Dot-based data package template

• US 20060091226A1
• Filed: 12/12/2005
• Published: 05/04/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Inventors: Lapstun, Paul, Walmsley, Simon Robert
• Granted Patent: US 7,152,805 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/494
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 1/121 by printing code marks applying code marks to labels B65C9/46; marking or coding completed packages B65B61/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06 characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06037 multi-dimensional coding
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06168 the marking being a concentric barcode
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 2019/06262 with target- or other orientation-indicating feature
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1417 2D bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1421 Circular bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1443 locating of the code in an image
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1456 determining the orientation of the optical code with respect to the reader and correcting therefore

Abstract

A dot-based data package template for an arbitrary shaped data package includes a circular locator component. An orientation component has a single axis of symmetry so that its orientation on a substrate can indicate an orientation of code associated therewith. The template includes predetermined data areas. Dots printed in the predetermined data areas represent at least one parameter of the data package.

Claims

1. A dot-based data package template for an arbitrary shaped data package, the template comprising

a circular locator component;

an orientation component having a single axis of symmetry so that its orientation on a substrate can indicate an orientation of code associated therewith;

predetermined data areas; and

dots printed in the predetermined data areas to represent at least one parameter of the data package.

2. A dot-based data package template as claimed in claim 1, in which the orientation component is positioned centrally with respect to the locator component.

3. A dot-based data package template as claimed in claim 1, in which the dots printed in the predetermined data areas represent at least one dimension of a bounding area of the data package.

4. A dot-based data package template as claimed in claim 3, in which the dots printed in the predetermined data areas represent a width and a height of said bounding area.

5. A dot-based data package template as claimed in claim 3, in which the dots printed in the predetermined data areas represent a number of data bits associated with the template.

6. A dot-based data package template as claimed in claim 1, in which the dots printed in the predetermined data areas include redundancy coding.

7. A dot-based data package template as claimed in claim 6, in which the redundancy encoding is Reed-Solomon encoding.