Barcode displaying method and barcode displaying program product

• US 6,854,652 B2
• Filed: 03/27/2003
• Issued: 02/15/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Omori, Youichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Michael G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lee, Seung H
• Application Number:
  US10/401,281
• Publication Number:
  US 20040020988A1
• Time in Patent Office: 691 Days
• Field of Search: 235/462.01, 235/375, 235/376, 705/14
• US Class Current: 235/462.01
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 17/00 Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups G06K1/00 - G06K15/00, e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

In a method of displaying a barcode on a terminal unit having a memory and a display unit, a plurality of pieces of barcode information are received from an external device and stored in the memory. Barcode display information is generated from each of the plurality of pieces of barcode information stored in the memory. In the method, the plurality of pieces of generated barcode display information are sequentially supplied to the display unit, and a plurality of barcodes are displayed in a window, each replacing the displayed barcode before.

Claims

1. A method of displaying a barcode on a terminal unit having a memory and a display unit, comprising:

causing the terminal unit to receive a plurality of pieces of barcode information from an external device and store the plurality of pieces of barcode information in the memory;

generating barcode display information from each of the plurality of pieces of barcode information stored in the memory;

sequentially supplying the plurality of pieces of generated barcode display information to the display unit and displaying a plurality of barcodes in a window, each replacing the displayed barcode before; and

displaying a barcode that indicates an end of barcode display, after all the plurality of barcodes are sequentially displayed on the display unit.

2. A method of displaying a barcode on a terminal unit having a memory and a display unit, comprising:

a first step of causing the terminal unit to receive a plurality of pieces of barcode information from an external device and store the received barcode information in the memory;

a second step of inputting 0 into a repeat count m;

a third step of inputting the number of the received barcode information into a variable n;

a fourth step of generating barcode display information from each of the received barcode information stored;

a fifth step of displaying one of the generated barcode display information in the display unit;

a sixth step of incrementing the repeat count m by one;

a seventh step of comparing the repeat count m with the variable n; and

an eighth step of repeating the fourth step, fifth step and sixth step if m<

n and finishing a series of processing operations if m=n.