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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2003
Mitsuo Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Kozo Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuharu Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Masanori Ohkawa, Tokyo, JP;
Isao Iwaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Miyazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuo Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Kozo Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuharu Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Masanori Ohkawa, Tokyo, JP;
Isao Iwaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Miyazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Frontech Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A bar code reader has an arrangement to communicate with a host apparatus. The bar code reader includes a read unit that reads a bar code attached to an article, and outputs bar code information corresponding to the read bar code; a term information acquisition unit that acquires term information included in the bar code information; and a term expiration check unit that checks whether the term of the article has expired based on the term information. A notification unit notifies that the term of the article has expired upon determination by the term expiration check unit that the term of the article has expired.