Blurring based content recognizer

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a computer-readable medium coupled to the processor and including instructions, which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a degraded image of a first barcode from a client;
• generating an image intensity profile of the degraded image, wherein the image intensity profile is generated by averaging or integrating a number of scan lines;
• searching a population of barcodes, the searching including selecting a candidate barcode from the population of barcodes and comparing a degraded version of an ideal image intensity profile of the candidate barcode to the image intensity profile of the degraded image;
• selecting a final barcode from the population of barcodes based on the comparison;
• and
• sending the final barcode to the client.

A computer-readable, non-transitory medium having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a degraded image of a first barcode;
• generating an image intensity profile of the degraded image, wherein the image intensity profile is generated by averaging or integrating a number of scan lines;
• searching a population of barcodes, the searching including selecting a candidate barcode from the population of barcodes and comparing a degraded version of an ideal image intensity profile of the candidate barcode to the image intensity profile of the degraded image;
• and
• selecting a final barcode from the population of barcodes based on the comparison.