System and method for improved quality management in a product logistic chain
AssigneeVarcode Ltd.
InventorsYaron Nemet, Ephraim Brand
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Abstract
A quality management system for products including a multiplicity of product unit specific indicators, each operative to provide a machine-readable indication of exceedence of at least one threshold by at least one product quality determining parameter, an indicator reader operative to read the product unit specific indicators and to provide output indications and a product type specific indication interpreter operative to receive the output indications and to provide human sensible, product unit specific, product quality status outputs.
Claims24
A quality management system for products comprising:
- a multiplicity of product unit specific indicators each operative to provide a machine-readable indication of exceedence of at least one threshold by at least one product quality determining parameter;
- an indicator reader operative to read said product unit specific indicators and to provide output indications;
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- a product type specific indication interpreter operative to receive said output indications and to provide human sensible, product unit specific, product quality status outputs.
A product unit specific indicator operative to provide a machine-readable indication of exceedence of at least one threshold by at least one product quality determining parameter, said indicator comprising a variable bar code having a first readable state including digital indicia and at least start and stop code indicia and at least a second readable state wherein at least one of said start and stop code indicia which appear in said first readable state form part of said digital indicia in said second readable state.
A product unit specific indicator operative to provide a machine-readable indication of exceedence of at least one threshold by at least one product quality determining parameter, said indicator comprising a variable bar code having a fixed bar code portion and at least one selectably appearing bar code portion, both said fixed bar code portion and said at least one selectably appearing bar code portion being readable by a bar code reader.
A product unit specific indicator operative to provide a machine-readable indication of exceedence of at least one threshold by at least one product quality determining parameter, said indicator comprising a variable bar code having a fixed bar code portion representing a first number of digits and at least one selectably appearing bar code portion which appears alongside said fixed bar code portion, said at least one selectably appearing bar code portion representing at least one additional digit.
An event indicator operative to provide a machine-readable indication of occurrence of at least one event, said indicator comprising a variable bar code having a first readable state including digital indicia and at least start and stop code indicia and at least a second readable state wherein at least one of said start and stop code indicia which appear in said first readable state form part of said digital indicia in said second readable state.
An event indicator operative to provide a machine-readable indication of occurrence of at least one event, said indicator comprising a variable bar code having a fixed bar code portion and at least one selectably appearing bar code portion, both said fixed bar code portion and said at least one selectably appearing bar code portion being readable by a bar code reader.
An event indicator operative to provide a machine-readable indication of occurrence of at least one event, said indicator comprising a variable bar code having a fixed bar code portion representing a first number of digits and at least one selectably appearing bar code portion which appears alongside said fixed bar code portion, said at least one selectably appearing bar code portion representing at least one additional digit.
A method for quality management for products comprising:
- employing a multiplicity of product unit specific indicators each to provide a machine-readable indication of exceedence of at least one threshold by at least one product quality determining parameter;
- reading said product unit specific indicators and providing output indications therefrom;
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- interpreting said output indications to provide human sensible, product unit specific, product quality status outputs.
A method for providing a machine-readable indication of exceedence of at least one threshold by at least one product quality determining parameter comprising employing an indicator which provides a variable bar code having a first readable state including digital indicia and at least start and stop code indicia and at least a second readable state wherein at least one of said start and stop code indicia which appear in said first readable state form part of said digital indicia in said second readable state.
A method for providing a machine-readable indication of exceedence of at least one threshold by at least one product quality determining parameter comprising:
- employing an indicator which provides a variable bar code having a fixed bar code portion and at least one selectably appearing bar code portion;
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- reading both said fixed bar code portion and said at least one selectably appearing bar code portion using a bar code reader.
A method for providing a machine-readable indication of exceedence of at least one threshold by at least one product quality determining parameter comprising:
- employing an indicator which provides a variable bar code having a fixed bar code portion representing a first number of digits and at least one selectably appearing bar code portion which appears alongside said fixed bar code portion, said at least one selectably appearing bar code portion representing at least one additional digit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.