US 2016/0260001 A1 · METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AND PRINTING THREE DIMENSIONAL BARCODES

Abstract

A system that includes a three-dimensional (3D) printing device, processor and computer-readable memory a 3D barcode and prints a three-dimensional object containing information embedded in the 3D barcode by: (i) receiving information to be embedded in the 3D barcode; (ii) determining a barcode symbology, wherein the barcode symbology includes at least one symbol character in a z-dimension; (iii) generating a build sequence that will cause the 3D-printing device to print the 3D barcode that embeds the received information in the 3D barcode in accordance with the barcode symbology; and (iv) using the build sequence to print the 3D object so that each symbol character of the symbology that is to appear in the z-dimension is printed as a physical representation in the z-direction on the 3D object.

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Dependent claims

A method of printing a three-dimensional object containing information embedded in a three-dimensional barcode, the method comprising:

by a processor, receiving information to be embedded in the three-dimensional barcode;
by the processor, determining a barcode symbology, wherein the barcode symbology includes at least one symbol character in a z-dimension;
by the processor, generating a build sequence that will cause a three-dimensional printing device to print the three-dimensional barcode that embeds the received information in the three-dimensional barcode in accordance with the barcode symbology;
and
by a three-dimensional printing device, using the build sequence to print the three-dimensional object so that each symbol character of the symbology that is to appear in the z-dimension is printed as a physical representation in the z-direction on the three-dimensional object.

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A system for printing a three-dimensional object containing information embedded in a three-dimensional barcode, the system comprising:

a three-dimensional printing device;
a processor;
and
a memory device containing programming instructions that are configured to cause the processor to:
receive information to be embedded in a three-dimensional barcode;
determine a barcode symbology that includes at least one symbol character in a z-dimension;
generate a build sequence that will cause the three-dimensional printing device to print the three-dimensional barcode that embeds the received information in the three-dimensional barcode in accordance with the barcode symbology;
and
cause the three dimensional printing device to use the build sequence to print the three-dimensional object so that each symbol character of the symbology that is to appear in the z-dimension is printed as a physical representation in the z-direction on the three-dimensional object.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and system for generating and printing three dimensional barcodes

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Method and system for generating and printing three dimensional barcodes

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Abstract

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