US5489158A
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Printer system for removable machine readable code
Assignee: Symbol Technologies LLC
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Filing: 1994-05-27
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Granted: 1996-02-06
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Expires: 2014-05-27
Abstract
Abstract A numbering and reading system with record having two-dimensional erasable bar code or a removable label with a two-dimensional bar code is disclosed. The bar code can be PDF417.
Inventors
- 👤 Ynjiun P. Wang
- 👤 Jerome Swartz
- 👤 Daniel R. McGlynn
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 14:06
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/002; G03; G03H; G03H1/00; G03H1/04; G03H1/0402; G03H1/041; G06F8/00; G06F8/60; G06F8/70; G06F8/71; G06K; G06K1/00; G06K1/12; G06K1/121; G06K1/126; G06K17/00; G06K17/0016; G06K19/00; G06K19/06; G06K19/06009; G06K19/06037; G06K19/06046; G06K19/08; G06K19/10; G06K19/18; G06K7/00; G06K7/10; G06K7/14; G06K7/1404; G06K7/1408; G06K7/1417; G06K7/1439; G06K7/1443; G06K7/1456; G06K7/146; G06K7/1486; G06K7/1491; G07; G07G; G07G1/00; G07G1/0036; G07G1/0045; G06K2019/06215; G06K2019/06253
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 35
Claim 1
Independent Claim
114 words
A printer system for a record containing indicia on at least a portion thereof, the printer system comprising: input means for receiving information to be placed on to the record; encoding means, coupled to the input means, for encoding the received information in an error-correctable, machine readable, two-dimensional bar code format; and output means, coupled to the encoding means, for printing the received information on the record, the output means including means for removing encoded information other than the received information from the record, means for drying an area of the record underlying the removed information, and means for removably printing the received information on the record after removal of the other encoded information.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
114 words
A printer system for a record containing indicia on at least a portion thereof, the printer system comprising: input means for receiving information to be placed on to the record; encoding means, coupled to the input means, for encoding the received information in an error-correctable, machine readable, two-dimensional bar code format; and output means, coupled to the encoding means, for printing the received information on the record, the output means including means for removing encoded information other than the received information from the record, means for drying an area of the record underlying the removed information, and means for removably printing the received information on the record after removal of the other encoded information.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
The printer system of claim 1 wherein the two-dimensional bar code format includes a plurality of ordered, adjacent rows of codewords of bar-coded information from a set of codewords.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
The printer system of claim 2 wherein the means for encoding the received information in the two-dimensional bar code format includes; means for encoding the received information in PDF417 format.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
The printer system of claim 1 wherein the output means includes; means for printing the encoded information in erasable ink.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
The printer system of claim 1 wherein the output means includes means for printing the encoded information on a label removably attached to the record.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
The printer system of claim 1 wherein the record has rows with information words, and means for locating selected information words in accordance with the rows.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
The printer system of claim 6 wherein each of the rows includes a field with a row number.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
142 words
A printer system for a record containing indicia on at least a portion thereof, the printer system comprising: input means for receiving information to be placed on to the record; encoding means, coupled to the input means, for encoding the received information in an error-correctable, machine readable, two-dimensional bar code format; and output means, coupled to the encoding means, for printing the received information on the record, the output means including means for removing encoded information other than the received information from the record, and means for removably printing the received information on the record after removal of the other encoded information; wherein the output means further includes; means for detecting the presence of the encoded information on the record; and means responsive to said detection means for rendering said removing means inactive at times when the record is without encoded information.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
142 words
A printer system for a record containing indicia on at least a portion thereof, the printer system comprising: input means for receiving information to be placed on to the record; encoding means, coupled to the input means, for encoding the received information in an error-correctable, machine readable, two-dimensional bar code format; and output means, coupled to the encoding means, for printing the received information on the record, the output means including means for removing encoded information other than the received information from the record, and means for removably printing the received information on the record after removal of the other encoded information; wherein the output means further includes; means for detecting the presence of the encoded information on the record; and means responsive to said detection means for rendering said removing means inactive at times when the record is without encoded information.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
29 words
The printer system of claim 8 wherein the two-dimensional bar code format includes a plurality of ordered, adjacent rows of codewords of bar-coded information from a set of codewords.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
30 words
The printer system of claim 8 wherein the means for encoding the received information in a two-dimensional bar code format includes; means for encoding the received information in PDF417 format.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
20 words
The printer system of claim 8 wherein the output means includes; means for printing the encoded information in erasable ink.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
24 words
The printer system of claim 8 wherein the output means includes; means for drying an area of the record underlying the erased encoded information.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
25 words
The printer system of claim 8 wherein the output means includes means for printing the encoded information on a label removably attached to the record.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
201 words
A printer system for a record containing indicia on at least a portion thereof, the printer system comprising: input means for receiving information to be placed on to the record; encoding means, coupled to the input means, for encoding the received information in an error-correctable, machine readable, two-dimensional bar code format; and output means, coupled to the encoding means, for printing the received information on the record, the output means including means for removing encoded information other than the received information from the record, and means for removably printing the received information on the record after removal of the other encoded information; the means for encoding the received information in a two-dimensional bar code format includes a plurality of ordered, adjacent rows of codewords of bar-coded information from a set of codewords; the set of codewords is partitioned into at least three mutually exclusive clusters, each row in the two-dimensional bar code structure having at least one row indicator codeword and containing only codewords from a cluster different from the codewords in an adjacent row, and the row indicator codewords contain information regarding the number of rows in the two-dimensional bar code structure and the number of codewords in each row.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
201 words
A printer system for a record containing indicia on at least a portion thereof, the printer system comprising: input means for receiving information to be placed on to the record; encoding means, coupled to the input means, for encoding the received information in an error-correctable, machine readable, two-dimensional bar code format; and output means, coupled to the encoding means, for printing the received information on the record, the output means including means for removing encoded information other than the received information from the record, and means for removably printing the received information on the record after removal of the other encoded information; the means for encoding the received information in a two-dimensional bar code format includes a plurality of ordered, adjacent rows of codewords of bar-coded information from a set of codewords; the set of codewords is partitioned into at least three mutually exclusive clusters, each row in the two-dimensional bar code structure having at least one row indicator codeword and containing only codewords from a cluster different from the codewords in an adjacent row, and the row indicator codewords contain information regarding the number of rows in the two-dimensional bar code structure and the number of codewords in each row.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system of claim 14 wherein each row of the two-dimensional bar code structure contains a start and a stop pattern of bar-coded information.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
50 words
The system of claim 14 wherein the two-dimensional bar code structure contains at least one error correction codeword and the row indicator codewords contain information regarding the number of rows in the two-dimensional bar code structure, the number of codewords in each row, and the number of error correction codewords.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
30 words
The printer system of claim 14 wherein the means for encoding the received information in a two-dimensional bar code format includes; means for encoding the received information in PDF417 format.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
20 words
The printer system of claim 14 wherein the output means includes; means for printing the encoded information in erasable ink.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
24 words
The printer system of claim 14 wherein the output means includes; means for drying an area of the record underlying the erased encoded information.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
46 words
The printer system of claim 14 wherein the output means further includes; means for detecting the presence of the encoded information on the record; and means responsive to said detection means for rendering said erasing means inactive at times when the record is without encoded information.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
25 words
The printer system of claim 14 wherein the output means includes means for printing the encoded information on a label removably attached to the record.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
83 words
A printer system for a record containing machine readable indicia on at least a portion thereof, the printer system comprising: input means for receiving information to be placed in machine readable format on the record; output means for printing currently received information on the record, the output means including means for removing previously printed information other than the currently received information from the record, and means for removably printing the currently received information on the record after removal of the previously printed information.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
83 words
A printer system for a record containing machine readable indicia on at least a portion thereof, the printer system comprising: input means for receiving information to be placed in machine readable format on the record; output means for printing currently received information on the record, the output means including means for removing previously printed information other than the currently received information from the record, and means for removably printing the currently received information on the record after removal of the previously printed information.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
26 words
The printer system of claim 22 wherein the output means comprises means for detecting the presence or absence on the record of the previously printed information.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
23 words
The printer system of claim 22 further comprising means for encoding the received information in an error correctable, machine readable, bar code format.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
21 words
The printer system of claim 22 wherein the output means includes; means for printing the currently received information in erasable ink.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
29 words
The printer system of claim 22 wherein the output means comprises means for printing the previously received and currently received information on a label removably attached to the record.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
125 words
A printer system for a record containing indicia on at least a portion thereof, the printer system comprising: input means for receiving encoded information to be placed on to the record; and output means, for printing the received information on the record, the output means including means for removing encoded information other than the received encoded information from the record, and means for removable printing the received encoded information on the record after removal of the other encoded information; wherein the output means further includes; means for detecting the presence or absence of the other encoded information on the record; and means responsive to said detection means for rendering said removing means inactive at times when the record is absent of said other encoded information.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
125 words
A printer system for a record containing indicia on at least a portion thereof, the printer system comprising: input means for receiving encoded information to be placed on to the record; and output means, for printing the received information on the record, the output means including means for removing encoded information other than the received encoded information from the record, and means for removable printing the received encoded information on the record after removal of the other encoded information; wherein the output means further includes; means for detecting the presence or absence of the other encoded information on the record; and means responsive to said detection means for rendering said removing means inactive at times when the record is absent of said other encoded information.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
20 words
The printer system of claim 27 wherein the output means includes; means for printing the encoded information in erasable ink.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
24 words
The printer system of claim 27 wherein the output means includes; means for drying an area of the record underlying the erased encoded information.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
25 words
The printer system of claim 27 wherein the output means includes means for printing the encoded information on a label removably attached to the record.
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