Setting device for optical information reading device, optical information reading system, and optical information reading method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11880739-B2
Application number	US-202217958473-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 3, 2022
Priority date	Nov 29, 2021
Publication date	Jan 23, 2024
Grant date	Jan 23, 2024

Abstract

Read data of a plurality of optical information reading devices can be compared on a spatial axis. A setting device includes: a communication part for communicating with each of the optical information reading devices; a display part that displays a list of pieces of read data, conveyor, of any one of a plurality of optical information reading devices; an input part that receives an input for selection of any one piece of read data from the list of pieces of read data displayed on the display part; and a control part that acquires a code image having the read data selected by the input part from another optical information reading device connected to the network, and performs comparison display, on the display part, of a plurality of the code images respectively acquired by different ones of the plurality of optical information reading devices.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A setting device for an optical information reading device connected to a plurality of optical information reading devices via a network and performing a setting of each of the optical information reading devices, the setting device comprising:
a communication part configured to communicate with each of the optical information reading devices;
a display part that displays a list of pieces of read data of any one optical information reading device of the plurality of optical information reading devices, the read data being acquired via the communication part;
an input part that receives an input for selection of any one piece of read data from the list of pieces of read data displayed on the display part; and
a control part that acquires a code image having the read data selected by the input part from another optical information reading device connected to the network, and performs comparison display, on the display part, of a plurality of the code images respectively acquired by different ones of the plurality of optical information reading devices.

2. The setting device according to claim 1 , wherein
each of the optical information reading devices includes a web server,
the communication part accesses the web server of a first optical information reading device among the plurality of optical information reading devices to acquire the code image and the read data, and
the control part causes the display part to display pieces of the read data of the first optical information reading device in time series, and causes the display part to perform comparison display of the code image acquired by the first optical information reading device, the code image corresponding to the read data selected by the input part from among the pieces of read data displayed in time series, and a code image acquired by another optical information reading device corresponding to the read data selected by the input part.

3. The setting device according to claim 2 , wherein
the communication part further acquires a matching level or a decoding time indicating a margin of decoding of each of the optical information reading devices, and
the control part performs comparison display, on the display part, of a matching level or a decoding time of the first optical information reading device corresponding to the read data selected by the input part from among the pieces of read data displayed in time series and a matching level or a decoding time of another optical information reading device corresponding to the read data selected by the input part.

4. The setting device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a search part that searches for optical information reading devices present on a same network;
a registration part that acquires and registers IP addresses of the optical information reading devices searched by the search part; and
a selection part that selects an optical information reading device as a comparison display target, from among the optical information reading devices corresponding to the IP addresses registered by the registration part,
wherein the control part displays, on the display part, information on the optical information reading device selected by the selection part.

5. The setting device according to claim 1 , wherein
the communication part further acquires decoding success/failure information of each of the optical information reading devices, and
the control part extracts only decoding information that has been successfully decoded or failed to be decoded by any of the optical information reading devices, and displays the extracted decoding information on the display part.

6. The setting device according to claim 1 , wherein
the communication part further acquires a reading condition of each of the optical information reading devices, and
the control part performs comparison display, on the display part, of not only a plurality of code images captured by different optical information reading devices corresponding to same decoding information, but also reading conditions at a time when the code images are captured.

7. The setting device according to claim 1 , wherein
the control part is capable of switching between a linked display mode in which pieces of information of the plurality of optical information reading devices are linked and displayed using the common read data and a single display mode in which only information of one optical information reading device is displayed, and displays, in the single display mode, not only a code image corresponding to read data acquired by the one optical information reading device and selected by the input part, but also a reading condition at a time when the read data is acquired.

8. The setting device according to claim 7 , wherein
the control part displays trend information related to decoding of the one optical information reading device in the single display mode.

9. The setting device according to claim 1 , wherein
a monitor application configured to confirm states of the plurality of optical information reading devices connected on the network and a setting application configured to perform the setting of each of the optical information reading devices are executable.

10. The setting device according to claim 9 , wherein
the input part is capable of receiving selection of a use state of the optical information reading device when the setting application is selected, and
the control part displays a setting item corresponding to the use state selected by the input part on the display part.

11. An optical information reading system comprising: a plurality of optical information reading devices installed in respective processes on a same line; and a setting device that is connected to the plurality of optical information reading devices via a network and performs a setting of each of the optical information reading devices,
wherein each of the optical information reading devices includes:
a web server that communicates with the setting device;
a camera that captures an image of a workpiece to which a code is attached and acquires a code image including the code;
a decoding part that decodes the code image acquired by the camera; and
a storage part that stores the code image and read data acquired by the decoding part, and
the setting device includes:
a communication part that communicates with the web server of the optical information reading device installed in one process and acquires read data stored in the storage part of the optical information reading device;
a display part that displays a list of pieces of the read data acquired via the communication part, via a web browser;
an input part that receives an input for selection of any one piece of read data from the list of pieces of read data displayed on the display part; and
a control part that requests the optical information reading device installed in another process to output a code image of the workpiece corresponding to the read data selected by the input part, and performs comparison display of a plurality of the code images obtained in the respective processes corresponding to the same read data.

12. An optical information reading method for establishing connection with a plurality of optical information reading devices via a network and performing a setting of each of the optical information reading devices, the optical information reading method comprising:
a display step of displaying a list of pieces of read data of any one optical information reading device of the plurality of optical information reading devices;
an input step of receiving an input for selection of any one piece of read data fro

Assignees

• Keyence Co Ltd

Inventors

• Izaki Tomomi
• Hirano Takashi

Classifications

• G06K7/1486 Primary

  Setting the threshold-width for bar codes to be decoded · CPC title

• G06K7/1417

  2D bar codes · CPC title

• H04L61/5007

  Internet protocol [IP] addresses · CPC title

• G06K7/10

  by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation · CPC title

• G06K7/14

  using light without selection of wavelength, e.g. sensing reflected white light {(G06K7/10831 - G06K7/1097 take precedence)} · CPC title