IP Library Granted Patent US 9,805,236
Granted Patent B2
US 9,805,236 · App. 15/075,831 · Granted Oct 31, 2017

Coding and decoding method using patterns and system thereof

Inventor: En-Feng Hsu (Hsin-Chu, TW)
Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
G06K7/10811G06K19/06037
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Patent No.
US 9,805,236
App. No.
15/075,831
Granted
Oct 31, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are coding and decoding methods using patterns and a system thereof. The object-images are obtained via detecting a pattern comprising objects. The distances between the object-images are obtained and a code is found based on the obtained distances between the object images. The distances between the object-images are defined as distances between centers of the object-images. As there are at least three objects in a pattern, a code is obtained based on a ratio of distances between object-images, which equals to a ratio of distances between objects. As there are at least four objects in a pattern, it is first determined whether a first ratio of object-images equals to a predetermined ratio of object-images. If no, a second ratio of object-images is obtained via a correcting factor and the first ratio of object-image, and finally a code is obtained based on the second ratio of object-images.

Claims (22)

1. A decoding method using barcode patterns, adapted to a sensor, comprising:

through the sensor, sensing a barcode pattern comprising a plurality of objects and obtaining a plurality of object-images corresponding to the objects, wherein the barcode pattern comprises at least four objects and a ratio of at least two distances between the objects is fixed;

through the sensor, obtaining each distance between adjacent object-images;

through the sensor, obtaining a first ratio of the distances between the object-images;

through the sensor, comparing the first ratio of the distances between the object-images and a predetermined distance ratio;

through the sensor, obtaining barcode information according to the first ratio of the distances between the object-images, if the first ratio of the distances between the object-images equals to the predetermined distance ratio;

wherein the distance between the object-images is a distance between centers of the object-images.

2. The decoding method using barcode patterns according to claim 1 , wherein the step of comparing the first ratio of the distances between the object-images and the predetermined distance ratio comprises:

through the sensor, calculating a correcting factor, calculating a second ratio of the distances between the object-images according to the correcting factor and the first ratio of the distances between the object-images, and obtaining the barcode information according to the second ratio of the distances between the object-images, if the first ratio of the distances between the object-images does not equal to the predetermined distance ratio;

wherein the second ratio of the distances between the object-images equals to a ratio of the distances between the objects.

3. The decoding method using barcode patterns according to claim 1 , wherein the objects in the barcode pattern are arranged along a line or on a plane.

4. A decoding system using barcode patterns, comprising at least a sensor, wherein the sensor comprises one or more than one circuits and is configured to:

sense a barcode pattern comprising a plurality of objects and obtain a plurality of object-images corresponding to the objects, wherein the barcode pattern comprises at least four objects and a ratio of at least two distances between the objects is fixed;

obtain each distance between adjacent object-images;

obtain a first ratio of the distances between the object-images;

compare the first ratio of the distances between the object-images and a predetermined distance ratio;

obtain barcode information according to the first ratio of the distances between the object-images, if the first ratio of the distances between the object-images equals to the predetermined distance ratio;

wherein the distance between the object-images is a distance between centers of the object-images.

5. The decoding system using barcode patterns according to claim 4 , wherein when the sensor obtains the barcode information according to the first ratio of the distances between the object-images as the first ratio of the distances between the object-images equals to the predetermined distance ratio, the sensor is configured further to:

calculate a correcting factor, calculate a second ratio of the distances between the object-images according to the correcting factor and the first ratio of the distances between the object-images, and obtain the barcode information according to the second ratio of the distances between the object-images, if the first ratio of the distances between the object-images does not equal to the predetermined distance ratio;

wherein the second ratio of the distances between the object-images equals to a ratio of the distances between the objects.

6. The decoding system using barcode patterns according to claim 4 , wherein the objects in the barcode pattern are arranged along a line or on a plane.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2016
From: HSU, EN-FENG
To: PIXART IMAGING INC.
Reel/Frame 038050/0699 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 104128606 A · Aug 31, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170061178A1 · Mar 2, 2017