Patent ID: 11892328
Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An optical reader that reads a reading object having a plurality of color patterns, the plurality of color patterns assigned to respective different values being arranged in a first direction, each of the color patterns having a plurality of patterns corresponding to a plurality of digits arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the optical reader comprising:
a plurality of first readers that are arranged along the second direction, and read patterns corresponding to respective different digits in one of the color patterns; and
a plurality of second readers that are arranged along the first direction with respect to only a given first reader of the first readers, and read patterns of the same digit as a digit read by the one of the first readers, the patterns of the same digit being included in a color pattern adjacent to a color pattern read by the first readers in the first direction,
wherein a distance along the first direction between one of the first readers and one of the second readers which are adjacent to each other in the first direction and read the patterns of the same digit, respectively, is greater than a distance along the second direction between two of the first readers adjacent to each other in the second direction, and
correction is performed on a reading result by the first readers based on a reading result by the second readers.