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Method of coding information in a dual fashion on physical media and in DOTEM computerised form

  • US 8,256,687 B2
  • Filed: 07/23/2010
  • Issued: 09/04/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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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