Class FinderPatternFinder


  • public class FinderPatternFinder
    extends java.lang.Object

    This class attempts to find finder patterns in a QR Code. Finder patterns are the square markers at three corners of a QR Code.

    This class is thread-safe but not reentrant. Each thread must allocate its own object.

    • Constructor Detail

      • FinderPatternFinder

        public FinderPatternFinder​(BitMatrix image)

        Creates a finder that will search the image for three finder patterns.

        Parameters:
        image - image to search
    • Method Detail

      • getImage

        protected final BitMatrix getImage()
      • getPossibleCenters

        protected final java.util.List<FinderPattern> getPossibleCenters()
      • foundPatternCross

        protected static boolean foundPatternCross​(int[] stateCount)
        Parameters:
        stateCount - count of black/white/black/white/black pixels just read
        Returns:
        true iff the proportions of the counts is close enough to the 1/1/3/1/1 ratios used by finder patterns to be considered a match
      • handlePossibleCenter

        protected final boolean handlePossibleCenter​(int[] stateCount,
                                                     int i,
                                                     int j,
                                                     boolean pureBarcode)

        This is called when a horizontal scan finds a possible alignment pattern. It will cross check with a vertical scan, and if successful, will, ah, cross-cross-check with another horizontal scan. This is needed primarily to locate the real horizontal center of the pattern in cases of extreme skew. And then we cross-cross-cross check with another diagonal scan.

        If that succeeds the finder pattern location is added to a list that tracks the number of times each location has been nearly-matched as a finder pattern. Each additional find is more evidence that the location is in fact a finder pattern center

        Parameters:
        stateCount - reading state module counts from horizontal scan
        i - row where finder pattern may be found
        j - end of possible finder pattern in row
        pureBarcode - true if in "pure barcode" mode
        Returns:
        true if a finder pattern candidate was found this time