US 12,216,950 B2
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for verifying printed indicia
Kar Boon Oung, Singapore (SG); WenWei Zhang, Singapore (SG); Thomas Axel Jonas Celinder, Singapore (SG); Christian Knut Schulz-Janisch, Singapore (SG); and Kin Song Chan, Singapore (SG)
Assigned to Hand Held Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Hand Held Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Feb. 2, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/431,892.
Application 18/431,892 is a continuation of application No. 18/321,533, filed on May 22, 2023, granted, now 11,928,374.
Application 18/321,533 is a continuation of application No. 17/805,189, filed on Jun. 2, 2022, granted, now 11,693,612, issued on Jul. 4, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0256200 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06K 1/12 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/13 (2017.01)
CPC G06F 3/1256 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1208 (2013.01); G06K 1/121 (2013.01); G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); G06T 7/13 (2017.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30144 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An indicium verifier for verifying a printed indicium comprises:
an imaging module;
a verifier memory communicatively coupled to the imaging module; and
a verifier processor communicatively coupled to the verifier memory and the imaging module, wherein the verifier processor is configured to:
receive a captured image of a print media comprising the printed indicium;
extract a quiet zone grade portion from the captured image, wherein the quiet zone grade portion comprises a printed indicium area of the printed indicium and at least one quiet zone area adjacent to the printed indicium area;
in response to receiving a user input providing an overwrite quiet zone requirement indication and determining that the at least one quiet zone area does not satisfy at least one quiet zone requirement:
add at least one additional quiet zone area to the at least one quiet zone area;
generate at least one quiet zone grade associated with the at least one quiet zone area based at least in part on the at least one quiet zone area and the at least one additional quiet zone area; and
output verification results associated with the printed indicium based at least in part on the at least one quiet zone grade.