# US 2023/0053371 A1 · Selection apparatus and selection method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0053371 A1 - Document ID: US20230053371A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/818,524 - Filed: 2022-08-09 - Published: 2023-02-23 - Earliest claimed: 2021-08-19 - Assignees: Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Shuhei ITAMOTO - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230053371A1 ## CPC - G06K 7/1413: {1D bar codes} - G06T 7/0002: {Inspection of images, e.g. flaw detection} - G06K 7/1417: {2D bar codes} - G06T 5/30: Erosion or dilatation, e.g. thinning - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL ## Abstract A selection apparatus capable of efficiently selecting an optimum setting condition for filtering is provided. The selection apparatus is an apparatus that selects a setting condition for filtering to be performed on a reading target. The selection apparatus includes: a determiner that determines whether the reading target is readable with each of a plurality of combinations selected from among combinations of all setting conditions for at least two types of filtering; and a selector that selects a setting condition for the filtering based on a result of the determination by the determiner. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A selection apparatus that selects a setting condition for filtering to be performed on a reading target, the selection apparatus comprising: a determiner that determines whether the reading target is readable with each of a plurality of combinations selected from among combinations of all setting conditions for at least two types of filtering; and a selector that selects a setting condition for the filtering based on a result of the determination by the determiner. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The selection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determiner selects the plurality of combinations such that points on the plurality of combinations are distant from each other by a predetermined distance or greater in a two-dimensional coordinate system with the setting conditions for the two types of filtering as variables. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The selection apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the determiner selects the plurality of combinations such that the points on the plurality of combinations spread in a square shape in the two-dimensional coordinate system. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The selection apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the determiner performs first determination processing in which whether the reading target is readable with each of the plurality of combinations is determined, and second determination processing in which a point on a combination different from one or more of the plurality of combinations with which the reading target has been determined to be readable is selected in the two-dimensional coordinate system, and whether the reading target is readable is determined based on the combination on the selected point, and wherein the selector selects a setting condition for the filtering based on results of the first determination processing and the second determination processing. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The selection apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the determiner performs, after the first determination processing and the second determination processing, third determination processing in which whether the reading target is readable is determined based on a combination different from the one or more of the plurality of combinations with which the reading target has been determined to be readable in the first determination processing and the second determination processing, and when none of the setting conditions for the filtering based on the results of the first determination processing and the second determination processing is selected by the selector, the determiner repeats the third determination processing until a setting condition for the filtering is selected by the selector. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The selection apparatus according to claim 4, wherein, when determining that a number of combinations with which the reading target is readable is one in the first determination processing, the determiner selects, in the second determination processing, the different combination from among points surrounding a point on the one combination in the two-dimensional coordinate system. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The selection apparatus according to claim 4, wherein, when determining that a number of combinations with which the reading target is readable is two in the first determination processing, the determiner selects, in the second determination processing, the different combination from among points surrounding a center point between two points on the two combinations in the two-dimensional coordinate system. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The selection apparatus according to claim 4, wherein, when the reading target is readable with none of the plurality combinations in the first determination processing, the determiner selects a point different from the points on the plurality of combinations in the two-dimensional coordinate system and repeats the first determination processing. ### Claim 9 A selection method for selecting a setting condition for filtering to be performed on a reading target, the selection method comprising: determining whether the reading target is readable with each of a plurality of combinations selected from among combinations of all setting conditions for at least two types of filtering; and selecting a setting condition for the filtering based on a result of the determining.