Two-dimensional code generating apparatus, image forming system, two-dimensional code reading apparatus, and computer readable medium
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1. A two-dimensional code generating apparatus comprising:
- a two-dimensional code generating unit that generates a two-dimensional code including;
a plurality of region symbols that represent a rectangular region in which one unit of the two-dimensional code is disposed, the rectangular region having a first side and a second side opposed to the first side;
a plurality of first pattern symbols that consist of a first pattern and a plurality of second pattern symbols that consist of a second pattern different from the first pattern, each side of the rectangular region having disposed thereon one of the plurality of first pattern symbols adjacent to one of the plurality of region symbols and one of the plurality of second pattern symbols adjacent to another one of the plurality of region symbols, the one of the first pattern symbols disposed along the first side faces another one of the first pattern symbols disposed along the second side and the one of the second pattern symbols disposed along the first side faces another one of the second pattern symbols disposed along the second side.
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Abstract
According to an aspect of the invention, a two-dimensional code generating apparatus includes a two-dimensional code generating unit. The two-dimensional code generating unit that generates a two-dimensional code including a plurality of region symbols, a plurality of first pattern symbols, a plurality of second pattern symbols, and an information pattern. The region symbols represent a rectangular region in which one unit of the two-dimensional code is disposed, the rectangular region having a first side and a second side opposed to the first side.
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1. A two-dimensional code generating apparatus comprising:
a two-dimensional code generating unit that generates a two-dimensional code including; a plurality of region symbols that represent a rectangular region in which one unit of the two-dimensional code is disposed, the rectangular region having a first side and a second side opposed to the first side; a plurality of first pattern symbols that consist of a first pattern and a plurality of second pattern symbols that consist of a second pattern different from the first pattern, each side of the rectangular region having disposed thereon one of the plurality of first pattern symbols adjacent to one of the plurality of region symbols and one of the plurality of second pattern symbols adjacent to another one of the plurality of region symbols, the one of the first pattern symbols disposed along the first side faces another one of the first pattern symbols disposed along the second side and the one of the second pattern symbols disposed along the first side faces another one of the second pattern symbols disposed along the second side. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An image forming system comprising:
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an image information reception unit that receives image information; a disposition information reception unit that receives data information to be disposed in a rectangular region; the two-dimensional code generating apparatus that includes; a two-dimensional code generating unit that generates a two-dimensional code including; a plurality of region symbols that represent the rectangular region in which one unit of the two-dimensional code is disposed, the rectangular region having a first side and a second side opposed to the first side; and a plurality of first pattern symbols that consist of a first pattern and a plurality of second pattern symbols that consist of a second pattern different from the first pattern, each side of the rectangular region having disposed thereon one of the plurality of first pattern symbols adjacent to one of the plurality of region symbols and one of the plurality of second pattern symbols adjacent to another one of the plurality of region symbols, the one of the first pattern symbols disposed along the first side faces another one of the first pattern symbols disposed along the second side and the one of the second pattern symbols disposed along the first side faces another one of the second pattern symbols disposed along the second side, a composed image generating unit that generates a composed image by combining the two-dimensional code and an image acquired from the image information; and an image forming unit that forms an image on a medium based on the composed image.
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10. A two-dimensional code reading apparatus comprising:
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a reading unit that reads the two-dimensional code, the two-dimensional code comprising; a plurality of first pattern symbols that consist of a first pattern and a plurality of second pattern symbols that consist of a second pattern different from the first pattern; and a plurality of region symbols that represent a rectangular region in which one unit of the two-dimensional code is disposed, the rectangular region having a first side and a second side opposed to the first side, wherein each side of the rectangular region having disposed thereon one of the first pattern symbols adjacent to one of the plurality of region symbols and one of the second pattern symbols adjacent to another one of the plurality of region symbols, the one of the first pattern symbols disposed along the first side faces another one of the first pattern symbols disposed along the second side and the one of the second pattern symbols disposed along the first side faces another one of the second pattern symbols disposed along the second side; and a direction specifying unit that reads (i) a region symbol among the plurality of region symbols, (ii) a first pattern symbol selected among the plurality of first pattern symbols and the plurality of second pattern symbols that is adjacent to the region symbol, and (iii) a second pattern symbol among the plurality of first pattern symbols and the plurality of second pattern symbols that is adjacent to the region symbol, and determines a direction of the two-dimensional code based on a disposition of the read region symbol, the read first pattern symbol, and the read second pattern symbol.
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11. A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for generating a two-dimensional code including:
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a plurality of region symbols that represent a rectangular region in which one unit of the two-dimensional code is disposed, the rectangular region having a first side and a second side opposed to the first side; and a plurality of first pattern symbols that consist of a first pattern and a plurality of second pattern symbols that consist of a second pattern different from the first pattern, each side of the rectangular region having disposed thereon at least one of the plurality of first pattern symbols adjacent to one of the plurality of region symbols and at least one of the plurality of second pattern symbols adjacent to another one of the plurality of region symbols, the one of the first pattern symbols disposed along the first side faces another one of the first pattern symbols disposed along the second side and the one of the second pattern symbols disposed along the first side faces another one of the second pattern symbols disposed along the second side.
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12. A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for specifying a direction of a two-dimensional code including:
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a plurality of region symbols that represent a rectangular region in which one unit of the two-dimensional code is disposed, the rectangular region having a first side and a second side opposed to the first side; and a plurality of first pattern symbols that consist of a first pattern and a plurality of second pattern symbols that consist of a second pattern different from the first pattern, each side of the rectangular region having disposed thereon at least one of the plurality of first pattern symbols adjacent to one of the plurality of region symbols and at least one of the plurality of second pattern symbols adjacent to another one of the plurality of region symbols, the one of the first pattern symbols disposed along the first side faces another one of the first pattern symbols disposed along the second side and the one of the second pattern symbols disposed along the first side faces another one of the second pattern symbols disposed along the second side, the process comprising; acquiring (i) a region symbol among the plurality of region symbols of the two-dimensional code, (ii) a first pattern symbol selected among the plurality of first pattern symbols and the plurality of second pattern symbols that is adjacent to the region symbol of the two-dimensional code, and (iii) a second pattern symbol among the plurality of first pattern symbols and the plurality of second pattern symbols that is adjacent to the region symbol of the two-dimensional code; and specifying a direction of the two-dimensional code based on a disposition of the read region symbol, the read first pattern symbol. and the read second pattern symbol.
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