Systems, Devices, and Methods for Identification and Tracking of Objects

A system for providing identification of a human or animate subject in a hospital, veterinary clinic, or other medical care facility, comprising:

• a device for providing a temporary display of identification information of the subject, the temporary identification device comprising a reproducible layer having an outer surface and an inner surface, wherein one surface of the reproducible layer further contains, integrally, a pictographic rendering of data, information, and visualization codes specifically pertaining to the subject, such that the pictographic rendering is transferrable onto the exterior of the subject,
• the reproducible layer being formed with a resistant material, such that it may adhere to the subject;
• a computer system having a processor, an optical scanning device, a printing device, management software and a database storing information pertaining to the subject, wherein the management software, when executed at the processor, is configured to perform the following operations:
• (a) receive an input of the data, information, and visualization codes of the subject;
• (b) generate the data, information, and visualization codes;
• (c) control the printing device to print the data, information, and visualization codes onto the reproducible layer so as to form a temporary identification;
• (d) control the optical scanning device to scan the reproducible layer on the subject and, similarly, to receive a corresponding scanning signal, wherein the received signal contains the identification information of the subject;
• (e) retrieve the identification information from the received scanning signal;
• and
• (f) search, based on the retrieved identification information on the subject, the database for verification of the information of the subject, and thereby identify the subject.

A method for providing temporary identification of a human or animate subject in a hospital, veterinary clinic, or other medical care facility, comprising:

• acquiring specific personal and medical data and information on the subject, formatting same, and electronically entering the data and information into a database of a computerized management system;
• generating pictographic representations of the data and information and converting to visualization codes corresponding to the subject;
• scanning and/or printing a display of the data, information, and visualization codes of the subject, upon or within a temporary identification device, the device comprising a reproducible layer having an outer surface and an inner surface, wherein one surface of the reproducible layer manifests, integrally, a pictographic rendering of data, information, and visualization codes specifically pertaining to the subject;
• transferring the pictographic rendering of data, information, and visualization codes from the reproducible layer onto the subject;
• and
• as necessary, subsequently scanning the reproducible layer and receiving or sending a corresponding scanning signal, which contains the pictographic rendering.