Information reading system, method for setting scanner system, and method for setting information reading system
AssigneeKeyence Corporation
InventorTokihiko Mizota
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Abstract
It is possible to easily execute a setting for reading information included in a target to be read without requiring a high-level technique related to a network. An IP address assignment unit that assigns private IP addresses to a configuration application for setting an imaging parameter, a decoding parameter, or a communication parameter and a client computer is provided. Then, when a communication system is connected to the client computer via a first communication interface (Steps S101 and S104), private IP addresses on the same private network are assigned to the client computer and a web server, respectively, by the IP address assignment unit (Step S105).
Claims12
An information reading system comprising:
- a scanner system including a scanning unit that scans a target to be read and generates scan data and a control unit that executes decoding of the scan data generated by the scanning unit;
- a setting system that performs a setting in the scanner system;
- a communication system including a first communication interface to be connected to an external computer;
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- a storage unit that stores a scan parameter for controlling the scanning unit, a decoding parameter related to the decoding to be executed on the scan data, or a communication parameter related to a result output of the decoding executed on the scan data, wherein
- the setting system includes
- a web server that executes a configuration application for setting the scan parameter, the decoding parameter, or the communication parameter, and
- an IP address assignment unit that assigns an IP address on an identical network to each of the external computer and the web server when the communication system is connected to the external computer via the first communication interface,
- the web server is brought into a state of being capable of communicating with a web browser of the external computer via the first communication interface after the assignment of the IP address by the IP address assignment unit, and
- the configuration application stores the scan parameter, the decoding parameter, or the communication parameter in the storage unit in response to an instruction received from the web browser via the first communication interface.
A method for setting a scanner system that performs a setting using a setting system for a scanner system including a scanning unit that scans a target to be read and generates scan data and a control unit that decodes the scan data generated by the scanning unit, the method comprising:
- a step of assigning, by an IP address assignment unit, an IP address on an identical network to each of a web server and an external computer after a first communication interface of a communication system is connected to the external computer, the web server being capable of executing a configuration application that sets a scan parameter for controlling scanning by the scanning unit, a decoding parameter related to decoding to be executed on the scan data, or a communication parameter related to a result output of the decoding executed on the scan data;
- a step of bringing the web server into a state of being capable of communicating with a web browser of the external computer via the first communication interface after the assignment of the IP address by the IP address assignment unit;
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- a step of storing, by the configuration application, the scan parameter, the decoding parameter, or the communication parameter in a storage unit in response to an instruction received from the web browser via the first communication interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.