SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR READING MACHINE-READABLE CHARACTERS AND HUMAN-READABLE CHARACTERS
First Claim
1. A method of operating an automatic data collection device, the method comprising:
- reading a machine-readable symbol;
determining a location of a first number of human-readable symbols from information encoded in the machine-readable symbol;
determining a location of a second number of human-readable symbols from information encoded in the machine-readable symbol, the second number of human-readable symbols spaced from the first number of human-readable symbols;
reading the first number of human-readable symbols;
reading the second number of human-readable symbols; and
verifying information contained in the first number of human-readable symbols based at least in part on information contained in the second number of human-readable symbols.
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Abstract
Systems, devices, and methods for automatic data collection. An automatic data collection system includes an image capture subsystem and a processor subsystem. The automatic data collection system is operable to decode machine-readable symbols in a machine-readable symbol reading mode, and to automatically switch from a machine-readable symbol reading mode to an optical character recognition mode in response to information encoded in a machine-readable symbol. In some embodiments, the automatic data collection system is further operable to perform optical character recognition on human-readable symbols in a human-readable symbol reading mode.
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50 Claims
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1. A method of operating an automatic data collection device, the method comprising:
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reading a machine-readable symbol; determining a location of a first number of human-readable symbols from information encoded in the machine-readable symbol; determining a location of a second number of human-readable symbols from information encoded in the machine-readable symbol, the second number of human-readable symbols spaced from the first number of human-readable symbols; reading the first number of human-readable symbols; reading the second number of human-readable symbols; and verifying information contained in the first number of human-readable symbols based at least in part on information contained in the second number of human-readable symbols. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An automatic data collection system, comprising:
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an image subsystem operable to capture images; and a processor subsystem configured to decode a machine-readable symbol acquired by the image subsystem, determine a first location of a first number of human-readable symbols from information encoded in the machine-readable symbol, determine a second location of a second number of human-readable symbols from information encoded in the machine-readable symbol, the second number of human-readable symbols spaced from the first number of human-readable symbols, read the first number of human-readable symbols at the first location, read the second number of human-readable symbols at the second location, and verify information read from the first number of human-readable symbols based at least in part on information read from the second number of human-readable symbols. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of automatic data collection from objects bearing a machine-readable symbol, a first number of human-readable symbols, and a second number of human-readable symbols spaced from the first number of human-readable symbols, the method comprising:
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automatically reading the first number of human-readable symbols; automatically reading the second number of human-readable symbols; and verifying information read from the first number of human-readable symbols based at least in part on information read from the second number of human-readable symbols. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An automatic data collection system, comprising:
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an image capture subsystem operable to capture images; and a processor subsystem configured to read a first number of human-readable symbols, read a second number of human-readable symbols, and verify information read from the first number of human-readable symbols based at least in part on information read from the second number of human-readable symbols. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of automatic data collection, the method comprising:
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reading a machine-readable symbol; and automatically changing from a machine-readable symbol mode to a character recognition mode in response to information encoded in the machine-readable symbol. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. An automatic data collection system, comprising:
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an image capture subsystem operable to capture images; and a processor subsystem configured to decode machine-readable symbols in a machine-readable symbol reading mode, to perform optical character recognition on human-readable symbols in a human-readable symbol reading mode, and to automatically switch from the machine-readable symbol reading mode to the optical character recognition mode in response to information encoded in a machine-readable symbol captured in an image by the image capture system. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A printer system, comprising:
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a controller subsystem that converts a plurality of machine-readable symbology codes to a machine-readable symbol, converts a plurality of human-readable symbology codes to a first number of human-readable symbols, and converts a plurality of human-readable symbology codes to a second number of human-readable symbols; and a print head communicatively coupled to the controller subsystem, the print head operable to print the machine-readable symbol, and the first and the second number of human-readable symbols. - View Dependent Claims (43)
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44. A method of automatically marking objects, the method comprising:
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automatically determining a number of error detection and/or correction values based on a first number of human-readable symbols to be marked on an object at a first location; automatically determining a second number of human-readable symbols indicative of the determined error detection and/or correction values to be marked on an object at a second location; automatically determining a number of machine-readable symbol characters to be marked on the object at a third location, wherein the machine-readable symbol characters encode information indicative of the first location and the second location; and marking the object with each of the machine-readable symbol, the first number of human-readable symbols and the second number of human-readable symbols. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47)
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48. A method of operation for a data collection, the method comprising:
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reading a machine-readable symbol; automatically changing from a machine-readable symbol mode to a character recognition mode in response to information encoded in the read machine-readable symbol; automatically reading a first number of human-readable symbols at a first location identified by information encoded in the read machine-readable symbol; and verifying information encoded by the first number of human-readable symbols based at least in part on information encoded in the machine-readable symbol. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50)
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