Patent ID: 6116510
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: G06K,G11B

Abstract:
A code reading and recording apparatus comprising:a reading section for picking up and reading a code pattern image printed and/or recorded on a recording medium as data adapted to be picked up and read and containing at least one of an audio data, a video data and a digital code data;a decoder for decoding the code pattern image read by said reading section and retrieving the original data;an encoder for transforming the data retrieved by said decoder into an image data of a code pattern image; anda recording section for printing and/or recording the transformed image data on a predetermined recording medium as code pattern image adapted to be picked up and read, whereinthe code pattern image contains an operation data for permitting or prohibiting the operation of the encoder, andthe code reading and recording apparatus further comprises:an operation control data extracting section for extracting the operation data from the code pattern image read by said reading section; andan operation control section for permitting or prohibiting the operation of said encoder according to the operation data extracted by said operation control data extracting section.