US 9,659,244 B2Granted

Custom functional patterns for optical barcodes

AssigneeSnap Inc.

InventorsLandon Anderton, Garrett Gee, Ryan Hornberger, Kirk Ouimet, Kameron Sheffield, Benjamin Turley

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Abstract

Systems and methods for custom functional patterns for optical barcodes are provided. In example embodiments, image data of an image is received from a user device. A candidate shape feature of the image is extracted from the image data. A determination is made that the shape feature satisfies a shape feature rule. In response to the candidate shape feature satisfying the shape feature rule, a custom graphic in the image is identified by comparing the candidate shape feature with a reference shape feature of the custom graphic. In response to identifying the custom graphic, data encoded in a portion of the image is decoded.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system comprising:

a hardware processor coupled to a memory, the hardware processor comprising a communication module;
the communication module to receive a request to generate a scannable image from a user, the request including a specification of data to encode into the scannable image;
an encoder module to render data marks that encodes the specification of data and a bounding shape that contains the data marks and a custom functional pattern, the custom functional pattern does not contain the data marks;
the encoder module further to generate the scannable image to include the data marks, the custom functional pattern and the bounding shape, the custom functional pattern being positioned at a particular location with respect to the data marks and the bounding shape in the scannable image to facilitate decoding of the specification of data encoded by the data marks;
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the communication module further to transmit the scannable image to a storage location specified by the user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/826,301Filed 14 Aug 2015 · continuation
Priority: 19 Jan 2015
Published: US 2016/0210545 A121 Jul 2016
Granted: 23 May 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

G06K 7/1443
Including a method step for retrieval of the optical code: locating of the code in an image
G06K 7/1413
The method being specifically adapted for the type of code: 1D bar codes
G06K 7/1417
The method being specifically adapted for the type of code: 2D bar codes
G06K 7/1456
Including a method step for retrieval of the optical code: determining the orientation of the optical code with respect to the reader and…

Family

Application62/105,141Us provisional application · filed 19 Jan 2015
Application14/612,409Parent of this continuation · filed 3 Feb 2015
US 2016/0210545 A1Pre-grant publication · published 21 Jul 2016
US 9,111,164 B1Parent of this continuation
US 9,659,244 B2This patent

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