Self-contained device for recording data encoded either in visible or invisible form
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsThomas M. Stephany, Bryan D. Bernardi
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Abstract
A self-contained device for recording data encoded either in visible or invisible form or both on a medium, and for playback of data encoded either in visible or invisible form or both on the medium, the device comprises a case for forming a self-contained housing for the device; a recording portion for recording either or both visible and invisible ink on the medium, or recording either or both visible and invisible dye; and a detecting portion for detecting either or both visible and invisible ink, or detecting either or both visible and invisible dye.
Claims6
A self-contained device for recording data encoded either in visible or invisible form or both on a medium, and for playback of data encoded either in visible or invisible form or both on the medium, the device comprising:
- (a) a case for forming a self-contained housing for the device;
- (b) a recording portion for recording information in the form of both a visible and an invisible printable substance on the medium;
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- (c) a detecting portion for detecting at least one of the visible and invisible printable substances on the medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.