US PATENT SUBCLASS 235 / 462.01
.~.~.~ Bar code


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435  DF  CODED RECORD SENSORS {9}
439  DF  .~ Particular sensor structure {8}
454  DF  .~.~ Optical {10}
462.01.~.~.~ Bar code {20}
462.02  DF  .~.~.~.~> Bar code having a plurality of bars with different heights (e.g., Postnet
462.03  DF  .~.~.~.~> Circular bar code (e.g., concentric circles or sun burst)
462.04  DF  .~.~.~.~> Bar code with bars of more than two colors (e.g., multicolored bar code, multilevel gray)
462.05  DF  .~.~.~.~> Means to read bar code on a transparent medium (e.g., film)
462.06  DF  .~.~.~.~> Light level adaptation
462.07  DF  .~.~.~.~> Means to decode multiple types or formats of bar code symbols (e.g., UPC, JAN, EAN, etc.)
462.08  DF  .~.~.~.~> Bar code location or selection {1}
462.1  DF  .~.~.~.~> Means to decode a 2-D bar code {1}
462.12  DF  .~.~.~.~> Bar code stitching (e.g., forming a complete bar code from several partial scans)
462.13  DF  .~.~.~.~> Combined with diverse art device (e.g., security tag deactivator)
462.14  DF  .~.~.~.~> Stationary bar code reader
462.15  DF  .~.~.~.~> Programming or computer interface feature
462.16  DF  .~.~.~.~> Bar width determination {2}
462.2  DF  .~.~.~.~> Aiming or positioning adjunct (e.g., viewfinder, pointer, or positioning aid) {1}
462.22  DF  .~.~.~.~> Extended reader working range (e.g., multiple focal planes) {1}
462.25  DF  .~.~.~.~> Reader processing circuitry {4}
462.3  DF  .~.~.~.~> Scanner power on/off {1}
462.32  DF  .~.~.~.~> Specific scanning detail (e.g., scanner with a specific scanning field of view) {1}
462.41  DF  .~.~.~.~> Using an imager (e.g., CCD) {1}
462.43  DF  .~.~.~.~> Specified housing or mounting detail {2}


DEFINITION

Classification: 235/462.01

Bar code:

(under subclass 454) Subject matter including means for sensing a coded indicia formed by a combination of bars or bars and spaces having different light reflective characteristics.

(1) Note. The white area between two black bars is referred to a white bar or a space.

(2) Note. Included here are bar code sensors for detecting the bar code or bar code readers having means, such as a photo-detector, to sense and convert the light reflected off a coded indicia into an electrical signal, and means, such as a processor with a decoder, to receive and convert that signal into representative information thereof.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

250, Radiant Energy,

271, for invisible radiation responsive code readers and subclasses 555+, 566+ for photocell systems including means to illuminate a coded record.

358, Facsimile,

505+, 474+ for scanner in facsimile system. 359, Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements,

196+, for optical structure of scanner using light deflection.

382, Image Analysis,

140, for optical imager or reader for reading MICR data, subclasses 182+ for pattern recognition, and subclasses 312+ for image sensing.