Use of imperfect patterns to encode data on surfaces
AssigneeSpot Vision LLC
InventorsJoshua Victor Aller, Nicholas Riehl
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention include ascribing a predetermined data record to a physical surface in the form of an imperfect aesthetic pattern of marks. An image showing a portion of the surface, when processed with a decoder, yields the predetermined, verified data record.
Claims24
A physical object of a set of physical objects, each physical object of the set of physical objects being associated with a data record and comprising at least one surface displaying a pattern of marks, the set characterized by:
- a plurality of marks correlated across the set of physical objects;
- the pattern of marks displayed on a physical object of the set comprising the plurality of marks;
- at least one mark of the plurality of marks displayed across the set of physical objects in at least three distinct configurations, each distinct configuration being displayed on a different physical object of the set;
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- wherein the configuration of the plurality of marks that form the pattern of marks on each physical object of the set is indicative of the associated data record, including cases in which the configuration encodes the associated data record.
A set of physical objects, each physical object of the set being associated with an identifier and comprising at least one surface displaying a pattern of marks, the set of physical objects characterized by:
- a plurality of marks correlated across the set of physical objects;
- the pattern of marks of a physical object of the set comprising the plurality of marks;
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- at least one mark of the plurality of marks displayed across the set in at least three distinct configurations, each distinct configuration being displayed on a different physical object of the set, the associated identifier recoverable from an image of a portion of the at least one surface of a physical object of the set.
A physical object chosen from a set of physical objects, each physical object of the set being associated with a data record and comprising at least one surface displaying a graphic design, the set characterized by:
- a plurality of graphic layers present across the set, the graphic layers of a physical object of the set being combined, consistently across the set of objects, to form the graphic design displayed on that physical object;
- wherein the configuration of at least one of the graphic layers of the graphic design on each physical object of the set is indicative of the associated data record.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.