发明名称 |
Augmenting barcodes with secondary encoding for anti-counterfeiting |
摘要 |
A system generates a secure barcode by: identifying a primary pattern for a two-dimensional barcode to be printed on a substrate, wherein the primary pattern comprises of a set of dark cells and a set of light cells; identifying a two-dimensional micro-shape, wherein the micro-shape has a size that is no larger than a size of each cell of the two-dimensional barcode; generating a secondary pattern comprising a plurality of the micro-shapes; and superimposing the secondary pattern with the primary pattern for the two-dimensional barcode to yield a secure barcode. The resulting two-dimensional barcode includes a primary pattern comprising a set of dark cells and a set of light cells, where the sets represent encoded data, along with a secondary pattern of micro-shapes that are superimposed with the primary pattern. |
申请公布号 |
US9589217(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2017.03.07 |
申请号 |
US201414326682 |
申请日期 |
2014.07.09 |
申请人 |
Xeroc Corporation |
发明人 |
Eschbach Reiner;Bala Raja;Prabhat Saurabh;Stinehour Judith E. |
分类号 |
G06K7/10;G06K19/06;G06K1/12;G06K15/02 |
主分类号 |
G06K7/10 |
代理机构 |
Fox Rothschild LLP |
代理人 |
Fox Rothschild LLP |
主权项 |
1. A method of generating a secure barcode, comprising, by a processor:
identifying a primary pattern for a two-dimensional barcode to be printed on a substrate, wherein the primary pattern comprises of a set of dark cells and a set of light cells; identifying a two-dimensional micro-shape, wherein the micro-shape has a size that is no larger than a size of each cell of the two-dimensional barcode; generating a secondary pattern comprising a plurality of the micro-shapes by at least selecting orientation of the micro-shapes so that the micro-shapes, when superimposed with the primary pattern, will exhibit varying orientations; superimposing the secondary pattern with the primary pattern for the two-dimensional barcode to yield a secure barcode so that each micro-shape is positioned within one of the cells of the primary pattern and so that each cell of one of the sets includes one of the micro-shapes; and storing a file comprising instructions to output the secure barcode with the primary pattern and the superimposed secondary pattern. |
地址 |
Norwalk CT US |