ID Tool Overview
The ID tool locates and decodes one-dimensional (1-D) symbols. A 1-D symbol is made up of a set of parallel lines and spaces used to represent data.
The ID tool can find and decode three types of symbols:
- Barcodes, which are made up of bars and spaces of varying width.
- Stacked codes, which consist of multiple stacked barcodes
- Composite codes, which are made up of barcodes and non-1-D symbols.
Examples of each symbol type are shown in the figure below.
The ID tool can locate and decode one ore more symbols in a single input image. If the tool is configured to locate and decode multiple symbols, the symbols may be of different types and symbologies.
In addition to decoding symbols, the ID tool can also compute and report standard measures of symbol quality.