AUTOMATIC MICROPARTICLE MARK READER

• US 20090136079A1
• Filed: 03/13/2007
• Published: 05/28/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: StealthCo, Inc. (Wellness Center USA, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Smi Holdings, Inc. (Source Media LLC)
• Inventors: Zdon, Chris, Meyers, Paul, Stierman, Thomas, Hunt, Dan, Gourley, Christopher S., Zimmermann, Steven D.
• Granted Patent: US 7,720,254 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/30 Monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/00 Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06084 the marking being based on nanoparticles or microbeads
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 7/12 Visible light, infrared or ultraviolet radiation
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 7/2033 Matching unique patterns, i.e. patterns that are unique to each individual paper
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/00 Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means medals or badges A44C3/00; making labels B31D1/02; sheets temporarily attached together B42F; labelling B65C; labels on record carriers G11B23/38, G11B23/40; Seals; Postage or like stamps

Abstract

An automatic reader system, apparatus, and method for the identification and authentication of articles enabling automatic collection and processing of code data associated with microparticle marks, automatic determination of the code from the code data associated with microparticle marks, and automatic retrieval of reference information associated with the code.

Claims

22-1. The automated reader of claim 1 wherein the illumination system comprises a plurality of light sources, each of the light sources being independently and variably controllable by the processing system to dynamically illuminate the microparticle mark.