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Jun 01, 2020 Barcode
According to the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) specification, PDF417 symbology is used for storing personal information on US driver’s license. In this article, I will use Google mobile vision APIs to recognize a driver’s license. Besides, I will create a similar Android barcode reader app to extract...
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May 25, 2020 Miscellaneous
When I was trying to run a barcode reader app compiled by MinGW GCC on Windows 10, I got an error message “The procedure entry point _ZNSt18condition_variable10notify_oneEv could not be located in the dynamic link library”. In this article, I will share my experience of how to solve the issue...
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May 04, 2020 Barcode
When you want to release a proprietary tool or SDK, which is not open source, to Linux platforms, it is a nightmare. You have to make multiple packages and do more tests to guarantee compatibility for different Linux distributions. Is it possible to only create one pre-built package? We can...
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Apr 22, 2020 Barcode
A dot code is a 2D barcode symbology composed of disconnected dots. It is widely used in the tobacco industry. Recently, Dynamsoft rolled out barcode reader SDK v7.4, which added DotCode support. In this post, I will share a command-line app and a GUI app, demonstrating how to build Java DotCode...
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Apr 15, 2020 Miscellaneous
While using laptops, sometimes you may want to disable the built-in webcam for some reasons, such as security or debugging webcam related programs. Not like a USB webcam, the built-in camera is unpluggable. Therefore, a general way is to open the device manager, find the camera, and disable it. To...
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Apr 01, 2020 Barcode
In Dynamsoft Barcode Reader SDK, there is a fancy webcam barcode sample called BarcodeReaderDemo that supports reading barcodes from disk files, TWAIN-compatible hardware scanners, and USB webcams. However, one thing you have to know is the functionality of acquiring images from peripheral devices relies on Dynamic .NET TWAIN, which is...
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Mar 04, 2020 Barcode
Dynamsoft recently added a new panorama module to barcode SDK, aiming to provide a brand-new solution for warehouse and inventory management. In this article, I will try my best to guide you through the usage of Dynamsoft Panorama version 1.0, though the first version is not stable and optimized yet....
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Feb 18, 2020 Web Barcode Scanner
Previously, I shared an article demonstrating how to use Tesseract Python OCR to recognize the accompanying text of a 1D barcode. In this article, I will change the programming language to JavaScript, creating a JavaScript barcode scan app integrated with Tesseract JavaScript OCR. How to Use JavaScript OCR to Recognize...
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Feb 04, 2020 Barcode
When creating a barcode reader app with a free barcode SDK, you may come up with ZXing instantly. ZXing is an open-source barcode reading and decoding library implemented in Java. There are some third-party projects, either ports or bindings, available for other programming languages. So if you want to create...
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Jan 07, 2020 Barcode
When scanning barcodes, the recognition rate is affected by image quality. If a barcode image is severely damaged, the barcode algorithm may fail to work. Fortunately, most of the linear barcodes (1D barcodes) are printed with corresponding texts. OCR (optical character recognition) could be a complement to the barcode algorithm...