High capacity color barcodes using dot orientation and color separability

Orhan Bulan, Vishal Monga, Gaurav Sharma

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Abstract

Barcodes are widely utilized for embedding data in printed format to provide automated identification and tracking capabilities in a number of applications. In these applications, it is desirable to maximize the number of bits embedded per unit print area in order to either reduce the area requirements of the barcodes or to offer an increased payload, which in turn enlarges the class of applications for these barcodes. In this paper, we present a new high capacity color barcode. Our method operates by embedding independent data in two different printer colorant channels via halftone-dot orientation modulation. In the print, the dots of the two colorants occupy the same spatial region. At the detector, however, by using the complementary sensor channels to estimate the colorant channels we can recover the data in each individual colorant channel. The method therefore (approximately) doubles the capacity of encoding methods based on a single colorant channel and provides an embedding rate that is higher than other known barcode alternatives. The effectiveness of the proposed technique is demonstrated by experiments conducted on Xerographic printers. Data embedded at a high density by using the two cyan and yellow colorant channels for halftone dot orientation modulation is successfully recovered by using the red and blue channels for the detection, with an overall symbol error rate that is quite small.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationMedia Forensics and Security
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 11 2009
EventMedia Forensics and Security - San Jose, CA, United States
Duration: Jan 19 2009Jan 21 2009

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume7254
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Other

OtherMedia Forensics and Security
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Jose, CA
Period1/19/091/21/09

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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