JPH01126794A - Cicle code system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To directly and easily attain reading by a person from any direction by dividing circles of numerals 0-9 into 6 pieces at every 60 deg., using the area of a surface coated between equally divided lines, and encoding them on a hard copy. CONSTITUTION:The numerals 0-9 are expressed by the areas of the surfaces which are obtained by equally dividing the circles into six pieces at every 60 deg. and painted out. The numeral 0 is expressed by a code which does not exist in the circle. The numeral 2 is expressed by the circle and lines at 0 deg. and 60 deg.. The numeral 3 is expressed by the circle and the lines at 0 deg., 60 deg. and 120 deg.. The numeral 6 is painted out from 0 deg.-60 deg.. The numeral 7 is painted out from 0 deg.-120 deg..

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a circle code system, and more particularly to a circle code system in which numbers are represented by codes in hard copy form.

[Conventional technology]

In conventional encoding methods, numbers are written side by side in the code because the code cannot be read directly by humans, and since the code has no directionality, devices are devised to distinguish between the upper and lower digits. Because there is no gender, it was necessary to devise a way to avoid misreading it as a different code depending on the reading direction.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

In the conventional encoding method described above, the code cannot be directly read by humans, the code has no directionality, so it is not possible to distinguish between upper and lower digits, and the code has no directionality, so depending on the direction in which it is read, it may be the same as another code. The disadvantage is that it can be misread.

[Means for solving problems]

The circle code method of the present invention is based on the numbers 0°1.2,3.
．． 4, 5. 6, 7, and 8.9 are encoded on a hard copy by dividing the circle into 6 equal parts every 60 degrees, and filling in the number of equally divided lines and the spaces between the equally divided lines. It has a wide surface area.

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The first country shows one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, one embodiment of the present invention divides a circle into six equal parts every 60 degrees, and represents numbers by the number of lines and the width of the filled surface. For example, the number 0 is represented by a code with nothing inside a circle (1-1>.

The number 1 is represented by a circle and a line at 0 degrees (1-2). Number 2 is represented by a circle and lines at 0 degrees and 60 degrees (1-3>. Number 3
is represented by a circle and lines at 0 degrees, 60 degrees, and 120 degrees (1-
4). Number 4 is a circle and 0 degrees, 60 degrees, 120 degrees and 18
Represented by a 0 degree line (1-5). Number 5 is a circle and 0 degrees, 6
Represented by lines at 0 degrees, 120 degrees, 180 degrees and 240 degrees (
1-6). Number 6 is filled in from 0 degrees to 60 degrees (
1-7). Number 7 is filled in from 0 degrees to 120 degrees (1-8). Number 8 is filled in from 0 degrees to 180 degrees (1-9). Number 9 is filled in from 0 degrees to 240 degrees (1-10). The number O is filled in from 0 degrees to 300 degrees (1-11).

In this way, in this example, the number of lines in the circle matches the number indicated by the number, and the number of filled surfaces (an area divided by 60 degrees is considered as one surface) plus 5. By matching the number indicated by the number, the code can be easily read by a code reading device (not shown) and also by a person who directly looks at the code.

Furthermore, since each code is graphically asymmetrical, it cannot be mistaken for any other code when read from any direction.

Furthermore, since each code is geometrically asymmetrical, each code has an up, down, left, or right direction, and in this lick, the code on the right side of a certain code is the lower digit, and conversely, the code on the left side is the upper digit. Because it is possible to read the upper and lower digits, there is no need to add a special code to distinguish between upper and lower digits.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention is capable of being easily readable by humans by being encoded on a hard copy, distinguishable from other codes even when read from any direction, and having high-order digits and low-order digits when read from any direction. It has the effect of being able to distinguish between

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. 1-1 to 1-10... Circus code.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In the method of encoding the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 on a hard copy, a circle is divided into 6 equal parts every 60 degrees, and the number of lines divided into equal parts. A circle code system characterized in that the characters can be displayed by the width of the area filled in between the equally divided lines.