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Barcode Detection

Table of Contents

• Description
• Getting Started
  • Prerequisites
  • Installation
  • Tested On
• Usage
  • Running the Application
• Directory Structure

Description

This project implements a barcode detection and reading system using Python. It processes single images, multiple images from a folder, or videos to detect barcodes, crop the detected regions, and read the barcode values. The results are saved in an output directory with the detected barcodes annotated in the images.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Python 3.x

Installation

Steps to install all the dependencies:

git clone https://github.com/Sk-bishnoi/barcode_detection.git
cd barcode_detection
pip install -r requirements.txt
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libzbar0

Tested On

This project has been tested on the following environment:

• Ubuntu 20.04

Usage

Running the Application

You can run the script with the following commands based on the type of media you want to process:

1. For a Single Image:

   python main.py --type image --path /path/to/image.jpg

2. For Multiple Images:

   python main.py --type images --path /path/to/images/folder

3. For a Video:

   python main.py --type video --path /path/to/video.mp4

Directory Structure

barcode_detection/
├── main.py
├── Readme.md
├── requirements.txt
└── src
    └── app
        └── python
            ├── commons
            │   ├── barcode_detector.py
            │   └── barcode_reader.py
            └── constants
                └── constant.py

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