An efficient OCR based technique for barcode reading and editing

The onset of wireless communication technology along with other hi-fi communication techniques has facilitated e-commerce with many aspects, such as time complexity and its easy reach to mankind. The modern shopping style has helped e-commerce in gaining its popularity with its comfort and convenience. The key idea here is to assist a person while shopping, by paying the exact bill for the very product he wants. Barcode reader and editor is such an idea with which the barcodes of the product can be read and can be corrected as well in necessary condition. This work deals with three major steps in materializing barcode reading and editing process. First of all the image of the barcode is enhanced by image enhancement techniques. Secondly, the barcode is read and finally the barcode is saved in a database for editing purpose. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technique is used in the decoding process. At the output the barcode image is displayed.