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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:
Aug. 24, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 12, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mitsuo Watanabe, Kawasaki, JP;
Motohiko Itoh, Kawasaki, JP;
Shinichi Satoh, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroaki Kawai, Kawasaki, JP;
Isao Iwaguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
23546207 ; 23546216 ;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for reading a bar code are in which a plurality of types of bar codes which may coexist can be demodulated with higher accuracy and higher speed. A bar code data detector 31 extracts the features of a guard bar and a center bar. This information is searched for by a search section 39a and the features and the bar code types read are identified. The bar code data are demodulated in a bar code demodulator 32 by a method corresponding to the result of identification of the features and the bar code types.