Patent ID: 6622918
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A barcode reading apparatus comprising:a barcode reader for reading a barcode; a reading incorrectness discriminating section for discriminating whether or not a result of the reading of the barcode by said barcode reader is likely to be incorrect; and a reread indicating section for indicating, if the result of the reading of the barcode is discriminated likely to be incorrect by said reading incorrectness discriminating section, that it is necessary to re-read the bar code by said barcode reader, wherein, if a result of decoding in a predetermined direction of scanning with respect to the result of reading of the barcode by said barcode reader is incorrect while a result of decoding in a reverse direction of the predetermined direction is correct, said reading incorrectness discriminating section discriminates that the result of the reading is likely to be incorrect.