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BARCODE

PRESENTED By:

NICKEY AGARWAL

B.Tech (VIth Sem B)

Electrical and Electronics
Engineering
Wednesday, October 26
, 2016

Introduction of
Barcode

Bar Code is a method of automatic identification and data collection.

Bar Code has a series of bars and spaces representing alphanumerical information.
Bar Code uses the binary system for coding and decoding. Each bar represents 1 s and
space represent 0 of binary system .
Barcode, also known as Universal Product Code (UPC) Barcode.

Example of the bar code from a 3-litre bottle of Diet Coke

Here the Coke's manufacturer ID is 049000.

History of Barcode
1952
First patent was issued to Joseph Woodland & Bernard Silver.
1973
Mr. George Laurer of IBM conducted research work and invented a code in rectangular bars.
The Universal Product Code was the first bar code symbology widely adopted in April 1973.
1974
UPC become the first consumer item ever scanned and that was the beginning of the bar code world.
2011
UPC led to the adoption of the EAN code format, similar to UPC, in December 1976 and spread around the globe compared to what it was in 70s

Code Info.

The coupon code is interesting (number system character 0).

The 75678 is Post's manufacturer ID.

The next three digits (164) are called the family code.

The next two digits (12) are a value code.

The final digit(5) is the normal check digit .

When the coupon is scanned the Point of sale(POS) computer:

1. Decodes the family code
2.

Checks to make sure the customer purchased an item from the family

3.

Decodes the value code

4.

Sends the discount back to the cash register

Check Digit
The last digit of the UPC code is called a check digit.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Add together the value of all of the digits in odd positions (digits 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11).
0 + 5 + 7 + 1 + 4 + 2 = 19
Multiply that number by 3.
19 * 3 = 57
Add together the value of all of the digits in even positions (digits 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10).
7 + 6 + 8 + 6 + 1 = 28
Add this sum to the value in step 2.
57 + 28 = 85
Take the number in Step 4. To create the check digit, determine the number that, when
added to the number in step 4, is a multiple of 10.
85 + 5 = 110

The check digit is therefore 5

Lets Build Barcode

There are lots of types of barcode, but the common one we

all see all the time is called UPC, the Universal Product
Code.
Each digit is coded by two black and two white stripes.
The stripes have widths of from 1 to 4 units, and the total
width for each digit is always seven units.

Example
WIRELESS
COMMUNICATIONS
THE CODE FOR THIS
BOOK IS
781871307436

Barcode printing
Bar Code Print Quality is a must. Some print technologies are better
suited to bar coding than others.

KEY-FEATURES-:

Resolution Dots Per Inch (DPI)

Interfaces

Print heads generally come in resolutions

of 203dpi, 305dpi or 600dpi

Printers can usually be specified with

specified with a serial or parallel interface

Software
Most printers come with Windows drivers,
allowing you to print from software
packages such as Word

Barcode
Technology

Bar Code technology became universally accepted in 1966.

Barcode has three major components

a)Software installed in a computer generates a unique bar codethe black & white lines which actually represents a unique
identification tag.
b)Special bar code printer printed & pasted on product.
c)Bar code reader reads & identifies the unique code & matches
with the details of product already present in the computer.
We must have a reader to read the bar codes into the computer. The reader includes:

1. An input device to scan the bar code

2. A decoder to convert the symbology to ASCII text.
3. A cable to connect the device to your computer

Barcode reader

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

A barcode reader, also called a price scanner or point-of-sale (POS) scanner,

Is a hand-held or stationary input device
Used to capture and read information.
Consists of a scanner, a decoder and a cable.
A bar code can best be described as an "optical Morse code."
Series of black bars and white spaces

There are five basic kinds of barcode readers

pen wands
slot scanners
charge-couple device (CCD) scanners
image scanners
laser scanners.

Working of Barcode reader

1)

A typical Bar Code Reader kit consists of Scanner, Decoder, and Cable
that interfaces the Decoder to the computer.

2)

The Scanner scans the Bar Code symbol.

3)

It then captures the bars and spaces of the bar code.

4)

Then it sends it to the decoder.

5)

The decoder then translates the bars and spaces into corresponding
electrical output.

6)

Finally it transmits that data to the computer in a traditional data

format.

Advantages & Disadvantages of

Barcode
Advantages of Barcode:1.

Speed -- For 12 characters of data, keyboard entry takes 6 seconds.

Scanning a 12 character barcode takes .3 seconds.

2.

Accuracy -- The error rate for typing is one substitution error in every 300
characters types. Error rated for barcode range from 1 substitution error
in every 15,000 to 36 trillion characters scanned

Disadvantage Of Barcode
1.

Source of additional cost -- The only disadvantage is that data is coded in

the barcode. This can be an additional cost.

However the key to an effective barcode system is to generate the barcode as

cost to the source of the data as possible.

Barcode Types

Universal Product Code(UPC) and European Article Number (EAN) in general are
the two types of bar codes.

Grocery industry formally established UPC as the standard bar code symbology
for product marking.

There are five versions of UPC & two versions of EAN code. The valid characters
are 0,1,2.9.

Out of five versions of UPC code two versions namely UPC-A and UPC-E are
widely used. Other three versions namely UPC-B, UPC-C and UPC-D are not in
wide use.

Two versions of EAN are EAN-13 and EAN-8.

Barcode Applications
Bar Code is essentially used for 100% accurate
The major applications are

& speedy data entry.

Retail outlets.
Manufacturing
Quality control
Packing
Ware housing
Service industry such as Courier Industry, Hospital and
Library Management
Export Industry