Conventonal bar codes such as Universal Product Codes (UPCs) have gained wide acceptance in applications ranging from checkout and inventory control in retail sales to tracking PCB serial numbers in ...

Since the government began requiring its suppliers to mark parts and assemblies with two-dimensional Data Matrix codes, the use of these codes has exploded even for products not destined for ...

Researchers in Spain have implemented an innovative system to register archaeological artifacts that eliminates problems in manual markings, such as errors in writing or erosion of data. The system, ...

A camera tracking a 2D data-matrix code strip creates a linear-positioning system that reports an absolute position within ±0.2 mm over a distance of 6 miles. Data-matrix codes in industrial ...

When creating any standard, certain “rules” apply. A standard must incorporate some features critical to every company that adopts it, but inevitably, every company will identify critical features ...

Choosing a barcode scanner may seem acceptable at first sight. After all, isn't scanning just scanning? But offer a little ...

An image-based inspection system accelerates delivery of high volumes of printed circuit boards into supply distribution channels. The small vision system is located only about 2 inches above the ...

This paper asks whether there is a universally applicable code-switching model. To answer this question, Myers-Scotton's (2002) Matrix Language Frame model was tested with Southern Min/Mandarin ...

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