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US 7,114,660 B1Granted
Non-image pixel data stored on hard-copy image media
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsRonald S. Cok, Robert C. Bryant
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Abstract
An image bearing article includes a support; a visible image recorded on the support; invisible information recorded on the support, the invisible information relating to and in registration with elements of the visible image.
Claims42
An image bearing article, comprising:
- a) a support;
- b) at least one visible image layer recorded on the support, the visible image layer having a plurality of image pixels having image information;
- and
- c) an invisible layer recorded on the support, the invisible layer being over or under said visible image layer, the invisible layer having invisible data elements corresponding to each of said image pixels of said visible image layer, each of said invisible data elements being in registration with a respective one of the image pixels of the visible image layer, each of said invisible data elements having one of a plurality of values encoding additional information about the respective one of the image pixels of the visible image layer, each of said invisible data elements being individually readable to provide said additional information.
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An image bearing article, comprising:
- a) a support;
- b) at least one visible image layer recorded on the support, the visible image layer having a plurality of image pixels having image information;
- and
- c) a plurality of invisible layers recorded on the support, the invisible layers each being over or under said visible image layer, the invisible layers each having invisible data elements corresponding to each of said image pixels of said visible image layer, each of said invisible data elements being in the same physical pixel location as a respective one of the image pixels of the visible image layer, each of said invisible data elements having additional information about the respective one of the image pixels of the visible image layer, wherein respective invisible data elements of each of the invisible layers have different information.
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A method of recording an image, comprising the steps of:
- a) recording at least one visible image layer on a medium, the visible image layer having a plurality of image pixels having image information;
- and
- b) recording an invisible layer on the medium over or under said visible image layer, the invisible layer having invisible data elements corresponding to each of said image pixels of said visible image layer, each of said invisible data elements being in registration with a respective one of the image pixels of the visible image layer, each of said invisible data elements having one of a plurality of values encoding additional information about the respective one of the image pixels of the visible image layer, each of said invisible data elements being individually readable to provide said additional information.
A method of recording an image, comprising the steps of:
- a) recording at least one visible image layer on a medium, the visible image layer having a plurality of image pixels having image information;
- and
- b) recording a plurality of invisible layers on the medium wherein the invisible layers are each over or under said visible image layer, the invisible layers each having a plurality of invisible data elements corresponding to each of said image pixels of said visible image layer, each of said invisible data elements being in the same physical pixel location as a respective one of the image pixels of the visible image layer, each of said invisible data elements having additional information about the respective one of the image pixels of the visible image layer, wherein respective invisible data elements of each of the invisible layers have different information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.