Display data processing device

• US 4,956,639 A
• Filed: 08/30/1989
• Issued: 09/11/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/1985
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Shindoh, Shigeru, Uemura, Susumu, Tsujioka, Hiroshi, Tomino, Tadashi, Yoneda, Shigeo, Yatsuzuka, Yasuhumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Brier, Jeffery A.
• Application Number:
  US07/401,504
• Time in Patent Office: 377 Days
• Field of Search: 340/706, 340/707, 340/720, 358/10, 358/11, 358/12, 358/141, 358/142, 358/146, 358/147, 358/148, 358/93, 235/471, 235/474
• US Class Current: 345/180
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/016 Synchronisation of sensing process

Abstract

A display data processing device for processing bar code data displayed on a display screen such as a television monitor by an interlaced scanning process includes a photosensor for reading bar code data displayed on the screen, a counter circuit for counting the coded data bits read by the photosensor means to determine whether the data is displayed by an odd-number field or an even-number field and which produces a signal corresponding to the result of the determination. This signal is used in conjunction with a plurality of timer circuits which provide signals corresponding to the duration of odd and even number field scanning periods to ensure accurate storing of data in a shift register which is provided with the output signals of the photosensor.

Claims

1. A display data processing device for processing coded data displayed on a display screen in an interlaced scanning manner, comprising:

means for reading said coded data displayed on said display screen;

means for determining whether the coded data read by said means for reading is displayed by an odd-number field or an even number field and producing a signal corresponding to the result of the determination;

means for storing the coded data read by said means for reading in first and second storage means in response to the signal produced by said means for determining; and

means responsive to the signal produced by said means for determining for synchronizing the storage of data in said first and second storage means with the timing of an odd-number field scanning or an even-number field scanning.

2. The display data processing device according to claim 1, wherein said means for synchronizing comprises timer means for producing timing signals having a duration equal to an odd-number field scanning period or an even-number field scanning period, according to the signal prduced by said means for determining, and clock generator means for providing a synchronization signal to said first and second storage means in response to said timing signals to cause said first and second storage means to accurately store the data read by said means for reading.

3. The display data processing device according to claim 2, wherein said first and second storage means comprise first and second shift registers clocked by said synchronization signal.

4. The display data processing device according to claim 1, wherein said means for determining comprises counter means for counting the number of bits of coded data read by said means for reading during a predetermined time period.

5. The display data processing device according to claim 1, wherein said means for reading comprises a photosensor.

6. A display data processing device for processing coded data displayed on a display screen in an interlaced scanning manner, comprising:

means for reading said coded data displayed on said display screen;

means for counting the coded data read by said means for reading during a predetermined time period;

means for developing a count signal indicative of an odd-number field or an even-number field in response to said means for counting;

means for storing the coded data read by said means for reading in first and second storage means in response to said count signal;

means for producing odd-number field and even-number field timing signals in response to said count signal from said means for developing; and

means for providing a synchronization signal to said first and second storage means to accurately store the data read by said means for reading.

7. The display data processing device according to claim 6, wherein said first and second storage means comprises first and second shift registers.

8. The display data processing device according to claim 6, wherein said means for producing said odd-number field and even-number field timing signals comprises odd-number field and even-number field timer circuits.

9. A display data processing device for processing coded data display on a display screen in an interlaced scanning manner, comprising:

first and second register means for storing predetermined odd and even field start codes, respectively;

reading means for reading said coded data displayed on said display screen;

counter means for counting the coded data read by said reading means during a predetermined period and developing a count signal indicative of an odd-number field or an even-number field;

third and fourth register means for storing the coded data read by said reading means in response to said count signal;

comparing means for comparing said predetermined odd and even field start codes of said first and second register means with the data of said third and fourth register means and producing a flag indicative of whether the data of said third and fourth register means is equal to said predetermined odd and even start codes, respectively; and

synchronizing means responsive to said flag for synchronizing the storage of data in said third and fourth register means in response to said count signal indicative of said odd-number field or said even-number field.