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US 12,001,899 B2Granted
Binary punch marker, and a system and method for fabricating the same
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorsEnrico Bovero, Dana Abdullatif
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Abstract
A binary punch marker identifies pipes and welds at joints of pipes, and a system and method fabricate such a binary punch marker. The binary punch marker has information encoded by recesses in the marker for identifying the pipes and welds. The information is encrypted to prevent forgery of metallic assets such as pipes, pipelines, storage tanks, etc. during inspection of the metallic assets.
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A system comprising:
- a fabrication machine configured to fabricate, from a raw substrate separate and independent from an object, a marker separate and independent from the object, the marker having identifying information identifying the object, the marker being composed of a radiopaque material and having:
- a bottom surface configured to be placed adjacent to the object;
- and
- a top surface;
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- a controller having a processor operating a predetermined encoding process, with the processor configured to control the machine to fabricate the marker with a plurality of recesses in at least the top surface,
- wherein the plurality of recesses encode the identifying information.
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A method comprising:
- providing a raw substrate separate and independent from an object;
- receiving an alphanumeric identifier of the object;
- generating a unique binary identifier corresponding to the object from the alphanumeric identifier;
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- controlling a fabrication machine configured to fabricate, from the raw substrate, a marker separate and independent from the object, wherein the marker encodes the binary identifier corresponding to the object within a pattern defined by a plurality of recesses, wherein the marker is configured to be placed adjacent to the object.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.