• DocumentCode
    1154572
  • Title

    An early bar code reader [History]

  • Author

    Hesla, E.

  • Volume
    15
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    8
  • Lastpage
    11
  • Abstract
    The ubiquitous bar codes, now a vital part of our technological society, were not available 50 years ago. This is the story of how the need for a solution that didn´t exist drove one plant engineer to define, create, produce, and successfully apply whatmay well have been the first bar code reader.
  • Keywords
    History; Manuals; Milling machines; Packaging machines; Paper making machines; Paper mills; Production; Radio access networks; Rails; Sorting;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1077-2618
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MIAS.2009.931817
  • Filename
    4781837