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Coding method, coding equipment and resulting coded product

US6273340A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 19, 1999
Grant dateAug 14, 2001
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Expiry dateJul 19, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K19/06037
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A process for data coding on any type of support (object, document, plant, animal, any material or materialized surface) calling for affixing on a surface a marking constituted by a plurality of elementary signs belonging to at least two different types, the marking being broken down into a plurality of coding zones each corresponding to coded information of a different nature. At least one configuration zone has content specific to the type of application and determines a characteristic of at least one of the other zones.

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