Digitizer for bar code reader
CA 2134698 A1 · Owner: Goren, David · Inventors: Goren, David; Bridgelall, Raj
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A multi-bit digitizer (30) for a barcode reader detects the presence of edges of a scanned barcode symbol, and also measures the strength of each detected edge. A polarity or edge direction signal (8) indicates the direction of each detected edge, and a timing signal (6) is representative of the timing and also by means of, a variable pulse width, the strength of each edge. A gating signal (200) indicates that the data are unreliable and invalid if the measured voltage applied to the scanner motor of the barcode reader is higher or lower than defined limit values. Any scans made at a speed which were too high or too low are rejected.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed October 31, 1994. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 31, 2014.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by October 31, 2016.
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