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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2015
Applicant:
Hitachi, Ltd., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 11/12 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06K 7/00 (2006.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01); G06K 19/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/1413 (2013.01); G01K 11/12 (2013.01); G06K 7/00 (2013.01); G06K 7/14 (2013.01); G06K 7/1417 (2013.01); G06K 19/06 (2013.01); G06K 19/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is means for obtaining required data, despite there being only one kind of reading device or one kind of reading method for a plurality of item types. The present invention comprises: means for reading a barcode and a change-in-environment part; means for extracting, from the barcode which has been read, data pertaining to the change-in-environment part; and means for recognizing change-in-environment data on the basis of the data pertaining to the change-in-environment part. Further, an item has a change-in-environment part and a barcode which contains the data relating to the change-in-environment part.