%0 Book Section %B Mathematical Morphology and Its Applications to Signal and Image Processing %D 2013 %T Efficient 1D and 2D barcode detection using mathematical morphology %A Melinda Katona %A László Gábor Nyúl %E Chris L Luengo %E Gunilla Borgefors %E Robin Strand %X

Barcode technology is essential in automatic identification,and is used in a wide range of real-time applications. Different code types and applications impose special problems, so there is a continuous need for solutions with improved performance. Several methods exist for code localization, that are well characterized by accuracy and speed. Particularly, high-speed processing places need reliable automatic barcode localization, e.g. conveyor belts and automated production, where missed detections cause loss of profit. Our goal is to detect automatically, rapidly and accurately the barcode location with the help of extracted image features. We propose a new algorithm variant, that outperforms in both accuracy and efficiency other detectors found in the literature using similar ideas, and also improves on the detection performance in detecting 2D codes compared to our previous algorithm.

%B Mathematical Morphology and Its Applications to Signal and Image Processing %I Springer-Verlag %C Berlin; Heidelberg %P 464 - 475 %8 May 2013 %G eng %9 Conference paper