Method, apparatus and system for generating and verifying color barcode

A color barcode reader comprising:

• a boundary direction reading module, reading direction information of a plurality of boundaries among a plurality of serially connected symbolic elements in a color barcode certificate to retrieve first authentication information of a first party, wherein each of the symbolic elements is one of at least two polygons;
• a symbol color reading module, reading color information of the symbolic elements to retrieve second authentication information of a second party;
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• an identity verification module, verifying an identity of a holder of the color barcode certificate according to the first authentication information and the second authentication information.

A color barcode verification system comprising:

• a color barcode generator comprising:
• a boundary direction encoding module, encoding first authentication information of a first party to generate a barcode certificate sample constituted by a plurality of serially connected symbolic elements, wherein each of the symbolic elements is one of at least two polygons, and the first authentication information is recorded in direction information of a plurality of boundaries among the symbolic elements in a color barcode certificate;
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• a symbol color encoding module, encoding second authentication information of a second party in the symbolic elements of the barcode certificate sample to generate the color barcode certificate constituted by the symbolic elements, wherein colors of adjacent symbolic elements of the symbolic elements are different, and the second authentication information is recorded in color information of the symbolic elements;
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• a color barcode reader comprising:
• a boundary direction reading module, reading the direction information of the boundaries among the serially connected symbolic elements in the color barcode certificate to retrieve the first authentication information of the first party;
• a symbol color reading module, reading the color information of the symbolic elements to retrieve the second authentication information of the second party;
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• an identity verification module, verifying an identity of a holder of the color barcode certificate according to the first authentication information and the second authentication information.