Authentic predefined mark formation
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorWei Huang
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Abstract
According to examples, an apparatus may include a processor and a memory on which are stored machine readable instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor, may cause the processor to receive a file including data of an object to be fabricated and data of a predefined mark to be formed on the object and determine whether the predefined mark is authentic. The instructions may also cause the processor to, based on a determination that the predefined mark is authentic, control fabricating components to fabricate the object, and control the fabricating components to form the predefined mark on the object during fabrication of the object.
Claims15
An apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory on which are stored machine readable instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- receive a file including data of an object to be fabricated and data of a predefined mark to be formed on the object;
- determine whether the predefined mark is authentic;
- based on a determination that the predefined mark is authentic, control fabricating components to fabricate the object;
- and
- control the fabricating components to form the predefined mark on the object during fabrication of the object.
The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the file includes a key associated with the predefined mark, and wherein the instructions are further to cause the processor to:
- determine whether the key is valid;
- based on a determination that the key is valid, determine that the predefined mark is authentic;
- and
- based on a determination that the key is invalid, determine that the predefined mark is inauthentic.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a processor, a file including data of an object to be fabricated and data of a predefined mark to be formed on the object;
- determining, by the processor, whether the predefined mark is authentic;
- based on a determination that the predefined mark is authentic, controlling, by the processor, fabricating components to fabricate the object with the predefined mark.
A non-transitory computer readable medium on which is stored machine readable instructions that when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- access a file including data of an object to be fabricated, data of a predefined mark to be formed on the object, and a key associated with the predefined mark;
- determine, using the key, whether the predefined mark is authentic;
- and
- based on a determination that the predefined mark is authentic,
- control fabricating components to fabricate the object;
- and
- control the fabricating components to form the predefined mark on the object during fabrication of the object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.