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Embedding security information in an image

US11037213B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 13, 2019
Grant dateJun 15, 2021
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Expiry dateDec 13, 2039

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V40/172
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for producing an identification article is described. The method includes associating one or more data items with one or more line patterns, where the line patterns include one or more line segments. A particular data item is associated with at least a subset of line segments and the particular data item corresponds to an attribute of a user of the identification article. The method further includes integrating the line patterns with graphical features of the identification article. The graphical features being discernable by a human eye and the subset of line segments is indiscernible by the human eye. The method includes identifying a region of the identification article that includes the subset of line segments associated with the particular data item and associating the particular line pattern with an identifying feature of the user.

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