Method for surface printing
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1. A method for generating a surface printed with tags, the tags embedded with data, the method comprising the steps of:
- printing, using an encoder having two or more rendering engines, a pattern of tags, each tag having a data area comprising data dots and a locator component comprising constant dots;
using the tag encoder to obtain tag data from a tag format structure, the tag format structure being a dot based data package template containing a plurality of entries, there being an entry associated with each dot'"'"'s position, an entry indicating whether a data dot or a constant dot, accordingly each entry having either fixed data bits or variable data bits, and further;
interpreting each entry independently without reliance on state information.
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Abstract
A generic data package template is described that allows data to be encoded and printed in any arbitrary shape using an arbitrary encoding scheme. The template comprises an arbitrary shaped constant background pattern that is read to locate and orient a data area. The data are contains a plurality of dots that are decoded to extract the stored information.
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1. A method for generating a surface printed with tags, the tags embedded with data, the method comprising the steps of:
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printing, using an encoder having two or more rendering engines, a pattern of tags, each tag having a data area comprising data dots and a locator component comprising constant dots;
using the tag encoder to obtain tag data from a tag format structure, the tag format structure being a dot based data package template containing a plurality of entries, there being an entry associated with each dot'"'"'s position, an entry indicating whether a data dot or a constant dot, accordingly each entry having either fixed data bits or variable data bits, and further;
interpreting each entry independently without reliance on state information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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