Method for reproducing and using a bar code symbol
AssigneeLabels That Talk Ltd
InventorsKenneth A. Berkun, Lee Felsenstein, Peter B. Keenan
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Abstract
A segmented 2D matrix symbol may be formed by dividing data into a plurality of segments, separately encoding the plurality of segments as corresponding arrays of cells, and arranging the arrays of cells in an abutting relationship. The segmented symbol may be reproduced, for example by receiving a bitmap corresponding to the formed symbol followed by printing; by copying a printed symbol; or by scanning a printed symbol and printing a copy. The reproduced symbol may be scanned, and data from only decoded segments, for example audio data, may be output.
Claims21
-20. (canceled)
A method for producing a bar code symbol, comprising:
- dividing payload data into a plurality of segments;
- separately encoding each of the plurality of segments as a corresponding two-dimensional array of cells;
- encoding, for each of the plurality of segments, a segment identification field;
- arranging the binary two-dimensional matrix arrays of cells and segment identification fields in an abutting and non-overlapping relationship;
- and
- printing a binary image corresponding to the two-dimensional arrays of cells and segment identification fields as a bar code symbol.
A method for transporting a human utterance;
- comprising:
- capturing a human utterance with a microphone;
- converting a signal from the microphone into a digital audio file;
- dividing the digital audio file into a plurality of segments;
- assigning segment identification data to each of the plurality of segments;
- encoding the plurality of segments and associated identification data into a contiguous pattern of cells;
- and
- writing an image corresponding to the contiguous pattern of cells onto a non-transitory computer readable medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.