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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2012
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/1491 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to an embodiment, a reader includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire an image containing a code; a detecting unit configured to detect a plurality of local regions containing parts of the code from the image; an integrating unit configured to integrate the local regions to obtain an integrated region; and a reading unit configured to read the code on the integrated region.