Talk:Piñata Vision barcode/Name bits
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Revision as of 18:15, 19 November 2010 by FeralKitty (talk | contribs) (New page: == Row 2 fields == Assuming the following fields are part of row 2 raises questions about how a 9-character name might be stored in the limited space. *Wildcard - 2? bits *Variant - 4 bi...)
Row 2 fields
Assuming the following fields are part of row 2 raises questions about how a 9-character name might be stored in the limited space.
- Wildcard - 2? bits
- Variant - 4 bits
- Name length - 5? bits
- Name - ?? bits
- Obfuscation set - 4 bits
So that's 15 bits out of 64, leaving 49 bits for the name, assuming no other data is also stored here, and there's no additional overhead for the obfuscation.
49 / 9 = 5.4 bits per character.
Is the name packed or compressed somehow? How many characters are actually in the name character set?
Is some of this data actually located in row 1? --FeralKitty (talk) 01:15, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
