pattern represented by the outer shape of the bar symbol sequence 110. The length of one or more bar symbols in a direction Y is defined so as to have a contour forming at least a portion of a rendered pattern. The additional pattern 130 may positioned as necessary in the region outside of the belt area 112 so as to supplement the pattern represented by the outer shape of the bar symbol sequence 110.
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20 Claims
- 1. A design bar code comprising a bar symbol sequence that includes a plurality of bar symbols aligned with spaces therebetween and a side having human-readable bar code information, wherein the bar symbols occupy a belt area and one or more of the bar symbols has a length that extends outside of the belt area, wherein the length of at least one bar symbol in the bar symbol sequence is varied in a region outside of the belt area to form a rendered pattern, the region outside of the belt area being opposite the side having the human-readable bar code information, and wherein the bar symbols inside the belt area represent information that is machine-readable.
- 8. A product or product package having a design bar code attached thereto, wherein the design bar code comprises a bar symbol sequence that includes a plurality of bar symbols aligned with spaces therebetween and a side having human-readable bar code information, wherein the bar symbols occupy a belt area and one or more of the bar symbols has a length that extends outside of the belt area, wherein the length of at least one bar symbol in the bar symbol sequence is varied in a region outside of the belt area to form a rendered pattern, the region outside of the belt area being opposite the side having the human-readable bar code information, and wherein the bar symbols inside the belt area represent information that is machine-readable
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14. A method of constructing a design bar code, comprising:
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preparing a bar symbol sequence that includes a plurality of bar symbols aligned with spaces therebetween and a side having human-readable bar code information, wherein the bar symbols occupy a belt area and one or more of the bar symbols has a length that extends outside of the belt area; and
varying the length of at least one bar symbol in the bar symbol sequence in a region outside of the belt area to form a rendered pattern, the region outside of the belt area being opposite the side having the human-readable bar code information, wherein the bar symbols inside the belt area represent information that is machine-readable.
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- 15. The method as claimed in claim 15, further comprising varying the length of multiple bar symbols in the bar symbol sequence to form a contour of the rendered pattern in the region outside of the belt area.
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