Method for identifying a physical object using an object identification code

US12147865B1 · kind B1 · utility

Inventors

• Michael L. Buck · Cologne, DE
• Thomas Nieraad · Hofheim, DE
• Carsten Kehrein · Koblenz, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 2, 2024
• Grant date: Nov 19, 2024
• Expiry date: Feb 2, 2044

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07D7/2033
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Disclosed is an object identification code attachable to a physical object as well as a corresponding method for identifying a physical object using the object identification code. The object identification code may comprise a plurality of machine-readable optical codes, wherein each of the plurality of optical codes may be configured to encode a unique identifier of the physical object, to be independently scannable by a camera of an electronic device, to cause upon being scanned an object identification procedure to be performed by an object identification application of the electronic device and to be dynamically linkable to each other to form a predetermined scan pattern for at least one of verifying authenticity of the physical object and/or reaching a target address associated with the physical object.