Born encrypted optical data
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsTimothy Durniak, Robert R. Friedlander, James R. Kraemer
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Abstract
A device for generating a born encrypted optical file includes a photovoltaic matrix for converting an optical image into a digital file. The digital file is a collection of digital data that has not been processed by any image processing logic and thus cannot be used to directly generate a reproduced image of the object. An encryption logic converts the digital file into an encrypted digital file that can be exported from the device to an authorized device to create a decrypted digital file. This decrypted digital file is capable of being used by a display logic to display an image of the object.
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A device for generating a born encrypted optical file, the device comprising:
- a sample inlet for receiving a liquid sample;
- a light source, wherein light images of an object suspended within the liquid sample are generated as an optical image;
- a photovoltaic matrix for converting the optical image into a digital file, wherein the digital file is a collection of digital data that has not been processed by any image processing logic and thus cannot be used to directly generate a reproduced image of the object;
- an encryption logic for converting the digital file into an encrypted digital file;
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- an interface for exporting, from the device to an authorized device, the encrypted digital file to create a decrypted digital file, wherein the decrypted digital file is capable of being used by a display logic to display an image of the object on a display.
A method of generating an encrypted optical file for an object, the method comprising:
- a sample inlet receiving a liquid sample;
- a light source generating, as an optical image, light images of an object suspended within the liquid sample;
- a photovoltaic matrix creating a digital file of the optical image, wherein the digital file is a collection of digital data that has not been processed by any image processing logic and thus cannot be used to directly create a true image of the object;
- an encryption logic encrypting the digital file to create an encrypted digital file;
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- an interface exporting the encrypted digital file to an authorized device that can be utilized to create a decrypted digital file used to display an image of the object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.