# US 10,504,060 B2 · System and method for quality management utilizing barcode indicators

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- Number: US 10,504,060 B2
- Document ID: US10504060B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/201,334
- Filed: 2018-11-27
- Published: 2019-06-06
- Granted: 2019-12-10
- Earliest claimed: 2007-05-06
- Assignees: Varcode Ltd.
- Applicants: Varcode Ltd.
- Inventors: Yaron Nemet; Ephraim Brand
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10504060B2

## CPC

- G06Q 10/087: Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
- G01D 21/00: Measuring or testing not otherwise provided for
- G01K 11/12: using changes in colour, translucency or reflectance
- G06K 7/14: using light without selection of wavelength, e.g. sensing reflected white light {(G06K7/10831 - G06K7/1097 take precedence)}
- G06K 17/00: Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups G06K1/00 - G06K15/00, e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations
- G06Q 10/08: Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
- G06Q 10/08776: {by management of storage life of perishable or hazardous products}
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G01D: MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G01K: MEASURING TEMPERATURE; MEASURING QUANTITY OF HEAT; THERMALLY-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (radiation pyrometry G01J5/00)
- G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS

## Abstract

A quality management system for products including a multiplicity of barcode indicators, each operative to provide a machine-readable indication of exceedance of at least one threshold by at least one product quality determining parameter, the at least one threshold being at least one of a time duration threshold and a combined temperature and time threshold, a barcode indicator reader operative to read the barcode indicators and to provide output indications and an indication interpreter operative to receive the output indications and to provide human sensible, product unit specific, product quality status outputs.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A system for communicating product information comprising:
a multiplicity of barcode indicators;
a mobile communicator including image capture functionality operative to capture an image of at least one of said multiplicity of barcode indicators and to transmit said image of said at least one of said multiplicity of barcode indicators; and
a server comprising:
an indication interpreter operative to receive said image of said at least one of said multiplicity of barcode indicators and to provide an interpretation of said at least one of said multiplicity of barcode indicators;
caller ID functionality operative to:
provide an identification of a caller using said mobile communicator;
provide a classification of said caller using said mobile communicator based on said identification of said mobile communicator; and
human sensible output selection functionality operative to:
select at least one suitable human sensible output based on said interpretation of said at least one of said multiplicity of barcode indicators and said classification of said caller using said mobile communicator; and
provide said at least one suitable human sensible output to said mobile communicator.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A system according to claim 1 and wherein said at least one suitable human sensible output comprises at least one of a price indication, a shelf-life indication, and a quality output indication.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A system according to claim 1 and wherein said mobile communicator is a telephone.

### Claim 4

A method for communicating product information comprising:
employing a multiplicity of barcode indicators;
capturing an image of at least one of said multiplicity of barcode indicators, using a mobile communicator including image capture functionality;
communicating said image of said at least one of said multiplicity of barcode indicators from said mobile communicator to a server, said server including caller ID functionality;
interpreting said image of said at least one of said multiplicity of barcode indicators to provide an interpretation of said at least one of said multiplicity of barcode indicators;
providing an identification of a caller using said mobile communicator utilizing said caller ID functionality;
providing a classification of said caller using said mobile communicator based on said identification of said mobile communicator;
selecting at least one suitable human sensible output based on said interpretation of said at least one of said multiplicity of barcode indicators and said classification of said caller using said mobile communicator; and
providing said at least one suitable human sensible output to said mobile communicator.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

A method according to claim 4 and wherein said at least one suitable human sensible output comprises at least one of a price indication, a shelf-life indication and a salability output indication.