Patent ID: 6909793

Claim:
A display data analysis apparatus that analyzes measured data measured and displayed by a predetermined measuring apparatus and outputs the analysis result to a predetermined processing apparatus, comprising: an image acquiring unit acquiring an image of data by directly inputting the image displayed on a data display section of a measuring instrument; a detecting unit detecting the measured data displayed by said measuring apparatus in the image picked up by said image acquiring unit using detection auxiliary information to detect the measured data displayed by said measuring apparatus; an analyzing unit analyzing the measured data in the image picked up by said image acquiring unit using analysis auxiliary information to analyze the measured data displayed by said measuring apparatus in the case where said measured data is detected by said detecting unit; and an outputting unit outputting the analysis result analyzed by said analyzing unit; wherein the image acquiring unit includes a camera for focusing on the display of the measuring instrument and acquiring the image displayed thereon, said detection auxiliary information and/or said analysis auxiliary information includes indices attached to said measuring apparatus and database concerning the indices, and said indices are of L-type or rotated L-type.