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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 1978
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1976
Tetsuo Yamaguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Toshihide Hane, Yokohama, JP;
Hidehiro Ochiai, Yokohama, JP;
Shuzi Harada, Yokohama, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An optical reader capable of optically reading a plurality of data comprises an object to be read having different coded information placed thereon, with each information having a unique control code, scan means for producing scanning light to be projected to said object, photo-electric conversion means for converting scattered light produced by the scan to an electrical signal, means for determining said control code and information by said electrical signal and means for sorting the information by said control code for storage, whereby different information is optically read while it is sorted by the control code unique to the respective information and stored.