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System and method for quality management utilizing barcode indicators

  • US 8,540,156 B2
  • Filed: 11/13/2008
  • Issued: 09/24/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A barcoded quality indicator operative to provide a machine-readable indication of exceedance of at least one product quality threshold by at least one product quality affecting parameter, said barcoded quality indicator including a changeable barcode including at least one material having at least one variable visually-sensible characteristic which gradually changes as a function of changes in said at least one product quality affecting parameter and a background having at least one selectable visually-sensible characteristic which is not variable or not variable in the same way as is the barcode, said machine-readable indication of exceedance being represented by a machine-readable difference between said at least one variable visually-sensible characteristic and said at least one selectable visually-sensible characteristic, said barcoded quality indicator providing a first machine-readable indication prior to said exceedance of said at least one threshold and a second machine-readable indication, different from said first machine-readable indication, following said exceedance of said at least one threshold, said at least one product quality affecting parameter comprising an energy level representing a combination of two different product quality affecting factors.

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