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http://dx.doi.org/10.3745/KIPSTD.2003.10D.7.1171

Bar Code Location Algorithm Using Pixel Gradient and Labeling  

Kim, Seung-Jin (경북대학교 대학원 전자공학과)
Jung, Yoon-Su (한국전자통신연구원)
Kim, Bong-Seok (경북대학교 대학원 전자공학과)
Won, Jong-Un (한국전자통신연구원)
Won, Chul-Ho (경일대학교 제어계측공학과)
Cho, Jin-Ho (경북대학교 전자공학과)
Lee, Kuhn-Il (경북대학교 공과대학)
Abstract
In this paper, we propose an effective bar code detection algorithm using the feature analysis and the labeling. After computing the direction of pixels using four line operators, we obtain the histogram about the direction of pixels by a block unit. We calculate the difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of the histogram and consider the block that have the largest difference value as the block of the bar code region. We get the line passing by the bar code region with the selected block but detect blocks of interest to get the more accurate line. The largest difference value is used to decide the threshold value to obtain the binary image. After obtaining a binary image, we do the labeling about the binary image. Therefore, we find blocks of interest in the bar code region. We calculate the gradient and the center of the bar code with blocks of interest, and then get the line passing by the bar code and detect the bar code. As we obtain the gray level of the line passing by the bar code, we grasp the information of the bar code.
Keywords
Bar Code; Line Mask; Thresholding; Labeling;
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