Real-Time Multi-Scale Barcode Image Deblurring Based on Edge Feature Guidance
Chenbo Shi, Xin Jiang, Xiangyu Zhang, Changsheng Zhu, Xiaowei Hu, Guodong Zhang, Yuejia Li, Chun Zhang · Electronics · 2025
Barcode technology plays a crucial role in automatic identification and data acquisition systems, with extensive applications in retail, warehousing, healthcare, and industrial automation. However, barcode images often suffer from blurriness due to lighting conditions, camera quality, motion blur, and noise, adversely affecting their readability and system performance. This paper proposes a multi-scale real-time deblurring method based on edge feature guidance. Our designed multi-scale deblurring network integrates an edge feature fusion module (EFFM) to restore image edges better. Additionally, we introduce a feature filtering mechanism (FFM), which effectively suppresses noise interference by precisely filtering and enhancing critical signal features. Moreover, by incorporating wavelet reconstruction loss, the method significantly improves the restoration of details and textures. Extensive experiments on various barcode datasets demonstrate that our method significantly enhances barcode clarity and scanning accuracy, especially in noisy environments. Furthermore, our algorithm ensures robustness and real-time performance. The research results indicate that our method holds significant promise for enhancing barcode image processing, with potential applications in retail, logistics, inventory management, and industrial automation.