CODE READING APPARATUS AND CODE READING METHOD
First Claim
1. A code reading apparatus comprising:
- a photographing section configured to photograph an image;
a capturing section configured to capture the photographed image;
a first reading section configured to detect, from the captured image, a code symbol that represents commodity information indicating a purchase target commodity and read, from the detected code symbol, the commodity information represented by the code symbol;
a second reading section configured to continue, if a part of benefit indication that represents benefit information indicating a benefit granted for purchase of the commodity is detected from the captured image, after the part of the benefit indication is detected, the detection of the benefit indication from the image captured anew by the capturing section and read the benefit information represented by the detected benefit indication; and
an output section configured to output the commodity information read by the first reading section and the benefit information read by the second reading section.
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Abstract
A code reading apparatus includes: a photographing section configured to photograph an image; a capturing section configured to capture the photographed image; a first reading section configured to detect, from the captured image, a code symbol that represents commodity information indicating a purchase target commodity and read, from the detected code symbol, the commodity information represented by the code symbol; a second reading section configured to continue, if a part of benefit indication that represents benefit information indicating a benefit granted for purchase of the commodity is detected from the captured image, after the part of the benefit indication is detected, the detection of the benefit indication from the image captured anew by the capturing section and read the benefit information represented by the detected benefit indication; and an output section configured to output the commodity information and the benefit information.
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10 Claims
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1. A code reading apparatus comprising:
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a photographing section configured to photograph an image; a capturing section configured to capture the photographed image; a first reading section configured to detect, from the captured image, a code symbol that represents commodity information indicating a purchase target commodity and read, from the detected code symbol, the commodity information represented by the code symbol; a second reading section configured to continue, if a part of benefit indication that represents benefit information indicating a benefit granted for purchase of the commodity is detected from the captured image, after the part of the benefit indication is detected, the detection of the benefit indication from the image captured anew by the capturing section and read the benefit information represented by the detected benefit indication; and an output section configured to output the commodity information read by the first reading section and the benefit information read by the second reading section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A code reading method comprising:
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capturing a photographed image; detecting, from the captured image, a code symbol that represents commodity information indicating a purchase target commodity and reading, from the detected code symbol, the commodity information represented by the code symbol; continuing, if a part of benefit indication that represents benefit information indicating a benefit granted for purchase of the commodity is detected from the captured image, after the part of the benefit indication is detected, the detection of the benefit indication from the image captured anew and reading the benefit information represented by the detected benefit indication; and outputting the read commodity information and the read benefit information. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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