Photo capture and naming via barcode

Concept for “Barcode Photo Naming” Android App Dan Rorick, 4/25/13 Rev 0. Our company takes digital photos of every part we ship, to document packaging method & condition prior to shipping. Each photo is taken with a digital camera then transferred via USB cable to a PC. The user then re-names the photo with the Job# and Part#, and saves that photo to a folder set up for that job. Taking the photos and re-naming them with the correct information takes diligence, attention to detail, and timeliness. It is frequently done incorrectly or not at all. Another issue with our photos is that they are frequently printed to hard copy and are not labeled with any identifying information. Each part we ship travels from station to station with a paper “router” that contains the manufacturing steps. The cover of the router is printed with a 1-D barcode up to (TBD) alpha-numeric characters long, which contains that part’s identifying information. (I need to verify the character length) The app will be a “camera” application that names each image file with the part identification and timestamp, and also puts that identification and timestamp into the image file so it is readable when printed. A user would complete the workflow described below, taking many photos throughout the day with their device. The user will connect their device to transfer the photos via normal USB file transfer methods, outside the scope of this app. - The app should guide the user through the following workflow: 1. Open the app, select “Photograph New Part” 2. Create part identification by entering job number, part number, and operation number. 2a. Job number field in 2014-1234567 format 2b. Part number alphanumeric, up to (___) characters 2c. Operation number is numeric, up to 4 characters (e.g. oper#10) 2d. Part ID to be formatted “20141234567_partnumber1_0010” 3. As an option instead of typing in the above information, click a button named “Barcode”. The app opens a barcode scanner, which translates the barcode part identifier into a line of text in the same format as 2d above. 4. After the identifying info is entered, click “Next” 5. User takes a photo, which gets named with the Part ID and timestamp 5a. Timestamp in yyyymmddhhmmss format 5b. Example of image file name “[login to view URL]” 5c. The image filename (less “.jpg”) should be pasted onto the image as a datestamp. 6. After each photo, display photo for review and accept/delete 7. After disposition of a photo (accept or delete), user will select either “New Part” or “Additional Photo” 7a. “New Part” will take the user back to step 2. 7b. “Additional Photo” will let the user take another photo using the same identification as the previous photo. 8. The app should have the usual android camera options, such as flash, resolution settings, etc. 9. The user should be able to set the default storage location for the photos. 10. The user interface should be as simple as possible, with large buttons and large text. It is intended to be used by shop floor personnel. 10. I intend to use this app at first on my Galaxy S3 currently running Android 4.3. Should be backward compatible to at least Android 4.0.