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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2010
Masaya Maeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Bunpei Irie, Kawasaki, JP;
Naotake Natori, Kunitachi, JP;
Tomoyuki Hamamura, Tokyo, JP;
Masaya Maeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Bunpei Irie, Kawasaki, JP;
Naotake Natori, Kunitachi, JP;
Tomoyuki Hamamura, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a barcode processing apparatus comprises a reading unit configured to read an image of a barcode configured by a plurality of bars laid out at a predetermined interval, each bar being formed by a plurality of ink dots, and a barcode recognition unit configured to filter the read image using a mask which has a width smaller than the predetermined interval and larger than a width of one bar, and corresponds to a length of one bar so as to extract a group of a plurality of ink dots, to couple the plurality of ink dots in the extracted group, to detect one bar based on the coupling result, and to recognize a barcode configured by a plurality of detected bars.