Low resolution target acquisition
First Claim
1. In a system for optically reading an optically readable label, a label for storing encoded information comprising a multiplicity of information-encoded cells, comprising:
- cells of said multiplicity of cells divided into information-encoded subcells adapted to have at least two differing optical properties wherein a selected information-encoded cell is determined to have a first optical property when a majority of the subcells of said selected information-encoded cell has said first optical property;
a selected minority subcell of said information-encoded cell having a second optical property; and
,said selected minority subcell being disposed at a position within said selected cell in accordance with information.
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Abstract
A label and a process are provided for encoding target acquisition information and data information on an optically readable label at different resolutions. A multiplicity of cells is arranged in a regular pattern wherein each cell in the pattern may have one of at least two different optical properties to permit acquisition information encoding of the cells. Target acquisition information is encoded in the cells at a low resolution by assigning one of the plurality of optical properties to the cells in the pattern. The information-encoded cells are divided into a plurality of subcells. Data information is encoded at a high resolution in the subcells of the information-encoded cells.
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38 Claims
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1. In a system for optically reading an optically readable label, a label for storing encoded information comprising a multiplicity of information-encoded cells, comprising:
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cells of said multiplicity of cells divided into information-encoded subcells adapted to have at least two differing optical properties wherein a selected information-encoded cell is determined to have a first optical property when a majority of the subcells of said selected information-encoded cell has said first optical property; a selected minority subcell of said information-encoded cell having a second optical property; and
,said selected minority subcell being disposed at a position within said selected cell in accordance with information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A process for encoding and decoding information in an optical scanning system having an optically readable label comprising a multiplicity of cells and means for optically sensing said label, comprising the steps of:
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(a) encoding a selected cell of said multiplicity of cells at a first low resolution in accordance with first information; (b) dividing said selected cell into information-encoded subcells wherein each subcell formed thereby is adapted to have at least two differing optical properties; and
,(c) encoding said subcells at a second high resolution in accordance with second information. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A process for decoding electrical signals representing an optically sensed image corresponding to a multiplicity of cells encoded in a predetermined pattern, comprising the steps of:
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(a) determining the intensities of said optical properties of said cells; (b) searching said intensities of said optical properties of step (a) to identify the optical properties of said cells; (c) dividing said cells into subcells wherein each subcell formed thereby is adapted to have at least two differing optical properties; (d) determining that a cell is assigned a first optical property when a majority of subcells of said determined cell is assigned said first optical property; and
,(e) decoding said cells by performing a decoding process which is the inverse of the encoding process for said cells. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
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35. In a system for optically reading an encoded label, a label for storing a multi-resolution pattern comprising a multiplicity of cells, each of said cells having one of at least two differing optical properties detectable at low resolution, each of said cells being divided into a plurality of subcells, each of said subcells formed thereby having one of at least two differing optical properties detectable at high resolution wherein each of said cells is determined to have a first optical property shared by the majority of its respective subcells when scanned at low resolution and a subcell of the minority of its respective subcells having a second optical property is disposed at a position within said cells determined in accordance with information.
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36. In a system for optically reading an encoded label, a label for storing a multi-resolution pattern comprised of a multiplicity of low resolution cells, each of said low resolution cells being adapted to be determined at a first optical sampling rate and having one of at least two differing optical properties, each of said low resolution cells having at least four high resolution subcells adapted to be determined at a second optical sampling rate differing from said first optical sampling rate and having one of at least two differing optical properties, wherein each of said low resolution cells is determined to have the optical property shared by the majority of its respective high resolution subcells when said low resolution cells are determined at said first optical sampling rate.
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37. A process for encoding an optically readable label comprised of a multi-resolution pattern of cells, each of said cells having one of at least two differing optical properties detectable at low resolution, comprising the steps of:
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(a) encoding said cells at low resolution; (b) dividing each of said cells into a plurality of subcells, each of said subcells formed thereby having one of at least two differing optical properties detectable at high resolution; and
,(c) encoding said subcells at high resolution by disposing a subcell of a first minority optical property at a position within said cells determined in accordance with information, wherein each of said cells is determined to have the optical property shared by the majority of its respective subcells when scanned at low resolution.
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38. A process for decoding electrical signals representing an optically sensed image corresponding to a multiplicity of low resolution cells encoded in a multi-resolution pattern, each cell of said multi-resolution pattern having one of at least two differing optical properties comprising the steps of:
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(a) dividing said low resolution cells into a plurality of high resolution subcells wherein each of said high resolution subcells formed thereby has at least two differing optical properties detectable at high resolution; (b) determining that a low resolution cell is assigned a first optical property when a majority of high resolution subcells of said determined high resolution cell are assigned said first optical property; (c) decoding said low resolution cells of said multi-resolution pattern by performing a decoding process which is the inverse of the encoding process for said low resolution cells; and
,(d) decoding said high resolution information in accordance with the position of minority subcells having a second optical property.
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