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Camera of mobilephone as barcode scanner?
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DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantNEWT0N
Registered: April 1, 2007
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Just imagine... you are taking a picture within dvdProfiler mobile (with a single click with the pen/finger) and the software automatically recognises the UPC and jumps to the movie or adds it to your collection if you don't have it...

*dreaming*   

Cheers, NEWT0N
DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantDr. Killpatient
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Registered: May 19, 2007
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantSami.Sirl
Registered: February 15, 2008
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So in for that - just mentioned it in the iPhone section!
Sunny
Registered: August 6, 2007
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" and the software automatically recognises the UPC and jumps to the movie"

The software has to be pretty sophisticated AND the camera has to be very high resolution, both, for this to work.  Delicious Library gets a webcam to scan barcodes, but it's an expensive one.  I don't know what all they had to do to get the softwqare end to work, but I think it involves patented stuff.

I recently ran across this article explaining what the problems are with that very attractive idea:

http://www.groqit.com/news/codes_cellphones_art.php  ("Barcodes and cellphones - Why doesn't it work?")
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