The scaner is a camera!

There are 7 colors and 2 bar widths (Ops in the picture there are 8 colors ops: )

that maces 14 combinations (enogh for 4 bits)

The black/white bar code is the scale(for more acurate reading)

And if you still dont get it read this:

0000 = Blue Thin
1000 = L. Blue Thin
1100 = Green Thin
1110 = Yelow Thin
1111 = Red Thin
0001 = Violet Thin
0011 = Orange Thin
0111 = Blue Thick
1001 = L. Blue Thick
1101 = Green Thick
1011 = Yelow Thick
0100 = Red Thick
0110 = Violet Thick
0010 = Orange Thick

PS:
How come on a bar code reader isnt so comlex! :?

 

OK.
right.
I think i am beginning to get the picture here.

Would i be right,
in thinking that,
you are not scanning across the barcode,

but you are taking a picture of it ?

 

You dont scan the bar code!

You just show the whole barcode to the camera!

PS:
The camera taces the picture!

 

MMmm...

So your using the camera as a camera,
and taking a picture of the barcode ?

Right.

So whats this bit about
"The picture is convrted to 4 bit"

Do you mean the HTML colour reference ?

 

I'm not sure how you would get the codes from a picture,
http://html-color-codes.com/
Maybe from viewing the source code ?
You haven't said if this is what you mean ....

 

Are you talking about a ANN ( artificial neural network )? They are very good at pattern recognition, not so sure about color tho.

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:? I'll put in my 2 cents and say: All Electronics Corp. (http://www.allelectronics.com) has 3 barcode scaners. 2 are Cue Cats, and one is just a normal one removed from new equipment. They are all under $12.00. Well... $12.01. :lol: Hope this helps hardware wise!

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