APPLICAITONS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING MULTI-LINGUAL TEXT IN A MATRIX CODE SYMBOL

Abstract

A method for encoding a multi-lingual text in a matrix code symbol includes receiving a multi-lingual text comprising Latin-based characters in a Latin-based language and non-Latin-based characters in a non-Latin-based language, converting the non-Latin-based characters in the multi-lingual text to index values to produce a pseudo text, and encoding the pseudo text in a matrix-code symbol. The conversion is based on a predefined mapping that converts the Unicode values of the non-Latin-based characters to index values having fewer digits than the corresponding Unicode values of the non-Latin-based characters. In this patent, some innovative applications are filed as claims such as bilingual restaurant menu, TV screen news bar, personal identification card, bilingual business card, and secure VISA application with fingerprint.