Apparatus for reading a color symbol
AssigneeOptoelectronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsKazukuni Hosoi, Haruo Matsuoka
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Abstract
The present invention provides an apparatus for reading a color symbol, which comprises a matrix of color filters arranged in front of a detector. Light received from the filters of some colors is used to locate the color symbol, while light received from all the filters is used to read and decode the located symbol. Preferably, the filters used for locating the symbol are of the colors to which the detector is most sensitive. Preferably, the filters for locating the symbol are dominant in number.
Claims8
A method of locating and reading a symbol comprising locating the symbol by detecting light through filters arranged in a first pattern, and reading the symbol by detecting light through filters arranged in a second pattern, and wherein the first pattern is a zig zag pattern, and the second pattern is a matrix.
Apparatus for reading a color symbol comprising patterned arrangement of filters of plural colors, and software for first processing light received through less than all of said filters to locate the color symbol, and then processing light received through all filters to decode said color symbol.
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