Data package template with data embedding
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorsSimon Robert Walmsley, Paul Lapstun
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Abstract
A generic data package template is described that allows data to be encoded and printed in any arbitrary shape using an arbitrary encoding scheme. The template comprises an arbitrary shaped constant background pattern that is read to locate and orient a data area. The data are contains a plurality of dots that are decoded to extract the stored information.
Claims15
A generic data package template for representing data formed from a plurality of dots, said data package template comprising:
- an arbitrarily shaped constant background pattern formed from a plurality of dots and/or blanks;
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- at least one arbitrarily shaped data area;
- said data area containing data dots located at positions determined by an encoding scheme.
A method of packaging data in a generic data package template formed from a plurality of dots, the method including the steps of:
- constructing a bit array of entries for each dot position within said data package, said array of entries defining whether each said dot is part of an arbitrarily shaped constant background pattern or an arbitrarily shaped data area;
- encoding said data for storage in said data area;
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- printing said plurality of dots encoded with said data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.