US 11,934,913 B2
Bar code, bar code reader and coffee machine
Shu-Sian Yang, Hsin-Chu (TW)
Assigned to PixArt Imaging Inc., Hsin-Chu (TW)
Filed by PixArt Imaging Inc., Hsin-Chu (TW)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/104,255.
Application 18/104,255 is a continuation of application No. 17/517,681, filed on Nov. 3, 2021, granted, now 11,599,736.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/176,899, filed on Apr. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0169284 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06K 7/10 (2006.01); A47J 31/44 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 7/10722 (2013.01) [A47J 31/4492 (2013.01); G06K 7/1413 (2013.01); G06K 19/06028 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A barcode, comprising:
a code region, comprising at least two different types of information which represents code information of the code region; and
a boundary region with only one color, formed as a closed shape surrounding the code region;
wherein a decoding direction of the code region is not relative to the boundary region.