Method of coding information in a dual fashion on physical media and in DOTEM computerised form
First Claim
1. A method of processing information, comprising at least a coding operation including digitally coding such information, and a printing operation including printing the resulting coded digital information on a physical medium in the form of characters designed for subsequent machine-reading, each character including a bi-dimensional arrangement of dots, each dot having at least one color among a plurality of at least two colours, and each character extending on at least two columns and comprising at least a header, data, and up/down orientation marks, wherein the coding operation further comprises, for each character, the operation of choosing a number of columns as a function of digital information to be coded, and that the printing operation further comprises, for each character, the operation of printing, in a predetermined position of each column from the second column, at least one dot indicating whether such column is, or not, the last column of such character, wherein the width of each character is automatically adjusted, both during printing and machine-reading, as a function of the coded digital information without loss of space.
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Abstract
DOTEM is an information-coding method which is used to represent same on physical media with the aid of dots and in a computerised format, in memory and on networks with bits. The method is based on the broad concept of characters grouped into alphabets. The characters comprise dots on documents, for example, and bits in machine format. The physical characters have specific dots that are not represented in machine format in order to enable same to be located on media, such as the foot of a character and the head of a character. Each character can represent at least the 256 values of an octet. The character concept is extended such that it can be identified by the value thereof and, such that it can be identified by the value thereof and, taken together, can represent one or more variables having any dimension but determined in the structure of the character. The complex data and the context thereof can be described by a series of characters in the form of words or even sentences with a direct language correspondence. As a result, the representation is simpler and more concise. The characters are constructed over several columns for documents and over several octets for machine format. The characters can code values far greater than the octet, such that tags or field delimiters can be designated directly without the need for prior formatting.
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- 1. A method of processing information, comprising at least a coding operation including digitally coding such information, and a printing operation including printing the resulting coded digital information on a physical medium in the form of characters designed for subsequent machine-reading, each character including a bi-dimensional arrangement of dots, each dot having at least one color among a plurality of at least two colours, and each character extending on at least two columns and comprising at least a header, data, and up/down orientation marks, wherein the coding operation further comprises, for each character, the operation of choosing a number of columns as a function of digital information to be coded, and that the printing operation further comprises, for each character, the operation of printing, in a predetermined position of each column from the second column, at least one dot indicating whether such column is, or not, the last column of such character, wherein the width of each character is automatically adjusted, both during printing and machine-reading, as a function of the coded digital information without loss of space.
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