SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING AND TRANSFERRING INFORMATION ONTO A GAS CYLINDER USING A QR CODE

摘要

The present invention generates and places a Quick Response (QR) matrix barcode on a Certificate of Analysis (COA) and/or label placed on a gas cylinder at a vendor's facility. The gas cylinder is then delivered to a customer. The customer can download onto his/her mobile device an Application from the vendor, by way of a communications network. Using the Application, the QR code can be scanned, decoded, and viewed by the customer. The customer can also download the decoded information into a database, or upload the same information to a third party's database. The information remains accurate, starting at the vendor's facility, arriving at the customer's facility and, finally, reaching the third party's facility. The information is securely transferred, without any possibility of making a mistake in the information transfer.

主权项

1. A method for transferring information regarding gas within a container, the method comprising the steps of:
producing a filling scheme to fill a container with gas, the gas comprising at least one component; filling the container with the gas in accordance with the filling scheme; developing a description of the gas by analyzing the gas within the container, the description containing a certificate of analysis for the gas, including a name and an amount for each of the at least one components of the gas; encoding the description, the encoded description compressed using at least one representative identifier; printing a two-dimensional code representing the encoded description; affixing the two-dimensional code to the container at an origin facility; transporting the container from the origin facility to a destination facility; reading the two-dimensional code at the destination facility to obtain the encoded description; decoding the encoded description; and storing the decoded description.