| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20080268139 | Covert label - A covert label. A substrate comprises a field of ink. Disposed within the field of ink, is ink that can be preferentially removed according to a preconfigured pattern. The preconfigured pattern comprises information associable with at least one object. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080304110 | Method for security printing - Method for security printing. A digital model of a feature for printing is received, wherein the feature is for authentication by an external device. Deviation from the digital model is compensated for, to a printed instance of the feature. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080310715 | APPLYING A SEGMENTATION ENGINE TO DIFFERENT MAPPINGS OF A DIGITAL IMAGE - An image processing method includes applying a segmentation engine to different mappings of a digital image, and using the different segmented mappings to identify segments in the digital image. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090141892 | SECURITY PRINTING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING SECURITY PRINTING - A security printing method includes generating a security file having a plurality of metadata fields and an information field concatenated together in an initial sequence. A security file identification is generated from the plurality of metadata fields and the information field. The security file identification corresponds to the initial sequence and is a one-way function of the plurality of metadata fields and the information field. The method further includes selecting a custom scrambling technique based on the security file identification, and scrambling the initial sequence using the selected custom scrambling technique, thereby creating a scrambled sequence of the plurality of metadata field and the information field. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090144799 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECURELY TRANSMITTING DETERRENT DATA - A method for securely transmitting deterrent data includes generating a deterrent having a predesigned number and configuration of glyphs having deterrent data therein, and transmitting a portion of the deterrent data from a subset of the glyphs without transmitting deterrent data from a remainder of the glyphs. The glyphs form a predetermined structure with a single solution. The method further includes receiving the portion of the deterrent data, placing the portion of the deterrent data into the subset of the glyphs, and solving the predetermined structure with the single solution, thereby determining the remainder of the glyphs to be infilled in the predetermined structure with deterrent data gleaned from the solution. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090310874 | DECODING INFORMATION FROM A CAPTURED IMAGE - A method for decoding information from a captured image is disclosed. The captured image has a plurality of color patches including a plurality of payload patches, a plurality of calibration patches, and an orientation patch. The orientation patch has a unique characteristic with respect to the payload patches and the calibration patches. The method includes identifying, within the captured image, the color patch having the unique characteristic as the orientation patch. The plurality of calibration patches are identified within the captured image. Each of the calibration patches has a unique predetermined location with respect to the identified orientation patch. A relative orientation of the image is determined based on a location of the identified orientation patch within the captured image. Calibration information is discerned according to characteristics of the identified calibration patches. The relative orientation and the calibration information are utilized to decode the information from the payload patches in the captured image. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100052308 | ANTI-COUNTERFEIT PACKAGING - Anti-counterfeit marking for a product, comprising: a tamper evident marker attached to or integrated with a product or packaging for a product and having a random mark; and an electronic memory element containing data about the random mark, the memory element being attached to or integrated with the product or packaging for the product in a tamper evident manner. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100188512 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TESTING IMAGE PIPELINES - A method for testing image pipelines includes transforming an untransformed captured image multiple times using a plurality of pipelines, thereby generating a plurality of transformed images, and comparing a functional set of metrics associated with each of the plurality of transformed images with a functional set of metrics associated with each image in a ground truth set. From the comparison, a determination is made as to which of the plurality of pipelines generates a transformed image that is functionally closest to an image in the ground truth set. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188709 | VARIABLE DATA ADDITION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A variable data addition method and system are disclosed herein. The method includes generating an original image, and defining at least one sub-section of the original image to transform individually. A reversible transformation is applied to the defined at least one sub-section, thereby altering the original image to form an altered image that is non-readable until an inverse of the reversible transformation is applied to the altered image. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100225937 | IMAGED PAGE WARP CORRECTION - A method of correcting warp on an imaged page includes generating projection profiles for pixels on the imaged page and determining a reference baseline based on the projection profiles; calculating a deviation away from the reference baseline for points along a boundary; and mapping the points along the boundary to the reference baseline. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20110063654 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SORTING PRINT JOBS - The present disclosure is directed to method and systems of sorting print jobs for assignment to a plurality of printers having different printing characteristics. Print jobs can be received, sorted based on the print parameters of the print jobs, combined into print job groupings based on printing prioritizations, and sent to a plurality of printers having printing configurations that achieve the print parameters and the printing prioritizations. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110068181 | Multi-modal Security Deterrents And Methods For Generating The Same - Various multi-modal security deterrents ( | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069328 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING A DATA-BEARING IMAGE - A system for creating a data-bearing image can include a reference image generator configured to apply a clustered-dot halftone screen to a continuous-tone image. The resulting reference halftone image includes carrier cells in which a pixel cluster can be shifted to at least two shift positions in the carrier cell. The system also includes a payload encoder configured to segment the data payload and encode data segments into one of the carrier cells by shifting the cluster to one of the shift positions. The system also includes an output device configured to output the resulting data-bearing halftone image. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110073655 | Blur Resistant Barcode - A blur resistant barcode is disclosed. The blur resistant barcode comprise a plurality of parallel lines and spaces where information is encoded in the barcode by variations in the thicknesses of the plurality of parallel lines and by variations in the spacing between the plurality of parallel lines. The blur resistant barcode has at least one blur resistant feature that has a thickness in an axis of motion greater than a maximum thickness of any one of the plurality of parallel lines. The axis of motion is perpendicular to the plurality of parallel lines. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110116681 | Security Printing Analysis System And Method For Enhancing Security Printing - A method for enhancing security printing includes generating data for a region of interest ( | 05-19-2011 |