A perishable consumer product manufacturer

Client Need:
This manufacturer sought to trace latent lot code after complaints from consumers and retailers of incorrect or illegible ink jet printed code.

Challenge:
Because the text was printed by an ink jet on an uneven surface, there were complexities involved in reading the printed result.

Our Solution:
An integrated machine vision system with advanced optic character recognition capability solved the problem.

Download/View: Optical Character Recognition (WMV file, 818K)

The Result:
Only clearly printed packages left the manufacturer. Customer and retailer complaints of illegibility were completely eliminated.