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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 04, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Manabu Nishida, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
371 54 ; 235437 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for confirming bar code information in a bar code printer. The information to be printed includes informational digits and two check digits. The first check digit is manually inputted by the operator along with the informational digits. The second check digit is automatically calculated and should have the same value as the first check digit. The data is further confirmed by comparing the first check digit with a calculated value obtained by performing an automatic calculation based on the informational digits.