High speed and handheld
June 1st 2009 Vitronic reports that its
VICAM-mobile portable
handheld camera scanner is
a big hit with customers.
The device enables quick,
accurate parcel routing by
identifying customer related
data on parcel labels. It
weighs only 800g and
features an ergonomic
design, allowing
operators to work
comfortably.
"We have had
significant interest in
the handheld VICAMmobile
since its
release last year,"
says Malcolm Smith,
UK sales manager at
Vitronic. "This is set
to continue
throughout 2009.
VICAM-mobile's
portability makes it
flexible, and suitable
for scanning
irregularly shaped
parcels that are
normally difficult to process,
such as bicycles, tyres, and
automobile components."
VICAM-mobile uses a
high-speed, variable-focus
camera to capture images
of parcel labels. The system
interprets them using
optical character
recognition (OCR)
techniques and algorithms.
This allows VICAM-mobile to
read barcodes, 2D codes,
damaged or marked codes,
handwritten address
information, and supplier
numbers. Companies use
data acquired by VICAMmobile
to sort and track
parcels, improve efficiency,
and reduce costs.
The camera claims to
operate up to twenty times
faster than traditional laser
scanners. When combined
with videocoding – which
allows the manual input of
unreadable labels – the
company says it produces
read rates of 99.9 per cent. More articles from Vitronic UK: | 
