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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2014
Wingarc1st Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Ko Shimazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kenta Nakayama, Tokyo, JP;
WingArc1st Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A code reading device is equipped with a region extracting unit, which divides a photographed image of a bar code into a plurality of horizontal areas, and extracts readable regions from the horizontal areas respectively, and a region coupling unit, which couples the extracted regions to restore the whole bar code. Even if an unreadable portion occurs in a part of the bar code, a plurality of readable regions are extracted as parts of the barcode and those regions are coupled to restore a bar code the entirety of which can be read. Consequently, it is possible to accurately read a bar code having dirt or containment of illumination light partially.