Abstract
The sections in this article are
- 1 Historical Overview
- 2 Barcodes
- 3 Barcode Scanners
- 4 Two-dimensional Codes
- 5 Two-dimensional Code Scanners
- 6 Concluding Remarks
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Reading List
- R. C. Palmer The Bar Code Book: Reading, Printing, Specification, and Application of Bar Code and Other Machine Readable Symbols, 3rd ed., Peterborough, NH: Helmers, 1995. Covers all phases of barcode usage.
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- The Source Book, Pittsburgh, PA: AIM USA, 1997. Introduces subfields of automatic identification and data collection technologies (AIDC) and lists participating companies.
- Various AIM symbology standards.
- ANSI standards on barcode printing and barcode usage.
- Workshop on Automatic Identification Advanced Technologies, Stony Brook, NY, 1997. Contains recent developments of barcode related technologies.
Citing Literature
Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
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