Patent · US Expired

Variable color label for object identification system

US3935432A · kind A · utility

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18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 10, 1975
Grant dateJan 27, 1976
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Expiry dateJan 10, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K2019/06225
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An improved label is provided for use in a system for the identification of objects wherein the label is affixed to an object to be identified. The label comprises an array of modules of colored elements arranged in a code to define data unique to the object and means on the label for altering the color of at least a portion of one of the modules in response to a condition to which the object is subjected.

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