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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:
Jul. 01, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 03, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shinzo Matsui, Kitatsuru-gun, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 ;
Abstract
A code image quality checker us provided which reduces the time required to check the quality of a code image having dots printed at high density. The code image quality checker includes a code image reader that captures the code image, performs binarization, detects the dots of the code image, and allocates a value of either 1 or 0 for each dot to provide dot arrangement data. In addition, the code image quality checker includes a parameter information output unit for outputting parameter information used to control adaptively the operation of each component of the code image reader in accordance with the quality of the code image.