Patent ID: 7905411

Claim:
A barcode reading apparatus for reading a barcode having barcode information with a pattern represented in black, a pattern represented in red, a pattern represented in green, and a pattern represented in blue, the barcode reading apparatus comprising: light emission means configured to be able to selectively radiate lights of the colors of red, green and blue to the barcode; reading means for reading the barcode information in a state during which a light is radiated by the light emission means; display means configured to be able to display first information corresponding to the barcode information read by the reading means; input means to which second information selected by the first information displayed by the display means is inputted; and control means for, when all the lights of the colors of the red, green and blue are radiated to the barcode by the light emission means, and the barcode information of only the black pattern is read by the reading means, displaying the first information corresponding to the barcode information so that the user can select the second information at the display means, and when the second information is selected and inputted to the input means, radiating a light of the color corresponding to the second information among the red, green and blue to the barcode by the light emission means.