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Machine Product Brief
| September 30, 2002

Sensors identify RSS codes

Cognex Corp.’s (Natick&#44 MA) In-Sight™ vision sensors have the ability to read and verify RSS (reduced space symbology) codes on pharmaceutical packages for the purposes of product identification and traceability.
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RSS codes are space-efficient linear bar codes that are used to mark small “unit-of-use” products that cannot be marked with UPC or standard bar codes. In-Sight vision sensors are high-performance on-line inspection devices used in a variety of pharmaceutical applications including optical character verification 2D code reading blister pack inspection and label and safety seal inspection.

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