SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING, READING AND TRANSFERRING IDENTIFIERS

• US 20100301115A1
• Filed: 07/14/2010
• Published: 12/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Labels That Talk, Ltd
• Original Assignee: Labels That Talk, Ltd
• Inventors: Berkun, Kenneth A.
• Granted Patent: US 8,657,189 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/380
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 1/121 by printing code marks applying code marks to labels B65C9/46; marking or coding completed packages B65B61/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06028 using bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06037 multi-dimensional coding
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1404 Methods for optical code recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 21/00 Teaching, or communicating with, the blind, deaf or mute audible presentation of material to be studied G09B5/04; devices or methods for replacing direct visual or auditory perception by another kind of perception A61F9/08, A61F11/04; audible indication of meter readings or of colour G01D7/12; watches for blind persons G04B25/02; speech analysis, speech recognition G10L; sound-recording or reproducing, per se G11B
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/062 Combinations of audio and printed presentations, e.g. magnetically striped cards, talking books, magnetic tapes with printed texts thereon

Abstract

Systems and methods for generating, reading and transferring identifiers are disclosed. In one embodiment, a handheld system for associating a selected audio content with an object includes an identifier applied to a surface of the object and having a predetermined graphical format that is configured to encode the selected audio content, and a handheld device operable to encode the identifier and further operable to detect an audio content associated with the identifier.

Claims

1. A system to record a document transaction comprising:

a first identifier encoded with a first audio content spoken from a first person having a verbal message;

a second identifier encoded with a second audio content spoken from a second person to confirm or dispute the meaning of the verbal message; and

a document configured to affixably receive the first identifier and the second identifier.

2. A handheld system for associating a selected audio content with an object, comprising:

an identifier configured to be applied to a surface of the object and having a predetermined graphical format that is configured to encode and contain a selected audio content within the identifier; and

a handheld device operable to encode the identifier, to detect the selected audio content, and to duplicate the identifier from segment images of the identifier.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the identifier further comprises one of a one-dimensional bar code and a two-dimensional bar code.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the identifier includes a graphical content printed on a suitable substrate material that may be fixably applied to the surface.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the graphical content is applied directly to the surface of the object.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the graphical content is applied to the surface of the object using one of a stamping, an embossing, an etching, an engraving, and a photolithographic process.

7. The system of claim 2, further comprising a printer operably coupled to the handheld device, the printer configured to reproduce the identifier on a selected medium.

8. The system of claim 2, further comprising a personal computer operably coupled to the handheld device, the personal computer configured to store and display the identifier.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising a database, wherein the personal computer is operably coupled to the database through a communications system.

10. The system of claim 2, wherein the handheld device is further configured to operably couple a personal digital assistant (PDA), a cellular telephone unit, and a digital camera device.

11. The system of claim 2, wherein the identifier is includes a pixel section and an alphanumeric section.

12. A method of creating identifiers configured to encode selected audio content using a handheld device, comprising:

capturing analog audio signals with the handheld device;

converting the captured analog audio signals to digital audio signals using the handheld device; and

producing an identifier into identifiable segments that encodes and contains the digital audio signals.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising applying the identifier on a selected surface of an object.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein producing the identifier further comprises generating one of a pigment-based identifier and a non-pigmented identifier.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein converting the captured analog audio signals to digital audio signals further comprises applying an encryption algorithm to the captured audio signals.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein producing an identifier that encodes the digital audio signals further comprises applying a encoder/decoder (CODEC) algorithm to the digital signals.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein producing an identifier that encodes the digital audio signals further comprises applying the identifier to an object.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein applying the identifier to the object includes applying the identifier to a selected portion of a photograph, a display panel, a sign, and a printed publication.

19. A method of verifying an identity of an individual, comprising:

producing an identifier that encodes a first spoken message acquired from the individual;

applying the identifier having the encoded first spoken message to an identification article assigned to the individual;

acquiring a second spoken message from the individual;

comparing the first spoken message from the identifier with the second spoken message to verify the identity of the individual.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein producing the identifier further comprises providing the first spoken message to a handheld device operable to encode the identifier.