Injection molding process including digital watermarking and articles manufactured from injection molding process
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1. A method of steganographically marking an object comprising the steps of:
- providing a steganographically encoded image, wherein the steganographic encoding is generally imperceptible to a human viewer of the image, but is machine-readable with computer analysis;
printing the steganographically encoded image onto a print receiving material, the print receiving material comprising a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the print receiving material receives the print on the bottom surface, and wherein the image is perceptible to a human viewer of the image when viewed through the top surface of the print receiving material;
providing the printed encoded print receiving material to an injection mold, wherein the bottom surface of the printed encoded print receiving material is positioned so as to be adjacent to a second material to be injected into the mold; and
injection molding the printed encoded print receiving material and the second material.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to methods of marking objects produced through a molding process. The marking facilitates authentication of the objects. A cellular phone faceplate is steganographically marked in one implementation of the invention.
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40 Claims
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1. A method of steganographically marking an object comprising the steps of:
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providing a steganographically encoded image, wherein the steganographic encoding is generally imperceptible to a human viewer of the image, but is machine-readable with computer analysis;
printing the steganographically encoded image onto a print receiving material, the print receiving material comprising a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the print receiving material receives the print on the bottom surface, and wherein the image is perceptible to a human viewer of the image when viewed through the top surface of the print receiving material;
providing the printed encoded print receiving material to an injection mold, wherein the bottom surface of the printed encoded print receiving material is positioned so as to be adjacent to a second material to be injected into the mold; and
injection molding the printed encoded print receiving material and the second material. - 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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21. A component comprising:
a body comprising;
a first layer including a top surface and a bottom surface;
printing providing on the bottom surface of the first layer, wherein the printing conveys an image including steganographic encoding that is generally imperceptible to a human viewer thereof, but is machine-readable with computer analysis, and wherein the image is perceptible to a human viewer when viewed through the top surface of the first layer; and
a second layer adjacently arranged with respect to the bottom layer of the first layer. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of marking an object comprising the steps of:
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providing a steganographic signal;
printing the steganographic signal onto a print receiving material, the print receiving material comprising a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the print receiving material receives the print on the bottom surface, and wherein the printing comprises at least ultraviolet ink;
providing the printed encoded print receiving material to a mold, wherein the bottom surface of the printed encoded print receiving material is positioned so as to be adjacent to a second material to be provided to the mold; and
molding the printed encoded print receiving material and the second material.
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31. A method of steganographically marking an object comprising the steps of:
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providing a steganographically encoded image, wherein the steganographic encoding is general imperceptible to a human viewer of the image, but is machine-readable with computer analysis;
printing the steganographically encoded image onto a print receiving material, the print receiving material comprising a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the print receiving material receives the print on the bottom surface, and wherein the image is perceptible to a human viewer of the image as viewed through the top surface of the print receiving material;
providing the printed encoded print receiving material to a mold, wherein the bottom surface of the printed encoded print receiving material is positioned so as to be adjacent to a second material to be injected into the mold; and
molding the printed encoded print receiving material and the second material. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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- 33. A three-dimensional molded article comprising a decorative film or substrate and an adjacent injection molded polymeric base, an improvement comprising a steganographic signal encoded in the decorative film or substrate.
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37. A method for steganographically marking a molded article comprising the steps of:
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providing a transparent substrate, the transparent substrate comprising a top surface and a bottom surface;
printing an image on the bottom surface of the substrate, wherein the image comprises machine-readable steganographic encoding;
forming the printed substrate into a three-dimensional shape;
providing the formed, printed substrate to a mold, the mold including a cavity surface to cooperate with the three-dimensional shape of the formed, printed substrate, wherein the top surface of the substrate is adjacently arranged with respect to the mold cavity surface; and
injecting a molten resin into the mold cavity directly against the bottom surface of the substrate to produce a one-piece, bonded three-dimensional article. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40)
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