US 12,248,840 B2
Reader, program, and unit
Noriyuki Suzuki, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to Asterisk, Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed by Asterisk, Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/353,951.
Application 17/353,951 is a continuation of application No. 16/088,088, abandoned, previously published as PCT/JP2017/024411, filed on Jul. 3, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 2016-156369 (JP), filed on Aug. 9, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0312148 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. G06K 7/10 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 7/10386 (2013.01) [G06K 7/10732 (2013.01); G06K 7/10831 (2013.01); H04M 1/0264 (2013.01); G06K 2207/1011 (2013.01); H04M 2250/52 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reader, comprising:
a computer configured to analyze an image created by a camera module and read information from a symbol included in the image; and
a unit including a light source to display a marker indicating a range photographed by the camera module,
the unit being separate from the computer,
the unit being configured to control the light source in accordance with an instruction from the computer, and
the computer is configured to display a slide bar on a graphical user interface (GUI) to receive user's input on distance information, and to analyze only an image in a specific range and to omit analyzing an image other than within the specific range.