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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2003
Hiroyuki Takakura, Kawasaki, JP;
Hirotaka Chiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobuyasu Yamaguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Tsugio Noda, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroyuki Takakura, Kawasaki, JP;
Hirotaka Chiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobuyasu Yamaguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Tsugio Noda, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A bar code is scanned and a line of image data is extracted in a process. The line of extracted image is divided into patterns forming characters in a process. The divided patterns are converted into characters in a process. In the process, a pattern is divided by the number of modules having the smallest width forming a black bar or a white bar, a module value indicating each module as black or white is determined, and each pattern is converted into a character, thereby correctly recognizing a bar code using general-purpose optical equipment for reading a bar code.