METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING INFORMATION CODE

摘要

A method and an apparatus for generating an information code is provided. In a generation apparatus, after data to be interpreted and data of an image to be displayed are acquired, a code figure that is provided with an image display region is generated and displayed on a display unit. After the code figure is displayed on the display unit in this way, when information designating an arrangement content of the image display region is inputted, an information code is generated. Specifically, an information code is generated in a form in which the image display region is newly arranged based on the arrangement content designated by the input, and a specification pattern region and a region to be interpreted are provided in positions other than that of the image display region. The information code generated in this way is displayed on the display unit.

主权项

1. An information code generation method for generating an information code in which cells that serve as units for displaying information are arrayed, using an information code generation apparatus that includes a display unit and an input unit, the information code generation method comprising:
an image acquiring process for acquiring data of an image to be displayed that is an image differing from the cells; a data acquiring process for acquiring data to be interpreted; a figure display process for displaying, on a display unit, a code figure that is configured to be provided with an image display region that is a region in which at least a portion of the image to be displayed is presented; an input receiving process for receiving inputted information when, after the code figure is displayed on the display unit in the figure display process, information designating an arrangement content of the image display region is inputted through the input unit; a code generating process for generating an information code in a form in which the image display region is arranged based on the arrangement content received in the input receiving process, and a specification pattern region in which a specification pattern having a shape prescribed in advance is arranged and a region to be interpreted in which the data to be interpreted is recorded by a plurality of types of cells are provided in positions other than that of the image display region; and a code display process for displaying the information code generated in the code generating process on the display unit.