image to barcode recognition

Question

Hello, I know this has been discussed a few times on stackoverflow but I wasn't able to find a sufficient answer. For a project, I am seeking the best possible piece of software/api/library that can recognise barcode numbers from the input image. It will be used on mobile phones(iphone, windows mobile, android etc.) so it should be good at catching barcodes from bad angles, blurry images and such bad conditions. Being open source or commercial doesn't matter as long as it does the job well (indeed open source would be better :) )

If you have any experience with this topic, please share with us:)

Thanks

Answer 1

Google has an Open Source project for this zxing

I'm familiar enough with it to know if it will do everything you need it to do, but I imagine it would be a really great place for you to start.

Answer 2

see http://sourceforge.net/projects/zbar/

Answer 3

There is a number of projects, some open source, listed at http://code.google.com/p/zxing/wiki/InterestingLinks

To read blurry barcodes such as the ones captured by a fixed focus camera (notably the iPhone 2G/3G), I think you need a commercial library, like the one used by the pic2shop iPhone app: http://www.visionsmarts.com/products/products.html

Disclosure: I am the lead developer of that library.