Novel signal-processing techniques in barcode scanning

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-65

  Shellhammer, Stephen J ^a,b   Goren, David P ^a   Pavlidis, Theo ^c  

^a Symbol Technologies Inc   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDGE DETECTION; LASER BEAMS; SCANNING; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION;

BARCODE SCANNING; EDGE-ENHANCEMENT FILTER;

BAR CODES;

EID: 0033098683     PISSN: 10709932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/100.755815     Document Type: Article

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