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US 2022/0414405 A1Published application
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.
Claims20
A marker having identifying information identifying an object, the marker comprising:
- a substrate composed of a radiopaque material and having:
- a bottom surface configured to be placed adjacent to the object;
- and
- a top surface with a plurality of recesses in at least the top surface,
- wherein the plurality of recesses are configured to encode the identifying information using a predetermined pattern.
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A system comprising:
- a fabrication machine configured to fabricate a marker having identifying information identifying an object, the marker including a substrate composed of a radiopaque material and having:
- a bottom surface configured to be placed adjacent to the object;
- and
- a top surface;
- and
- 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:
- receiving an alphanumeric identifier of an object;
- generating a unique binary identifier from the alphanumeric identifier;
- and
- controlling a fabrication machine configured to fabricate a marker which encodes the binary identifier within a pattern defined by a plurality of recesses.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.