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Method and apparatus for recording digital information in two-dimensional pattern, carrier of digital information recorded thereby, and a method and apparatus for decoding such digital information

US6302329A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 26, 1995
Grant dateOct 16, 2001
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Expiry dateDec 26, 2015

Classification

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

Abstract

A digital information recording carrier has a planar recording surface having an information recording area in which meshes corresponding to bits are virtually set in a matrix form, each mesh being provided with an optically recognizable mark corresponding to digital information so that the digital information is recorded in the information recording area as a two-dimensional pattern. The carrier also has specific patterns each consisting of a plurality of meshes which are linked together and which are given marks in a given pattern. Some of the specific patterns are placed in an inner portion apart from a perimeter of the information recording area.

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