ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,846, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to KEYENCE Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Information reading system, method for setting scanner system, and method for setting information reading system" was invented by Tokihiko Mizota (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is possible to easily execute a setting for reading information included in a target to be read without requiring a high-level technique related to a network. An IP address assignment unit that assigns private IP addresses to a configuration application for setting an imaging parameter, a decoding parameter, or a communication parameter and a client computer is provided. Th...