@sythos/js_barcode_universal 1.0.0 → 1.2.5

package/src/aztec/decoder.js

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+/*!
+ * Sythos Barcode Suite
+ *
+ * MIT License
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 Sythos
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ *
+ * Original work. No code from any other barcode implementation.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Decoder for a sampled Aztec symbol.
+ *
+ * This module deliberately accepts only a square, module-aligned BitMatrix.
+ * Locating a bull's-eye in a photograph and perspective sampling are detector
+ * concerns. Keeping the two stages apart makes all bit order and ECC rules
+ * testable without image-processing noise.
+ *
+ * Contract with tables.js:
+ *   - aztecSymbolForLayers(compact, layers) returns the nominal symbol data;
+ *   - aztecWordSizeForLayers(layers) returns 6, 8, 10 or 12;
+ *   - aztecFieldForLayers(layers) returns the matching binary Galois field;
+ *   - aztecMatrixSize(compact, layers) returns the rendered square size.
+ *
+ * @module aztec/decoder
+ */
+
+import { FormatError } from '../core/errors.js';
+import { rsDecode } from '../core/reed-solomon.js';
+import {
+  aztecLayer as aztecSymbolForLayers,
+  wordSizeForLayers as aztecWordSizeForLayers,
+  fieldForLayers as aztecFieldForLayers,
+  fieldForWordSize,
+  aztecSymbolSize as aztecMatrixSize,
+} from './tables.js';
+
+const UPPER = ['CTRL_PS', ' ', ...'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ', 'CTRL_LL', 'CTRL_ML', 'CTRL_DL', 'CTRL_BS'];
+const LOWER = ['CTRL_PS', ' ', ...'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz', 'CTRL_US', 'CTRL_ML', 'CTRL_DL', 'CTRL_BS'];
+const MIXED = [
+  'CTRL_PS', ' ', '\x01', '\x02', '\x03', '\x04', '\x05', '\x06', '\x07', '\b', '\t', '\n', '\x0b', '\f', '\r', '\x1b',
+  '\x1c', '\x1d', '\x1e', '\x1f', '@', '\\', '^', '_', '`', '|', '~', '\x7f', 'CTRL_LL', 'CTRL_UL', 'CTRL_PL', 'CTRL_BS',
+];
+const PUNCT = ['FLG(n)', '\r', '\r\n', '. ', ', ', ': ', '!', '"', '#', '$', '%', '&', "'", '(', ')', '*', '+', ',', '-', '.', '/', ':', ';', '<', '=', '>', '?', '[', ']', '{', '}', 'CTRL_UL'];
+const DIGIT = ['CTRL_PS', ' ', ...'0123456789', ',', '.', 'CTRL_UL'];
+const TABLES = { UPPER, LOWER, MIXED, PUNCT, DIGIT };
+
+/** @param {boolean[]} bits @param {number} offset @param {number} count */
+function readBits(bits, offset, count) {
+  if (offset + count > bits.length) throw new FormatError('Aztec: truncated high-level stream');
+  let value = 0;
+  for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) value = (value << 1) | (bits[offset + i] ? 1 : 0);
+  return value;
+}
+
+/** @param {number} value @param {number} count @param {boolean[]} out */
+function appendBits(value, count, out) {
+  for (let i = count - 1; i >= 0; i--) out.push(((value >>> i) & 1) !== 0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Decode an Aztec high-level bit stream to its exact byte payload.
+ *
+ * Text tables contribute their ISO-8859-1 byte values; Binary Shift appends
+ * raw bytes. ECI markers are consumed but intentionally not emitted: callers
+ * receive the transported byte payload and may select their own charset.
+ *
+ * @param {boolean[]} bits
+ * @returns {Uint8Array}
+ */
+export function decodeHighLevelBits(bits) {
+  const output = [];
+  let latch = 'UPPER';
+  let shift = 'UPPER';
+  let offset = 0;
+
+  while (offset < bits.length) {
+    if (shift === 'BINARY') {
+      if (offset + 5 > bits.length) break; // legal trailing pad
+      let length = readBits(bits, offset, 5);
+      offset += 5;
+      if (length === 0) {
+        if (offset + 11 > bits.length) throw new FormatError('Aztec: truncated Binary Shift length');
+        length = readBits(bits, offset, 11) + 31;
+        offset += 11;
+      }
+      if (offset + length * 8 > bits.length) throw new FormatError('Aztec: truncated Binary Shift data');
+      for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+        output.push(readBits(bits, offset, 8));
+        offset += 8;
+      }
+      shift = latch;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    const size = shift === 'DIGIT' ? 4 : 5;
+    if (offset + size > bits.length) break; // trailing pad after unstuffing
+    const code = readBits(bits, offset, size);
+    offset += size;
+    const table = TABLES[shift];
+    const token = table[code];
+    if (token === undefined) throw new FormatError(`Aztec: invalid ${shift} code ${code}`);
+
+    if (token === 'FLG(n)') {
+      if (offset + 3 > bits.length) throw new FormatError('Aztec: truncated FLG(n)');
+      const count = readBits(bits, offset, 3);
+      offset += 3;
+      if (count === 0) output.push(0x1d); // FNC1 / GS
+      else if (count <= 6) {
+        // ECI assignment number, encoded as count decimal digits. It changes
+        // interpretation, not the wire bytes, so consume it without output.
+        for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+          if (offset + 4 > bits.length) throw new FormatError('Aztec: truncated ECI');
+          const digit = readBits(bits, offset, 4);
+          offset += 4;
+          if (digit < 2 || digit > 11) throw new FormatError('Aztec: invalid ECI digit');
+        }
+      } else {
+        throw new FormatError(`Aztec: unsupported FLG(${count})`);
+      }
+      shift = latch;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (token.startsWith('CTRL_')) {
+      const targetCode = token.slice(5, -1);
+      const latchMode = token.endsWith('L');
+      const target = ({ P: 'PUNCT', L: 'LOWER', M: 'MIXED', D: 'DIGIT', U: 'UPPER', B: 'BINARY' })[targetCode];
+      if (!target) throw new FormatError(`Aztec: invalid control ${token}`);
+      shift = target;
+      if (latchMode) latch = shift;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < token.length; i++) output.push(token.charCodeAt(i));
+    shift = latch;
+  }
+  return Uint8Array.from(output);
+}
+
+/** @param {boolean} compact @param {number} layers */
+function alignmentMap(compact, layers) {
+  const baseSize = (compact ? 11 : 14) + layers * 4;
+  if (compact) return Array.from({ length: baseSize }, (_, i) => i);
+  const size = aztecMatrixSize(layers, false);
+  const map = new Array(baseSize);
+  const baseCenter = baseSize >> 1;
+  const center = size >> 1;
+  for (let i = 0; i < baseCenter; i++) {
+    const offset = i + Math.floor(i / 15);
+    map[baseCenter - i - 1] = center - offset - 1;
+    map[baseCenter + i] = center + offset + 1;
+  }
+  return map;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Read the four sides of the parameter message. The order mirrors the
+ * clockwise write order and is independent of the data spiral.
+ *
+ * @param {import('../core/bit-matrix.js').BitMatrix} matrix
+ * @param {boolean} compact
+ * @returns {boolean[]}
+ */
+function readModeBits(matrix, compact) {
+  const center = matrix.width >> 1;
+  const side = compact ? 7 : 10;
+  const offset = compact ? 5 : 7;
+  // Full symbols skip the reference grid line through the bull's-eye. This
+  // exact sequence is also used by drawModeMessage() in encoder.js.
+  const positions = Array.from(
+    { length: side },
+    (_, i) => compact ? center - 3 + i : center - 5 + i + Math.floor(i / 5),
+  );
+  const bits = [];
+  for (let i = 0; i < side; i++) bits.push(matrix.get(positions[i], center - offset));
+  for (let i = 0; i < side; i++) bits.push(matrix.get(center + offset, positions[i]));
+  for (let i = 0; i < side; i++) bits.push(matrix.get(positions[side - 1 - i], center + offset));
+  for (let i = 0; i < side; i++) bits.push(matrix.get(center - offset, positions[side - 1 - i]));
+  return bits;
+}
+
+/** @param {boolean[]} bits @param {boolean} compact */
+function decodeModeMessage(bits, compact) {
+  const total = compact ? 7 : 10;
+  const dataWords = compact ? 2 : 4;
+  const words = new Array(total);
+  for (let i = 0; i < total; i++) words[i] = readBits(bits, i * 4, 4);
+  const corrections = rsDecode(words, total - dataWords, fieldForWordSize(4), 1);
+  let data = 0;
+  for (let i = 0; i < dataWords; i++) data = (data << 4) | words[i];
+  const layers = compact ? (data >>> 6) + 1 : (data >>> 11) + 1;
+  const dataCodewords = compact ? (data & 0x3f) + 1 : (data & 0x7ff) + 1;
+  return { layers, dataCodewords, corrections };
+}
+
+/** @param {boolean} compact @param {number} layers */
+function totalBitsInLayers(compact, layers) {
+  return ((compact ? 88 : 112) + 16 * layers) * layers;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Extract raw, stuffed codeword bits in logical ring order.
+ * @param {import('../core/bit-matrix.js').BitMatrix} matrix
+ * @param {boolean} compact @param {number} layers
+ * @returns {boolean[]}
+ */
+function extractBits(matrix, compact, layers) {
+  const baseSize = (compact ? 11 : 14) + layers * 4;
+  const map = alignmentMap(compact, layers);
+  const raw = new Array(totalBitsInLayers(compact, layers));
+  let offset = 0;
+  for (let layer = 0; layer < layers; layer++) {
+    const rowSize = (layers - layer) * 4 + (compact ? 9 : 12);
+    for (let j = 0; j < rowSize; j++) {
+      const col = j * 2;
+      for (let k = 0; k < 2; k++) {
+        raw[offset + col + k] = matrix.get(map[layer * 2 + k], map[layer * 2 + j]);
+        raw[offset + rowSize * 2 + col + k] = matrix.get(map[layer * 2 + j], map[baseSize - 1 - layer * 2 - k]);
+        raw[offset + rowSize * 4 + col + k] = matrix.get(map[baseSize - 1 - layer * 2 - k], map[baseSize - 1 - layer * 2 - j]);
+        raw[offset + rowSize * 6 + col + k] = matrix.get(map[baseSize - 1 - layer * 2 - j], map[layer * 2 + k]);
+      }
+    }
+    offset += rowSize * 8;
+  }
+  return raw;
+}
+
+/** @param {boolean[]} raw @param {number} layers @param {number} dataCodewords */
+function correctAndUnstuff(raw, layers, dataCodewords) {
+  const wordSize = aztecWordSizeForLayers(layers);
+  const totalWords = Math.floor(raw.length / wordSize);
+  if (dataCodewords <= 0 || dataCodewords > totalWords) throw new FormatError('Aztec: invalid data word count');
+  const start = raw.length % wordSize;
+  const words = new Array(totalWords);
+  for (let i = 0; i < totalWords; i++) words[i] = readBits(raw, start + i * wordSize, wordSize);
+  const corrections = rsDecode(words, totalWords - dataCodewords, aztecFieldForLayers(layers), 1);
+  const mask = (1 << wordSize) - 1;
+  const corrected = [];
+  for (let i = 0; i < dataCodewords; i++) {
+    const word = words[i];
+    if (word === 0 || word === mask) throw new FormatError('Aztec: invalid stuffed codeword');
+    if (word === 1 || word === mask - 1) {
+      for (let j = 0; j < wordSize - 1; j++) corrected.push(word === mask - 1);
+    } else {
+      appendBits(word, wordSize, corrected);
+    }
+  }
+  return { bits: corrected, corrections };
+}
+
+/** @param {Uint8Array} bytes */
+function bytesToText(bytes) {
+  try { return new TextDecoder('utf-8', { fatal: true }).decode(bytes); }
+  catch { return new TextDecoder('latin1').decode(bytes); }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Decode a square Aztec symbol with one bit per module and no quiet zone.
+ * The matrix must already be oriented with the mode message at the top.
+ *
+ * @param {import('../core/bit-matrix.js').BitMatrix} matrix
+ * @returns {{text: string, bytes: Uint8Array, compact: boolean, layers: number, corrections: number, eccPercent: number}}
+ */
+export function decodeAztec(matrix) {
+  if (!matrix || matrix.width !== matrix.height) throw new FormatError('Aztec: expected a square BitMatrix');
+  let compact;
+  let mode;
+  // Compact and full dimensions are disjoint; trying both also makes malformed
+  // candidate handling deterministic for the future image detector.
+  for (const candidate of [true, false]) {
+    try {
+      const value = decodeModeMessage(readModeBits(matrix, candidate), candidate);
+      if (value.layers < 1 || value.layers > (candidate ? 4 : 32)) continue;
+      if (aztecMatrixSize(value.layers, candidate) !== matrix.width) continue;
+      compact = candidate;
+      mode = value;
+      break;
+    } catch { /* Try the other family. */ }
+  }
+  if (compact === undefined || !mode) throw new FormatError('Aztec: invalid mode message or dimensions');
+  // Ensure the declared layer data agrees with the table module, so a future
+  // tables refactor cannot silently make decoder capacity calculations stale.
+  aztecSymbolForLayers(mode.layers, compact);
+  const raw = extractBits(matrix, compact, mode.layers);
+  const payload = correctAndUnstuff(raw, mode.layers, mode.dataCodewords);
+  const bytes = decodeHighLevelBits(payload.bits);
+  const totalWords = Math.floor(raw.length / aztecWordSizeForLayers(mode.layers));
+  return {
+    text: bytesToText(bytes),
+    bytes,
+    compact,
+    layers: mode.layers,
+    corrections: mode.corrections + payload.corrections,
+    eccPercent: Math.round(((totalWords - mode.dataCodewords) * 100) / totalWords),
+  };
+}

package/src/aztec/detector.js

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+/*!
+ * Sythos Barcode Suite
+ *
+ * MIT License
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 Sythos
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ *
+ * Original work. No code from any other barcode implementation.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Aztec image detection.
+ *
+ * Aztec has no finder pattern at its outer border. Its reliable geometric
+ * anchor is instead the alternating square bull's-eye in the centre: five
+ * rings in Compact symbols, seven rings in Full symbols. The detector finds
+ * isolated central modules, verifies those rings at module centres, then
+ * samples each legal symbol dimension. The decoder is deliberately the final
+ * arbiter: its mode-message Reed--Solomon check rejects accidental concentric
+ * artwork and tells us which of the compact/full dimensions is real.
+ *
+ * Sampling uses a quadrilateral, not a cropped bitmap, so the detected
+ * rotation is corrected before decoding. The ring search covers arbitrary
+ * in-plane rotations (four-degree coarse search; at normal camera scales its
+ * positional error remains well inside a module). The optional inverse pass
+ * supports light modules on a dark field.
+ *
+ * @module aztec/detector
+ */
+
+import { NotFoundError } from '../core/errors.js';
+import { sampleQuad } from '../image/grid-sampler.js';
+import { decodeAztec } from './decoder.js';
+
+/** @typedef {{x:number, y:number}} Point */
+/** @typedef {{corners: Point[], dimension: number, compact: boolean, moduleSize: number, matrix: import('../core/bit-matrix.js').BitMatrix}} Detection */
+
+// Compact: 11 + 4 layers. Full symbols add reference-grid rows/columns every
+// 15 modules measured from their central 14-module base, not every 15 layers.
+const DIMENSIONS = [
+  ...[1, 2, 3, 4].map((layers) => ({ compact: true, dimension: 11 + 4 * layers })),
+  ...Array.from({ length: 32 }, (_, index) => {
+    const layers = index + 1;
+    return { compact: false, dimension: 15 + 4 * layers + 2 * Math.floor((2 * layers + 6) / 15) };
+  }),
+];
+
+function pixel(image, x, y) {
+  const ix = Math.round(x);
+  const iy = Math.round(y);
+  return ix >= 0 && iy >= 0 && ix < image.width && iy < image.height && image.get(ix, iy);
+}
+
+/** Connected components of either polarity, retaining only plausible modules. */
+function components(image, value) {
+  const seen = new Uint8Array(image.width * image.height);
+  const out = [];
+  const maximumArea = Math.max(4, Math.floor(image.width * image.height * 0.08));
+  for (let y = 0; y < image.height; y++) for (let x = 0; x < image.width; x++) {
+    const start = y * image.width + x;
+    if (seen[start] || image.get(x, y) !== value) continue;
+    const xs = [x];
+    const ys = [y];
+    seen[start] = 1;
+    let head = 0;
+    let minX = x; let maxX = x; let minY = y; let maxY = y;
+    while (head < xs.length) {
+      const px = xs[head]; const py = ys[head++];
+      if (px < minX) minX = px; if (px > maxX) maxX = px;
+      if (py < minY) minY = py; if (py > maxY) maxY = py;
+      for (const [nx, ny] of [[px - 1, py], [px + 1, py], [px, py - 1], [px, py + 1]]) {
+        if (nx < 0 || ny < 0 || nx >= image.width || ny >= image.height) continue;
+        const at = ny * image.width + nx;
+        if (!seen[at] && image.get(nx, ny) === value) {
+          seen[at] = 1; xs.push(nx); ys.push(ny);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    const width = maxX - minX + 1;
+    const height = maxY - minY + 1;
+    const area = width * height;
+    // The central module is solid and approximately square. This filter is
+    // intentionally permissive because a rotated raster module is diamond-ish.
+    if (xs.length <= maximumArea && Math.abs(width - height) <= Math.max(1, Math.ceil(Math.max(width, height) * 0.35)) &&
+      xs.length >= area * 0.45) {
+      out.push({ x: (minX + maxX) / 2, y: (minY + maxY) / 2, width, height, pixels: xs.length });
+    }
+  }
+  return out.sort((a, b) => b.pixels - a.pixels).slice(0, 2000);
+}
+
+function expectedDark(ring, inverted) {
+  return inverted ? (ring & 1) === 1 : (ring & 1) === 0;
+}
+
+/** Score one square bull's-eye at an angle and a candidate module pitch. */
+function ringScore(image, centre, pitch, angle, inverted, rings) {
+  const cos = Math.cos(angle);
+  const sin = Math.sin(angle);
+  let correct = 0;
+  let total = 0;
+  for (let ring = 0; ring < rings; ring++) {
+    const wanted = expectedDark(ring, inverted);
+    for (let j = -ring; j <= ring; j++) for (let i = -ring; i <= ring; i++) {
+      if (ring && Math.abs(i) !== ring && Math.abs(j) !== ring) continue;
+      const x = centre.x + (i * cos - j * sin) * pitch;
+      const y = centre.y + (i * sin + j * cos) * pitch;
+      if (pixel(image, x, y) === wanted) correct++;
+      total++;
+    }
+  }
+  return correct / total;
+}
+
+function rotateCorners(corners, turn) {
+  return corners.slice(turn).concat(corners.slice(0, turn));
+}
+
+function invert(matrix) {
+  const out = matrix.clone();
+  for (let y = 0; y < out.height; y++) for (let x = 0; x < out.width; x++) out.flip(x, y);
+  return out;
+}
+
+function cornersFor(centre, pitch, angle, dimension) {
+  const half = dimension * pitch / 2;
+  const cos = Math.cos(angle);
+  const sin = Math.sin(angle);
+  const point = (x, y) => ({ x: centre.x + x * cos - y * sin, y: centre.y + x * sin + y * cos });
+  return [point(-half, -half), point(half, -half), point(half, half), point(-half, half)];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Find an Aztec symbol in a binarized image.
+ *
+ * The returned matrix is in the orientation accepted by the Aztec decoder.
+ * A valid mode message is required before a geometric candidate is returned,
+ * making false positives from decorative concentric squares very unlikely.
+ *
+ * @param {import('../core/bit-matrix.js').BitMatrix} binaryImage Set bit = dark.
+ * @returns {Detection | null}
+ */
+export function detectAztec(binaryImage) {
+  if (!binaryImage || !binaryImage.width || !binaryImage.height) {
+    throw new NotFoundError('detectAztec: no image supplied');
+  }
+  const candidates = [];
+  for (const inverted of [false, true]) {
+    for (const core of components(binaryImage, !inverted)) {
+      // A non-rotated one-module component directly gives its pitch. For
+      // rotated modules its bounding box grows by |sin| + |cos|, compensated
+      // below for every tested angle.
+      for (let degrees = 0; degrees < 180; degrees += 4) {
+        const angle = degrees * Math.PI / 180;
+        const scale = Math.abs(Math.cos(angle)) + Math.abs(Math.sin(angle));
+        const pitch = ((core.width + core.height) / 2) / scale;
+        if (pitch < 0.8) continue;
+        // Test Full first: its seven rings also exclude Compact candidates.
+        const fullScore = ringScore(binaryImage, core, pitch, angle, inverted, 7);
+        const rings = fullScore >= 0.88 ? 7 : 5;
+        const score = rings === 7 ? fullScore : ringScore(binaryImage, core, pitch, angle, inverted, 5);
+        if (score < 0.91) continue;
+        const symbolKinds = rings === 7 ? DIMENSIONS.filter((item) => !item.compact) : DIMENSIONS.filter((item) => item.compact);
+        for (const kind of symbolKinds) {
+          const baseCorners = cornersFor(core, pitch, angle, kind.dimension);
+          for (let turn = 0; turn < 4; turn++) {
+            const corners = rotateCorners(baseCorners, turn);
+            let matrix;
+            try { matrix = sampleQuad(binaryImage, kind.dimension, corners); } catch (e) { continue; }
+            if (inverted) matrix = invert(matrix);
+            try {
+              // The decoder verifies the mode-message ECC and exact geometry.
+              // We do not expose its result here so callers can use pure
+              // detection without treating payload decoding as an API contract.
+              decodeAztec(matrix);
+              candidates.push({ corners, dimension: kind.dimension, compact: kind.compact,
+                moduleSize: pitch, matrix, score });
+            } catch (e) { /* Not an Aztec mode message at this dimension. */ }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  candidates.sort((a, b) => b.score - a.score || b.moduleSize - a.moduleSize);
+  const best = candidates[0];
+  if (!best) return null;
+  delete best.score;
+  return best;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Detect then decode an Aztec symbol. Detection failure is a normal result for
+ * images without an Aztec code, therefore invalid candidates return null.
+ *
+ * @param {import('../core/bit-matrix.js').BitMatrix} binaryImage
+ * @returns {(import('./decoder.js').DecodeResult & {corners: Point[]}) | null}
+ */
+export function detectAndDecodeAztec(binaryImage) {
+  let detection;
+  try { detection = detectAztec(binaryImage); } catch (e) { return null; }
+  if (!detection) return null;
+  try { return Object.assign({ corners: detection.corners }, decodeAztec(detection.matrix)); }
+  catch (e) { return null; }
+}