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Method for producing indicators and processing apparatus and system utilizing the indicators

  • US 7,669,774 B2
  • Filed: 12/21/2007
  • Issued: 03/02/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for a user reading an image from a selected zone of a surface of an object with an electronic system, the method comprising:

  • mapping an indicator information to a graphical indicator that is visually negligible, the graphical indicator comprising a plurality of state zones for selectively respectively storing a plurality of graphical micro-units, and each of the state zones selecting a state from at least two candidate states;

    affixing the graphical indicator onto the surface of the object; and

    the electronic system retrieving the graphical indicator and outputting an additional information from the graphical indicator,wherein the surface of the object comprises a main information which overlaps and co-exists with the graphical micro-units that are negligible when the user observes the main information, andwherein each graphical micro-unit is printed in the Black (K) primitive color ink, and the main information is printed in the Cyan (C), Magenta (M), Yellow (Y) primitive color ink, or a combination thereof.

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