TW201701193A - Dot code information array - Google Patents

Abstract

A dot code information array includes an initial dot row, at least one first information dot row arranged next to the initial dot row, and at least one second information dot row arranged next to the first information dot row. The initial dot row includes multiple first dots that are evenly spaced and disposed following an identical first arrangement. The first information dot row includes multiple second dots, one of the second dots is disposed following the first arrangement, and other second dots are disposed following a second arrangement different to the first arrangement. The second information dot row includes multiple second dots, one of the second dots is disposed following a third arrangement different to the first and the second arrangement, and other second dots are disposed following the second arrangement.

Description

Point code information

The invention relates to a point code information arrangement which can be read by pattern/image recognition, and the point code information is arranged on an object surface and maps an index data.

The dot code information arrangement is composed of a plurality of graphic micro-units. Since the micro image unit is relatively small, it is easily visually ignored or interpreted by the human eye as a ground color. The dot code information arrangement and main information are collectively formed on the surface of an object such as paper by means of, for example, printing. The point code information matching system corresponds to an indicator data and does not affect the reception of the main information by the human eye, and the surface of the object can be read by an optical device to obtain an enlarged image, and then the point code information is arranged from the enlarged image and converted into digital data. To obtain information on the corresponding digital data. How to improve the information volume and identification accuracy of the current dot code information design is an important issue.

The invention provides a dot code information arrangement design with good identification accuracy and a large amount of information.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a dot code information arrangement is formed on an object surface and an index data is mapped. The dot code information column includes a plurality of consecutively arranged dot code columns, and the dot code columns include a starting point. The code sequence, the at least one first data point code column arranged adjacent to the first code point code column, and the at least one second data point code column arranged adjacent to the first data point code column. The starting point code column includes a plurality of first numbers arranged in a column at a predetermined interval Points, and each of the first points has the same first configuration form in the starting point code column. The first data point code column has the same plural second point as the number of the starting point code columns, one of the second plurality of points has a first configuration form, and the remaining second points have a second different from the first configuration form. The configuration is configured, and the second configuration mode corresponds to a plurality of possible placement positions to represent different bit values. The second data point code column has the same plural second point as the number of the starting point code columns, and one of the second plurality of points has a third configuration form different from the first and second configuration forms, and the remaining The two points have a second configuration and correspond to a plurality of possible placement positions to represent different bit values. The third configuration form is formed by shifting a point having the first configuration form by a distance along a line direction of the first point of the parallel or vertical complex.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a dot code information arrangement is formed on an object surface and an index data is mapped, and the dot code information column includes a plurality of consecutively arranged dot code columns, and the dot code columns include an initial A dot code column and a plurality of data point code columns arranged adjacent to the starting point code column. The starting point code column includes a plurality of first points arranged in a column at a predetermined interval, and each of the first points has the same first configuration form in the starting point code column. Each data point code column has a second number of complex numbers equal to the number of starting point code columns, one of the second plurality of points has a first configuration form, and the remaining second points have a second different from the first configuration form a configuration mode, wherein the second configuration mode corresponds to a plurality of possible placement positions to represent different bit values, and the second point of the first configuration mode of the at least one data point code column in the plurality of data dot code columns is in the data The order bit in the dot code column is different from the order point in the data point code column of the second point having the first configuration form of the remaining data point code columns.

The design of each of the above embodiments can provide a fast orientation effect and a good recognition accuracy, and can provide a large amount of information with fewer dots, thus providing better visual effects and more human eyes. It is not easy to perceive the existence of the point code information arrangement without confusing the point code information arrangement with the main information of coexistence. In addition, by continuously expanding the number of data point code columns, the visual point code information is associated with the surface of the object to be set. The type, size, required amount of data, reading method and other factors elastically change the number of data point code columns, making the application of point code information more extensive and convenient, and each data point code in the one-point information arrangement The number of status areas of the column is not limited at all, but may be expanded or changed by a predetermined point configuration rule (such as exemplified but not limited to the embodiments of the present invention) according to actual bearer information requirements.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the technical features disclosed herein. The above and other objects, features, and advantages of the invention will be apparent from

10, 20, 30‧‧‧ point code information arrangement

10a‧‧‧ starting point code column

10b, 10c, 10d‧‧‧ data point code column

16a, 16a’‧‧‧ anchor points

16b, 16b’‧‧‧ data points

18‧‧‧Status area

P‧‧‧ Connection direction

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a point code information arrangement according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2A and FIG. 2B show how the information points of the point code information arrangement of FIG. 1 are arranged in a state area.

3A, 3B, and 3C are schematic diagrams for explaining different arrangement configurations of dot code information.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a point code information arrangement according to another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B are diagrams showing the arrangement of the information points of the point code information arrangement of FIG. 4 in a state area.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a point code information arrangement according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The above and other technical contents, features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following detailed description of the embodiments of the invention. The directional terms mentioned in the following embodiments, such as up, down, left, right, front or back, etc., are only directions referring to the additional drawings. Therefore, the directional terminology used is for the purpose of illustration and not limitation.

1 is a schematic diagram of a point code information arrangement 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. A point code information arrangement 10 is formed on an object surface and an index data is mapped. The point code information arrangement 10 may include a plurality of dot code columns arranged in series. . The plurality of dot code columns may include, for example, at least one starting point code column and a plurality of data dot code columns, and the number of data point code columns following the starting point code column is not limited at all, for example, 10 points may be arranged according to the dot code information. The amount of information that needs to be carried is changed. As shown in FIG. 1, the dot code information arrangement 10 is illustrated as having a starting point code column 10a and three data point code columns 10b, 10c, 10d continuing below the starting point code column 10a. The starting point code column 10a is composed of the positioning point 16a. In this embodiment, the four positioning points 16a of the starting point code column are arranged in a column at a predetermined interval to define the length range of the point code information arrangement 10, The positioning points 16a can form a connecting direction P, and each of the positioning points 16a has the same first configuration form in the starting point code column 10a. For example, the area occupied by the starting point code column 10a can be divided into four, for example, equal-area state areas 18, each of which is provided with one of a plurality of positioning points 16a, and the first configuration form can be, for example, The four positioning points 16a are respectively placed at a fixed position (for example, a center position) of the respective state areas 18.

The data dot code columns 10b, 10c, 10d are adjacent to one side of the start point code column 10a and are successively arranged, and the length of each data dot code column can be the same as the length of the start dot code column 16a. In this embodiment, the plurality of data dot code sequences 10b, 10c, 10d can be divided into two different forms of the first data point code column 10b, 10d and the second data point code column 10c. Taking the first data point code column 10b as an example, the first data point code column 10b may have the same number of complex points (for example, 4) as the starting point code column 10a, and one of the points may have the foregoing The positioning point 16a of the first configuration form, and the remaining points are the data points 16b having the second arrangement form different from the first configuration form. For example, the area occupied by the first data point code column 10b can also be divided into four equal-area state areas 18, and the size of each state area 18 can be the same as the status area 18 of the starting point code column 10a. One profile The dot code column 10b has a first, a second, a third and a fourth state area 18 sorted from left to right, and includes one positioning point 16a and three respectively placed in the four state areas 18. The data point 16b, and the positioning point 16a can be used to determine the order of arrangement of the three data points 16b, for example, the positioning point 16a of the present embodiment is located in the first sequential position (leftmost) of the status area 18. The positioning point 16a of the first data point code column 10b has the same first configuration form as the positioning point 16a of the starting point code column 10a (for example, placed at the center position of the state area 18), and the first data point code column 10b The data point 16b has a second configuration form different from the first configuration mode. For example, each of the data points 16b may have a plurality of possible placement positions in the respective status areas 18, and any possible placement positions. It will not be the same as the position of the anchor point 16a.

The second data point code column 10c may have the same number of complex points as the starting point code column 10a, and one of the points may be a positioning having a third configuration form different from the foregoing first and second configuration forms. Point 16a ' , and the remaining points are data points 16b having the aforementioned second configuration. The area occupied by the second data dot code column 10c can also be divided into four equal-area state regions 18, and each state region 18 can be the same size as the state region 18 of the start point code column 10a. In this embodiment, the third configuration form of the positioning point 16a ' of the second data point code column 10c may be a point having a first configuration form (for example, a central position of the state area 18) in a parallel connection direction P. Or the vertical connection direction P is offset by a distance (Fig. 1 is illustrated as offset to the right by a distance). The data point 16b of the second data point code column 10c has the same second configuration form as the data point 16b of the first data point code sequence 10b, 10d, and the data point 16b in the second configuration form is in a state area. A possible placement position will not be the same as the position of the positioning points 16a, 16a ' in a state area.

In this embodiment, the different placement positions of the data points 16b of the respective data dot code sequences 10b-10d in the respective state areas 18 may represent a different value in the index data of the mapping. After when the user uses an optical device (not shown) the reading surface of the object to obtain a bit code information image 10 with the column, it may be first identified point code information of each anchor 16a 10 with the column, 16a 'of the point code information with the column 10 is oriented Because the leftmost four positioning points include an offset positioning point 16a ' having a third configuration form, and the upper starting point code column is the positioning point 16a having the first configuration form (excluding offset positioning) The point 16a ' ), because the first configuration form is different from the third configuration mode, it is possible to avoid erroneously determining the four leftmost positioning points as the starting point code sequence to accurately capture the state combination of the data point code columns 10b-10d.

In an embodiment, each of the data points 16b having the second configuration form in the first data point code column 10b, 10d can have 6 different possible placement positions in a state area 18 as shown in FIG. 2A. Representing a different value in the index data of the pair; in the second data point code column 10c, each data point 16b having the second configuration form can have four kinds in the state area 18 as shown in FIG. 2B. Different possible placements represent a different value in the index data of the pair. Therefore, when only one data dot code column 10b is configured, a combination of 6 ³ (= 216) states can be generated, and when two data dot code columns 10b, 10c are configured, 6 ³ × 4 ³ (= 13824) can be generated. a combination of states, when expanded to three data point code columns 10a, 10b, 10c, a combination of 6 ³ × 4 ³ × 6 ³ (= 2985984) states can be generated, so that the visual point code information is arranged for 10 Set the object surface type, size, required amount of data, reading method and other factors to change the number of data point code columns. With the design of the above embodiment, the effect of fast orientation and good recognition accuracy can be provided, and a large amount of information can be provided by using fewer dots, so that a better visual effect can be provided, and the human eye is less. It is easy to perceive the existence of the point code information arrangement without confusing the point code information arrangement with the main information of coexistence. In addition, by continuously expanding the number of data point code columns, the visual point code information is associated with the surface type, size, required data amount, reading mode and the like of the object to be set, and the number of elastic point data code columns is elastically changed. The application level of the point code information is wider and more convenient, and the number of status areas of each data point code column in the point code information arrangement is completely unlimited, and can be determined according to the actual information bearing requirements. Point configuration rules (such as exemplified but not limited to the various embodiments of the invention) are augmented or changed.

In one embodiment, the positioning point code information dot line 10c may be, for example, up, down, left, and right directions may be offset, as shown in FIG. 3A, point code column offset information 10b of anchor points 16a 'based point upward to be positioned offset, however, when the offset anchor point 16a 'having this offset position in a state region 18, the same data may be listed in FIG. 3A point code of the data points 10b 16b' The placement positions in the one state area 18 are the same, which may result in a misjudgment between the positioning point 16a ' and the data point 16b ' (for example, the positioning point is misjudged as a data point or a data point is mistakenly determined as an anchor point). Therefore, in an embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3B, the offset positioning points 16a ' in the data dot code column 10c are in various possible offset positions (illustrated as 4 but not limited) in a state region, the same respective bit stream data points data points 16b 10c in a state in any region of a possible placement (as shown in Example 4, but not limited to) different to ensure the same setpoint offset data points in the bit stream 16a ' The data point 16b has a different configuration form in a state area, thereby avoiding the above-mentioned situation in which a false positive is generated. In addition, the manner of avoiding a misjudgment between the offset positioning point 16a ' and the data point 16b is not limited to the above-mentioned position (4) of the data point 16b of the data point code column 10c, and is set to be There are different ways in which the data points 16b of the data point code columns 10b, 10d may be placed (6). As shown in FIG. 3C, the offset positioning point 16a ' in the data point code column 10c in the one-point information arrangement 10 may also be defined in a state area as having only two possible offset positions, for example, as illustrated in FIG. 3C. For the left and right offset modes, all the data point code sequences 10c, 10c, 10d can have the same possible placement position (6 possible placement positions) and the placement positions of the individual data points 16b. Neither will it be the same as the anchor point 16a ' , and it can also ensure that the offset location point 16a ' in the same data point code column has a different configuration from the data point 16b to avoid false positives.

Further, the distribution pattern of the material points 16b having the second arrangement form in the data dot code sequences 10b, 10c, and 10d is not limited. In another embodiment, in the dot code information arrangement 20 shown in FIG. 4, each of the data points 16b of the data dot code columns 10b, 10d can have 8 different types in a state area 18 as shown in FIG. 5A. The position may be placed to represent a different value in the index data of the pair, and each data point 16b of the data point code column 10c may have 4 different possible placement positions in a state area 18 as shown in FIG. 5B. To represent a different value in the index data of the mapping, when only one data point code column 10b is configured, a combination of 8 ³ (= 512) states can be generated, and when there are two data point code columns 10b, 10c When combined, a combination of 8 ³ × 4 ³ (= 32768) states can be generated, and when expanded to three data point code columns 10a, 10b, 10c, 8 ³ × 4 ³ × 8 ³ (= 16777216) can be generated. The combination of states, such visual point code information, the number of objects, the size of the object to be set, the amount of data required, the reading mode, and the like, the number of elastic point data code columns.

6 is a schematic diagram showing a dot code information arrangement according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, the dot code information arrangement 30 is illustrated as having a starting point code column 10a and three data point code columns 10b-10d continuing below the starting point code column 10a. The starting point code column 10a is composed of the positioning point 16a. In this embodiment, the four positioning points 16a of the starting point code column are arranged in a column at a predetermined interval to define the length range of the dot code information arrangement 10, and Each of the positioning points 16a has the same first configuration form in the starting point code column 10a. Each of the data dot code columns 10b-10d has the same number of points as the starting dot code column 10a, and one of the dots (for example, the anchoring point 16a) has the same first configuration form as the starting dot code column 10a, and the rest The point (e.g., data point 16b) has a second configuration that is different from the first configuration. In this embodiment, the first configuration may be, for example, a fixed position (for example, a central position) placed in each state area, and the second configuration may be, for example, a plurality of possible placement positions around the center of the state area, and Different possible placement locations can represent different bit values. The location points 16a of the data dot code columns 10b and 10d in the dot code information arrangement 30 are located in the state area 18 of the first sequence of the leftmost position, and the anchor point 16a ' of the data point code column 10c is located on the rightmost fourth. Status area 18 of the sequence. Thus, by at least one bit stream data points (illustrated as bit stream data points 10c) anchor points 16a 'and the other to a different order bit of the bit stream data points status area 18, even without offset anchor 16a' (The anchor point 16a ' is still in the center of the state area 18) can also produce an effect on the orientation of the point code information arrangement 30 to accurately capture the 8 ⁹ (= 134217728) state combinations of the data point code columns 10b-10d.

Furthermore, the positioning points 16a, 16a ' and the data points 16b of the dot code information arrangement 10 are not limited to the dots exemplified in the above embodiments, and may be, for example, dots of other shapes.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the invention is not limited thereto, that is, the simple equivalent changes and modifications made by the scope of the invention and the description of the invention are All remain within the scope of the invention patent. In addition, any of the objects or advantages or features of the present invention are not required to be achieved by any embodiment or application of the invention. In addition, the terms "first" and "second" as used in the specification or the scope of the claims are only used to name the components or distinguish different embodiments or ranges, and are not intended to limit the upper or lower limits of the number of components. .

10‧‧‧ point code information arrangement

10a‧‧‧ starting point code column

10b, 10d‧‧‧ first data point code column

10c‧‧‧Second data point code column

16a, 16a’‧‧‧ anchor points

16b‧‧‧Information points

18‧‧‧Status area

P‧‧‧ connection

Claims (13)

A dot code information arrangement is formed on an object surface and an index data is mapped, the dot code information column includes a plurality of consecutively arranged dot code columns, and the dot code columns include: a starting point code column, including a predetermined spacing is arranged in a plurality of first points of a column, and each of the first points has the same first configuration form in the starting point code column; at least one first data point arranged adjacent to the starting point code column a code column, the first data point code column having a plurality of second points having the same number as the starting point code column, one of the second points having the first configuration form, and the remaining second points having a a second configuration configuration in which the first configuration mode is different, wherein the second configuration mode corresponds to a plurality of possible placement positions to represent different bit values; and at least one second data point adjacent to the first data point code column arrangement a code column, the second data point code column has a plurality of second points equal to the number of the starting point code columns, and one of the second points has a different number from the first and second configuration forms Three configuration forms, and the remaining second Having the second configuration form and corresponding to a plurality of possible placement positions to represent different bit values, wherein the third configuration form is a line connecting the points having the first configuration form along the first points parallel to the first points The direction or the direction of the line is offset by a distance. For example, the point code information as described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the starting point The code column defines a range of lengths of the dot code information. For example, in the point code information arrangement described in claim 1, wherein the area occupied by the starting point code column is divided into a plurality of status areas, and each of the status areas is provided with one of the first points. For example, the dot code information arrangement described in claim 3, wherein the first configuration mode places each of the first points in a central position of a state area. For example, the dot code information arrangement described in item 3 of the patent application scope, wherein each of the first data point code columns occupies a plurality of state areas having the same number as the starting point code column, and each of the second data point code columns The occupied area is divided into a plurality of status areas having the same number of the starting point code columns, each of the status areas is provided with one of the second points, and the second point having the second configuration form is in a status area The possible placement position is different from the placement position of the second point having the third configuration form in a state area, and the second point of the second configuration form may be placed in a state area. The first point having the first configuration form is different in the placement position of the one state region. The point code information arrangement described in claim 5, wherein each of the second points of the first data point code column having the second configuration form has six different possible placement positions in a state area. And the second data point code column has the second configuration form, and the second point has four different possible placement positions in a state area. For example, the code information listed in item 5 of the patent application scope, wherein the first capital Each of the second points of the dot code column having the second configuration form has eight different possible placement positions in a state area, and the second data point code column has the second configuration form. The two points have four different possible placement positions in a state area. A dot code information arrangement is formed on an object surface and an index data is mapped, the dot code information column includes a plurality of consecutively arranged dot code columns, and the dot code columns include: a starting point code column, including a predetermined spacing is arranged in a plurality of first points of a column, and each of the first points has the same first configuration form in the starting point code column; and a plurality of data point code columns arranged adjacent to the starting point code column Each of the data dot code columns has a plurality of second points equal to the number of the starting point code columns, one of the second points having the first configuration form, and the remaining second points having the first And configuring, by the second configuration form, a plurality of possible placement positions to represent different bit values, and at least one data point code column of the data point code columns has the first configuration The second point of the configuration pattern is different from the sequence in the data point code column of the remaining data point code column. For example, the dot code information arrangement described in claim 8 wherein the starting point code column defines a length range of the dot code information arrangement. For example, in the point code information arrangement described in claim 8, wherein the area occupied by the starting point code column is divided into a plurality of status areas, and each of the status areas is provided with the first One of the points. The dot code information arrangement described in claim 10, wherein the first configuration mode places each of the first points in a central position of a respective state area. For example, the dot code information arrangement described in claim 10, wherein each of the data point code columns occupies a plurality of state regions having the same number of the starting point code columns, and each of the second data point code columns occupies The area is divided into a plurality of state areas having the same number of the starting point code columns, each of the state areas is provided with one of the second points, and the second point having the second configuration form is in a state area The placement position may be different from the placement position of the second point in the first configuration form in a state area. For example, the dot code information is described in claim 1 or 8, wherein the first point and the second point are in a dot shape.