Self-registering spread-spectrum barcode method
| Patent Number: | 6,814,289 |
| Issued: | 11/9/2004 |
| Official Filing: | View the Complete Patent |
| Abstract: | A novel spread spectrum barcode methodology is disclosed that allows a barcode to be read in its entirety even when a significant fraction or majority of the barcode is obscured. The barcode methodology makes use of registration or clocking information that is distributed along with the encoded user data across the barcode image. This registration information allows for the barcode image to be corrected for imaging distortion such as zoom, rotation, tilt, curvature, and perspective. |
| Filed: | 5/30/2001 |
| Application Number: | 9/870,391 |
| Government Interests: | STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |