IP Library Granted Patent US 9,370,953
Granted Patent B1
US 9,370,953 · App. 14/739,388 · Granted Jun 21, 2016

Printer apparatus

Inventor: Norihisa Shiraishi (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B41J29/38H04N1/04B41J3/283B41J3/51
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,370,953
App. No.
14/739,388
Granted
Jun 21, 2016
Kind
B1
Abstract

In accordance with an embodiment, a printer apparatus comprises an insert and eject slot; a medium conveyance section configured to convey a print medium on which code information is arranged and which is inserted from the insert and eject slot towards a predetermined printing position, and convey the print medium from the printing position to the insert and eject slot from which the print medium is ejected; a printing section configured to carry out printing on the print medium sent to the printing position; a code information reading section configured to read the code information arranged on the print medium; and an acquisition section configured to acquire the code information based on reading data of the code information read by the code information reading section multiple times at a predetermined distance.

Claims (19)

1. A printer apparatus, comprising:

an insert and eject slot;

a medium conveyance section configured to convey a print medium on which code information is arranged and which is inserted from the insert and eject slot towards a predetermined printing position, and convey the print medium from the printing position to the insert and eject slot from which the print medium is ejected;

a printing section configured to carry out printing on the print medium sent to the printing position;

a code information reading section configured to read the code information arranged on the print medium; and

an acquisition section configured to acquire the code information based on reading data of the code information read by the code information reading section multiple times at a predetermined distance with respect to the code information, wherein

the acquisition section acquires the code information based on the reading data in a case in which more than half of the reading data within the reading data read by the code information reading section multiple times is consistent each other.

2. The printer according to claim 1 , wherein

the acquisition section cannot acquire the code information in a case in which more than half of the reading data within the reading data read by the code information reading section multiple times is not consistent with each other.

3. The printer according to claim 2 , further comprising:

an error notification section configured to notify error in a case in which the acquisition section cannot acquire the code information.

4. The printer according to claim 2 , wherein

the code information reading section reads the reading data multiple times based on the reading data read in a case in which the acquisition section cannot acquire the code information.

5. A method, comprising:

conveying a print medium on which code information is arranged and which is inserted from an insert and eject slot towards a predetermined printing position;

conveying the print medium from the printing position to the insert and eject slot from which the print medium is ejected;

carrying out printing on the print medium sent to the printing position;

reading the code information arranged on the print medium; and

acquiring the code information based on reading data of the code information read multiple times at a predetermined distance with respect to the code information, comprising acquiring the code information based on the reading data in a case in which more than half of the reading data within the reading data is consistent each other.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 15, 2015
From: SHIRAISHI, NORIHISA
To: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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