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Optical storage identification card and read/write system

US4663518A · kind A · utility

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24Claims
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Filing dateOct 31, 1985
Grant dateMay 5, 1987
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Expiry dateOct 31, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S283/904
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An identification card comprises a single media having a plurality of different heat sensitive image forming dye compounds on which are encoded a colored pictorial image of the card holder, colored text, and machine readable digital data. A laser printing method is also provided for activating the heat sensitive image forming dyes to provide the colored pictorial image of the card holder, the colored text and the machine readable digital code.

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