System, method, and program for generating barcode data

• US 20050178837A1
• Filed: 01/18/2005
• Published: 08/18/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: King JIM Company Limited, Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Hosokawa, Takeshi, Hine, Yoichi, Nojima, Toshinori
• Granted Patent: US 7,357,324 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/462.10
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 1/121 by printing code marks applying code marks to labels B65C9/46; marking or coding completed packages B65B61/26

Abstract

Misunderstanding is not caused among users such that the user misconstrues a special digit character of barcode data which is not directly input by the user as an input character or misconstrues the input character as the special digit character. In the invention, the input character string is displayed in a first display area and information on the special digit character is displayed in a second display area. At this point, it is preferable to notify the user that a position of a cursor in the first display area is located at the position of the special digit character by displaying the information displayed in the second display area in a mode which is different from the display mode of other cursor positions.

Claims

1. A system for producing barcode data comprising inputting means for inputting a character string defined by a barcode standard, displaying means for displaying the input character string, and barcode data producing means for producing barcode data including the input character string and a check digit not directly input by an operator,

wherein the system for producing barcode data comprises display controlling means for displaying a value of the check digit included in the barcode data produced by the barcode data producing means in a second display area of the displaying means while displaying the input character string in a first display area of the displaying means.

2. A system for producing barcode data comprising inputting means for inputting a character string defined by a barcode standard, displaying means for displaying the input character string, and barcode data producing means for producing barcode data including the input character string and a special digit character not directly input by an operator, the system comprising:

display controlling means for displaying information on the special digit character included in the barcode data produced by the barcode data producing means in a second display area of the displaying means while displaying the input character string and a cursor in a first display area of the displaying means; and

cursor moving means for capturing a direction for moving the cursor to move the cursor,

wherein the display controlling means displays the information on the special digit character displayed in the second display area in different modes based on whether a position of the cursor is located at a position of the special digit character or a position of other characters in the first display area.

3. A system for producing barcode data according to claim 2, wherein the display controlling means displays the cursor itself in the different modes based on whether the position of the cursor is located at the position of the special digit character or the position of other characters in the first display area.

4. A system for producing barcode data according to claim 2, wherein the display controlling means displays only the input character string and the cursor in the first display area.

5. A system for producing barcode data according to claim 2, wherein the special digit character is the check digit.

6. A method for producing barcode data comprising the steps of inputting a character string defined by a barcode standard and producing barcode data including the input character string and a check digit not directly input by an operator,

the method for producing barcode data comprising the step of displaying and controlling a value of the check digit included in the barcode data produced through the barcode data producing step in a second display area of displaying means while displaying the input character string in a first display area of the displaying means.

7. A method for producing barcode data comprising the steps of inputting a character string defined by a barcode standard and producing barcode data including the input character string and a special digit character not directly input by an operator, the method for producing barcode data comprising the steps of:

displaying and controlling information on a special digit character included in the barcode data produced through the barcode data producing step in a second display area of displaying means while displaying the input character string and a cursor in a first display area of the displaying means; and

capturing a direction for moving the cursor to move the cursor,

wherein the displaying and controlling step displays the information on the special digit character displayed in the second display area in different modes based on whether a position of the cursor is located at a position of the special digit character or a position of other characters in the first display area.

8. A method for producing barcode data according to claim 7, wherein the displaying and controlling step displays the cursor itself in the different modes based on whether the position of the cursor is located at the position of the special digit character or the position of other characters in the first display area.

9. A method for producing barcode data according to claim 7, wherein the displaying and controlling step displays only the input character string and the cursor in the first display area.

10. A method for producing barcode data according to claim 7, wherein the special digit character is the check digit.

11. A program for producing barcode data comprising the steps of:

inputting a character string defined by a barcode standard; and

producing barcode data including the input character string and a check digit not directly input by an operator,

wherein each step of a method for producing barcode data including the step of displaying and controlling a value of the check digit included in the barcode data produced through the barcode data producing step in a second display area of displaying means while displaying the input character string in a first display area of the displaying means is described in code which can be executed by a computer.

12. A program for producing barcode data comprising the steps of inputting a character string defined by a barcode standard and producing barcode data including the input character string and a special digit character not directly input by an operator, the program comprising the steps of:

displaying and controlling information on a special digit character included in the barcode data produced through the barcode data producing step in a second display area of displaying means while displaying the input character string and a cursor in a first display area of the displaying means; and

capturing a direction for moving the cursor to move the cursor,

wherein the displaying and controlling step which displays the information on the special digit character displayed in the second display area in different modes based on whether a position of the cursor is located at a position of the special digit character or a position of other characters in the first display area, and each step of a method for producing barcode data are described in code which can be executed by a computer.