Polygonal information encoding article, process and system
CA 1329953 C · Owner: Batterman, Eric Paul · Inventors: Shah, Govind; Chandler, Donald Gordon; Batterman, Eric Paul
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The article of the invention is an optically readable label for storing encoded information, said label comprising a data array of a multiplicity of information-encoded polygons arranged in a predetermined geometric pattern and said poly-, gons having at least two different optical properties. A process for encoding information in an opticallyreadable data array comprised of information-encoded polygons by assigning optical properties to individual polygons in a predetermined pattern, ordering the polygons in a predetermined sequence, and printing the polygons with at least two optical properties. A process for retrieving information by optically scanning a data array of information-encoded …
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- Granted May 31, 1994. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 31, 2011.
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