Re: Camera with Barcode Reader

["Alfredo Delgado" <adelgado@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We know the order number and the fellow on the floor will be staring at it
and its corresponding barcode on the packing slip he's following. What I'm
looking to do is tag the photographs with the order number so that fellow
doesn't have to walk over to a computer and follow some manual error prone
process of linking images x, y, and z with order 123.

That attachment (
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/514983-REG/Fujifilm_600006442_Programmed_Bar_Code_Reader.html)
I linked to used school pictures as a case study. Kid walks up and gives you
her name. You have a list with names and bar codes so you find his name,
scan the barcode and shoot away knowing that the pictures are going to be
associated with that kid. That seems like a great model for staying focused
on the task at hand without sweating clerical details. Keep kids moving in
front of the camera or keep orders going out the door -- the images keep
track of themselves.

On 1/17/08, smorrison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <smorrison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Alfredo,
>
> If this is "wouldn't it be cool" project, what about an RFID tag instead
> of/along with a barcode.  This avoids having to place the barcode in a
> spot where the camera can "always" read the barcode.  Otherwise, put the
> pallet on a shrinkwrap platform, spin it around while wrapping it, and
> have a machine put the label on the package in a consistent spot. Although
> if you're making up the pallet, and wrapping it, why do you need to _read_
> the barcode? Don't you  know it since you're printing it?
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> Steven Morrison
> Fidelity Express
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> I've been participating in a "wouldn't it be cool" project that involves
> taking pictures of orders as they go out the door and out of our control.
> I'm hoping someone can lead me to a camera that can read a barcode from a
> packing slip and associate images of the packaged order with that order
> number. These orders can be as large as a pallet so a fixed solution on a
> conveyor belt wouldn't be practical.
>
> I've found this
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> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/514983-REG/Fujifilm_600006442_Programmed_Bar_Code_Reader.html
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> but it's kind of pricey when you factor in a $1600 camera and they'd be
> operated in a warehouse instead of a high school auditorium.
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> Once the image is taken the low end goal is to print a copy and put it in
> with the packing slip -- no need for a barcode. The high end goals involve
> storing the images on our System i where they can be called up by the
> order
> number.
>
> Thanks,
> Alfred
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