ZBar::Symbol(3pm)

NAME

Barcode::ZBar::Symbol - bar code scan result object

SYNOPSIS

my @symbols = $image->get_symbols();
foreach my $sym (@symbols) {
    print("decoded: " . $sym->get_type() .
          ":" . $sym->get_data().
          "(" . $sym->get_count() . ")");
}

DESCRIPTION

Barcode::ZBar::Symbol objects are constant results returned for each
bar code scanned from images or video. This object wraps the raw
symbol data with additional information about the decode (symbology,
confidence, location, etc)

REFERENCE

Methods

get_type()

The type of bar code "symbology" from which the data was decoded.

get_data()

The decoded data string. Note that some symbologies can encode
binary data.

get_quality()

Confidence metric. An unscaled integer value that indicates
something (intentionally unspecified) about the reliability of this result relative to another. Larger values are better than smaller values, where "large" and "small" are application dependent.
Expect this definition to become more specific as the metric is
enhanced.

get_count()

Current cache count of the symbol. This integer value provides
inter-scan reliability and redundancy information if enabled at the Barcode::ZBar::ImageScanner.

get_components()

Components of a composite result. This yields an array of physical component symbols that were combined to form a composite result.

o A negative value indicates that this result is still uncertain

o A zero value indicates the first occurance of this result with

high confidence

o A positive value indicates a duplicate scan

Constants

Bar code type "symbology" constants:

NONE
PARTIAL
EAN13
EAN8
UPCA
UPCE
ISBN10
ISBN13
I25
CODE39
CODE128
QRCODE
PDF417

SEE ALSO

Barcode::ZBar, Barcode::ZBar::Image

zbarimg(1), zbarcam(1)

http://zbar.sf.net

AUTHOR

Jeff Brown, <spadix@users.sourceforge.net>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2008-2009 (c) Jeff Brown <spadix@users.sourceforge.net>

The ZBar Bar Code Reader is free software; you can redistribute it
and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the
License, or (at your option) any later version.

perl v5.10.1 2009-10-23 ZBar::Symbol(3pm)