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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tetsuya Kannon, Osaka, JP;
Yoshihiro Kojima, Osaka, JP;
Katsushi Inoue, Kyoto, JP;
Keiichi Kobayashi, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/00 ;
Abstract
A two-dimensional code reader for accurate and fast reading of a two-dimensional code image containing luminance unevenness caused by variations in illumination. To binarize cells, first the gray levels of the pixels at the center points of the cells are extracted, a local threshold value is found only from the extracted gray levels, and the gray levels are compared with the local threshold value, thereby binarizing the cells.