SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUALITY MANAGEMENT UTILIZING BARCODE INDICATORS
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Abstract
A quality management system for products including a multiplicity of barcoded quality indicators each operative to provide a machine-readable indication of exceedance of at least one threshold by at least one product quality affecting parameter, a barcode indicator reader operative to read the barcoded quality indicators and to provide output indications, the barcoded quality indicators being readable by the barcode indicator reader at all times after first becoming readable, including times prior to, during and immediately following exceedance of the at least one threshold by the at least one product quality affecting parameter, and a product type responsive indication interpreter operative to receive the output indications and to provide human sensible, product quality status outputs.
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62 Claims
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1-44. -44. (canceled)
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45. A quality management system for products comprising:
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a multiplicity of barcoded quality indicators each operative to provide a machine-readable indication of exceedance of at least one threshold by at least one product quality affecting parameter; a barcode indicator reader operative to read said barcoded quality indicators and to provide output indications, said barcoded quality indicators being readable by said barcode indicator reader at all times, after first becoming readable, including times prior to, during and immediately following exceedance of said at least one threshold by said at least one product quality affecting parameter; and a product type responsive indication interpreter operative to receive said output indications and to provide human sensible, product quality status outputs. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58)
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56. A barcoded quality indicator operative to provide a machine-readable indication of exceedance of at least one threshold by at least one product quality affecting parameter, said barcoded quality indicator being readable by a barcode indicator reader at all times, after first becoming readable, including times prior to, during and immediately following exceedance of said at least one threshold by said at least one product quality affecting parameter.
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59. A quality management system for products comprising:
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a first multiplicity of individual package specific barcoded quality indicators each operative to provide a machine-readable indication of exceedance of at least one threshold by at least one product quality affecting parameter of an individual package; a second multiplicity of outer package specific barcoded quality indicators each operative to provide a machine-readable indication of exceedance of at least one threshold by at least one product quality affecting parameter of an outer package containing a plurality of said individual packages; a barcode indicator reader operative to read said barcoded quality indicators and to provide output indications, said barcoded quality indicators being readable by said barcode indicator reader at all times, after first becoming readable, including times prior to, during and immediately following exceedance of said at least one threshold by said at least one product quality affecting parameter; and a product type responsive indication interpreter operative to receive said output indications and to provide human sensible, product quality status outputs. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62)
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