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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2007
Noboru Hamada, Kawasaki, JP;
Naohiro Taguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Noboru Hamada, Kawasaki, JP;
Naohiro Taguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus includes a generation unit configured to encode data and generate a two-dimensional code image; a clipping unit configured to clip an image which fits in a two-dimensional code image display area, from the two-dimensional code image generated by the generation unit; a first display control unit configured to display the image clipped by the clipping unit in the two-dimensional code image display area; a change unit configured to change a size of the two-dimensional code image display area to be equal to or larger than a size of the two-dimensional code image generated by the generation unit according to an instruction from a user; and a second display control unit configured to display the two-dimensional code image generated by the generation unit in the two-dimensional code image display area whose size is changed by the change unit.