Code reading apparatus and code reading method
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHitoshi Iizaka
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a code reading apparatus includes an image capturing section, a first detecting section, a second detecting section, and an informing section. The image capturing section captures an image picked up by an image pickup section. The first detecting section detects a first symbol including commodity information of a commodity from the image captured by the image capturing section. The second detecting section detects a second symbol different from the shape of an element included in the first symbol in the image captured by the image capturing section. The informing section informs, if the second detecting section detects the second symbol, that a benefit indication indicating a benefit granted with respect to the commodity information is affixed to the commodity.
Claims16
A code reading apparatus comprising:
- an image capturing section configured to capture an image picked up by an image pickup section;
- a first detecting section configured to detect a first symbol including commodity information of a commodity from the image captured by the image capturing section;
- a second detecting section configured to detect a second symbol different from a shape of an element included in the first symbol in the image captured by the image capturing section;
- and
- an informing section configured to inform, if the second detecting section detects the second symbol, that a benefit indication indicating a benefit granted with respect to the commodity information is affixed to the commodity.
A code reading apparatus comprising:
- an image capturing section configured to capture an image picked up by an image pickup section;
- a first detecting section configured to detect a first symbol including commodity information of a commodity from the image captured by the image capturing section;
- a second detecting section configured to detect a second symbol different from a shape of an element included in the first symbol in the image captured by the image capturing section;
- and
- a benefit-indication detecting section configured to detect, from the image captured by the image capturing section, for a predetermined time, a benefit indication indicating a benefit granted with respect to the commodity information, wherein
- if the second detecting section detects the second symbol, the benefit-indication detecting section sets time for detecting the benefit indication longer than time for detecting the benefit information if the second detecting section does not detect the second symbol.
A code reading method performed in a code reading apparatus comprising:
- capturing an image picked up by an image pickup section;
- detecting a first symbol including commodity information of a commodity from the captured image;
- detecting a second symbol different from a shape of an element included in the first symbol in the captured image;
- and
- informing, if the second symbol is detected, that a benefit indication indicating a benefit granted with respect to the commodity information is affixed to the commodity.
A code reading method performed in a code reading apparatus comprising:
- capturing an image picked up by an image pickup section;
- detecting a first symbol including commodity information of a commodity from the captured image;
- detecting a second symbol different from a shape of an element included in the first symbol in the captured image;
- and
- detecting, from the captured image, for a predetermined time, a benefit indication indicating a benefit granted with respect to the commodity information, wherein
- in the detecting of a benefit indication, if the second symbol is detected, time for detecting the benefit indication is set longer than time for detecting the benefit information if the second symbol is not detected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.