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US 2008/0074697 A1Published application
Two-dimentional code printing apparatus and method and tangible medium
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAkihiro Sawada, Akihiko Niwa, Chitoshi Ito, Minako Ishida, Hideo Ueno
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Abstract
A two-dimensional code printing apparatus includes a computer device and a tape printer. A print frame is arranged on a label making work area on an edit display screen displayed on the computer device. A user inputs a text into a text box arranged on the print frame, and then highlights the text to be coded in a two-dimensional code by a mouse, and then one-clicks a two-dimensional code button. Herewith, the text and the two-dimensional code are displayed on the text box. If the user clicks a print button, a label on which both the text and the two-dimensional code printed is printed.
Claims20
A two-dimensional code printing apparatus comprising:
- a display device;
- an input device that inputs various characters, numbers, symbols, or instructions;
- an input data storage device that stores data corresponding to the various characters, numbers, or symbols which are input by the input device;
- a first display controller that displays the various characters, numbers, or symbols corresponding to the data stored in the input data storage device on the display device;
- a selection device that selects desired portion of the displayed characters, numbers or symbols displayed on the display device based on the input instructions input by the input data device;
- a two-dimensional code conversion device that converts the selected characters, numbers, or symbols by the selection device into a two-dimensional code;
- a transformed data storage device that stores data corresponding to not selected characters, numbers, or symbols by the selection device and data corresponding to the converted two-dimensional code by the two-dimensional code conversion device;
- a second display controller that displays the characters, numbers, symbols, and the two-dimensional code corresponding to the stored data in the transformed data storage device on the display device;
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- a printer that prints the characters, numbers, symbols, and the two-dimensional code corresponding to the stored data in the transformed data storage device on a printing medium.
7 more elements
A two-dimensional code printing apparatus comprising:
- a display device;
- an input device that inputs various characters, numbers, symbols, or instructions;
- an input data storage device that stores data corresponding to the various characters, numbers, and symbols which are input by the input device;
- a transformed data storage device that stores data corresponding to the various characters, numbers, or symbols and data corresponding to one or more two-dimensional codes;
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- a processor programmed to:
- (a) store the data corresponding to the various characters, numbers, and symbols which are input by the input device in the input data storage device,
- (b) display the various characters, numbers, and symbols corresponding to the data stored in the input data storage device on the display device,
- (c) select desired portion of the displayed characters, numbers, or symbols displayed on the display device based on the input instruction which is input by the input device,
- (d) convert the selected characters, numbers, or symbols into the two-dimensional code,
- (e) store data corresponding to not selected characters, numbers, and symbols and data corresponding to the converted two-dimensional code device in the transformed data storage device,
- (f) display the stored characters, numbers, symbols, or two-dimensional code corresponding to the stored data in the transformed data storage device, and
- (g) print the stored characters, numbers, symbols, or two-dimensional code corresponding to the stored data in the transformed data storage device on a printing medium by a printer.
10 more elements
A two-dimensional code printing method comprising:
- a receiving step that receives various characters, numbers, symbols, or instructions;
- a first storing step that stores data corresponding to the received characters, numbers, or symbols in an input data storage device;
- a first displaying step that displays the various characters, numbers, or symbols corresponding to the data stored in the input data storage device on a display device;
- a selecting step that selects the displayed characters, numbers, or symbols displayed on the display device based on the input instructions in the receiving step;
- a converting step that converts the selected characters, numbers, or symbols in the selecting step into a two-dimensional code;
- a second storing step that stores data corresponding to not selected characters, numbers, or symbols in the selecting step and data corresponding to the converted two-dimensional code in a transformed data storage device;
- a second displaying step that displays the characters, numbers, symbols, and the two-dimensional code corresponding to the stored data in the transformed data storage device on the display device;
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- a printing step that prints the characters, numbers symbols, and the two-dimensional code corresponding to the stored data in the transformed data storage device on a printing medium.
6 more elements
A tangible computer-executable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, perform a method comprising the steps of:
- a receiving step that receives various characters, numbers, symbols, or instructions;
- a first storing step that stores data corresponding to the received characters, numbers, or symbols in an input data storage device;
- a first displaying step that displays the various characters, numbers, or symbols corresponding to the data stored in the input data storage device on a display device;
- a selecting step that selects the displayed characters, numbers, or symbols displayed on the display device based on the input instructions in the receiving step;
- a converting step that converts the selected characters, numbers, or symbols in the selecting step into a two-dimensional code;
- a second storing step that stores data corresponding to not selected characters, numbers, or symbols in the selecting step and data corresponding to the converted two-dimensional code in a transformed data storage device;
- a second displaying step that displays the characters, numbers, symbols, and the two-dimensional code corresponding to the stored data in the transformed data storage device on the display device;
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- a printing step that prints the characters, numbers symbols, and the two-dimensional code corresponding to the stored data in the transformed data storage device on a printing medium.
6 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.