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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. 10, 1988
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Koji Nakase, Furukawa, JP;
Junichi Ouchi, Furukawa, JP;
Assignee:
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235472 ; 235462 ;
Abstract
A bar code reader for reading and decoding bar code information as on an article of merchandise comprising in series a counting circuit outputting the counter value corresponding to the signal detected by an optical head, a code converter for converting said counter value into the multilevel image signal, a memory circuit for storing said multilevel signal input from said code converter and an automatic discriminating and decoding circuit for reading said multilevel signal stored in said memory circuit, discriminating and decoding.