ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,292, issued on March 25, was assigned to SICK AG (Waldkirch, Germany).
"Localize an optical code" was invented by Jonathan Steinbuch (Waldkirch, Germany) and Vicky Hallmann (Waldkirch, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for locating an optical code, on the basis of a finder pattern of the optical code, in an image having a plurality of pixels, the method comprising the steps of determining at least one candidate position for the finder pattern on the basis of edge transitions along at least one line through the image; determining a final position of the finder pattern in a vicinity of the candidate position; and verifyi...