Supermarket Scanner     

Supermarket Scanner - overview

Other Accomplishment | 1973

IBM researchers: LeRoy D. Dickson, Glenn T Sincerbox, Albert D. Wolfheimer

Where the work was done: TBD

What we accomplished: IBM 3687 Supermarket Scanner - Holographic laser reader for first UPC codes in supermarkets.

Related links:  Paper in March 1982 IBM Journal of R&D; LeRoy Dickson paper outlining technology (bio at end of paper)

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