Method for providing a digital identifier for a workpiece, electronic database, token, and device for generating a token

Abstract

A method for providing a digital identifier for a workpiece including: providing a workpiece on which a marking with marking elements is arranged that display an readable content and have marking element features formed separately; capturing an image using an image capturing device, the image at least partly displaying the marking; determining at least one marking element feature for one or more of the marking elements, wherein digital image data for the image is analyzed in the process; generating feature data which displays the at least one marking element feature; determining a digital identifier for the workpiece from marking data which includes the feature data; and storing the digital identifier as the identifier assigned to the workpiece in an electronic storage device. Also provided is an electronic database for electronically registering and tracking workpieces with digital identifiers, to a token, and to a device for generating a token.

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