Patent ID: 8342404

Claim:
An illumination setting support apparatus that supports setting of illumination of an optical information reading apparatus that reads optical information while illuminating the optical information given to a work with a surface light source with a plurality of illumination LEDs arrayed two-dimensionally, the illumination setting support apparatus comprising: an illumination model recognizing device that recognizes a model of an external illumination unit connected to the optical information reading apparatus; a schematic diagram display device that displays a diagram schematically expressing all areas resulting from dividing, into a plurality of areas, the surface light source of the external illumination unit whose model is recognized; an area selecting device that enables a user to select at least one of the areas from the schematic diagram displayed by the schematic display device; a lighting pattern transmitting device that transmits a lighting pattern defining the selected area to the optical information reading apparatus, when the area is selected by the area selecting device; and a picked-up image display device that acquires an image that the optical information reading apparatus picks up while controlling lighting of the external illumination unit in accordance with the lighting pattern, and displays the picked-up image.