Identification symbol system and method with orientation mechanism

An identification symbol system for an object, comprising:

• an identification symbol, comprising:
• a substrate associated with the object;
• a square data matrix data field formed on said substrate and providing symbol information;
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• an orientation border, formed on said substrate and positioned adjacent said field on at least one side, and providing orientation information from a substantially omni-directional three-dimensional orientation of capture;
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• a device for capturing the symbol, identifying the object from the symbol information.

An identification symbol system for an object, comprising:

• an identification symbol, comprising:
• a substrate associated with the object;
• a matrix data cell data field formed on said substrate and providing symbol information;
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• an orientation border, formed on said substrate and positioned adjacent said field on at least one side, said border means comprising a width of a known number of data cells and providing orientation information from a substantially omni-directional three-dimensional orientation of capture;
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• a device for capturing the symbol, identifying the object from the symbol information.

An identification symbol system for an object, comprising:

• an identification symbol, comprising:
• a substrate associated with the object;
• a data matrix data field formed on said substrate and providing symbol information;
• an orientation border, formed on said substrate and positioned adjacent said field on at least one side, and providing orientation information from a substantially omni-directional three-dimensional orientation of capture;
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• a timing line of data cells adjacent said border;
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• a device for capturing the symbol, identifying the object from the symbol information.

An identification symbol system for an object, comprising:

• an identification symbol, comprising:
• a substrate associated with the object;
• a data matrix data field formed on said substrate and providing symbol information;
• a computer readable orientation border, formed on said substrate and positioned adjacent said field on at least one side, and providing orientation information from a substantially omni-directional three-dimensional orientation of capture;
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• a timing cell in said field;
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• a device for capturing the symbol, identifying the object from the symbol information.

An identification symbol system for an object, comprising:

• an identification symbol, comprising:
• a substrate associated with the object;
• a data matrix data field formed on said substrate and providing symbol information;
• an orientation border, formed on said substrate and positioned adjacent said field on at least one side, and providing orientation information from a substantially omni-directional three-dimensional orientation of capture;
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• a timing cell outside said border;
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• a device for capturing the symbol, identifying the object from the symbol information.

An identification symbol system for an object, comprising:

• an identification symbol, comprising:
• a substrate associated with the object;
• a data matrix data field formed on said substrate and providing symbol information;
• an orientation border formed on said substrate and positioned adjacent said field on at least one side;
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• an orientation cell formed on said substrate and outside said border means, said border means and said cell for providing symbol orientation information from a substantially omni-directional three-dimensional orientation of capture;
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• a device for capturing the symbol, identifying the object from the symbol information.

An identification symbol system for an object, comprising:

• an identification symbol, comprising:
• a substrate associated with the object;
• an internal data matrix data field of information data cells representing first information and formed on said substrate;
• data cell providing orientation and timing on at least one side of said internal data field and formed on said substrate and for providing orientation information from a substantially omni-directional three-dimensional orientation of capture;
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• an external data field of information data cells representing second information and formed on said substrate;
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• a device for capturing the symbol, identifying the object from the symbol information.

An identification symbol system for an object, comprising:

• an identification symbol, comprising:
• a computer readable data matrix data field of individually addressable data cells, formed on said substrate and providing symbol information for uniquely identifying the symbol;
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• a computer readable orientation border comprising individually addressable data cells, formed on said substrate and providing symbol orientation information from any direction of image capture and positioned adjacent to said field on at least one side;
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• a device for capturing the symbol, identifying the object from the symbol information.

An identification symbol system for an object, comprising:

• an identification symbol, comprising:
• a data field formed on said substrate;
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• orientation information, formed on said substrate, indicating an orientation of said data field from any direction of image capture;
• and
• a device for capturing the symbol, identifying the object from the symbol information.

An identification symbol system for an object, comprising:

• an identification symbol, comprising:
• a substrate associated with the object;
• a data field formed on said substrate;
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• a border, formed on said substrate and adjacent said data field, and indicating an orientation from any direction of image capture, the border means having first and second sides where each data cell in the border has a same value;
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• a device for capturing the symbol, identifying the object from the symbol information.

An identification symbol system for an object, comprising:

• an identification symbol, comprising:
• a substrate associated with the object;
• a data field formed on said substrate;
• and
• a border, formed on said substrate and adjacent said data field, indicating an orientation from any direction of image capture, the border having first and second sides where each data cell in the border has a same value;
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• a device for capturing the symbol, identifying the object from the symbol information;
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• wherein said border further comprises third and fourth sides where the cells in the third and fourth sides have alternating values.

A decoding process, comprising the steps of:

• (a) scanning a symbol comprising a data field of information data cells and orientation means for indicating an orientation of the field;
• (b) identifying the location of the data cells;
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• (c) decoding the symbol from the located data cells.

An identification symbol system for an object, comprising:

• an identification symbol, comprising:
• a substrate associated with the object;
• a data field formed on said substrate;
• and
• an orientation indicator, formed on said substrate, indicating an orientation of said data field from a substantially omni-directional three-dimensional orientation of capture;
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• a device for capturing the symbol, identifying the object from the symbol information.

An identification symbol system for an object, comprising:

• an identification symbol, comprising:
• a substrate associated with the object;
• a computer readable data matrix data field formed on said substrate and providing symbol information for uniquely identifying the symbol;
• and
• computer readable orientation means, formed on said substrate and positioned adjacent said field on at least one side, for providing orientation information from a substantially omni-directional three-dimensional orientation of capture;
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• a device for capturing the symbol, identifying the object from the symbol information;
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• wherein said orientation means comprises a solid indicia.

An identification symbol system for an object, comprising:

• an identification symbol, comprising:
• a substrate associated with the object;
• a computer readable data matrix data field formed on said substrate and providing symbol information for uniquely identifying the symbol;
• and
• computer readable orientation means, formed on said substrate and positioned adjacent said field on at least one side, for providing orientation information from a substantially omni-directional three-dimensional orientation of capture;
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• a device for capturing the symbol, identifying the object from the symbol information;
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• wherein said orientation means comprises a solid border.

An identification symbol system for an object, comprising:

• an identification symbol, comprising:
• a substrate associated with the object;
• a computer readable data matrix data field formed on said substrate and providing symbol information for uniquely identifying the symbol;
• and
• computer readable orientation means, formed on said substrate and positioned adjacent said field on at least one side, for providing orientation information from a substantially omni-directional three-dimensional orientation of capture;
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• a device for capturing the symbol, identifying the object from the symbol information;
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• wherein said orientation means provides distortion correction information.