Patent · US Expired

Method and apparatus for fault tolerant data storage on photographs

US6496654B1 · kind B1 · utility

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12References

7Claims

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Assignee

Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · AU

Inventors

Kia Silverbrook · Sydney, AU
Paul Lapstun · Sydney, AU
Simon Robert Walmsley · Sydney, AU

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 20, 2000
Grant date	Dec 17, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 21, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41J3/51
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of printing digital data onto or with a photograph using infra-red ink and using an ink jet printing process is disclosed. The data can store the details of the image in an encoded fault tolerant form enabling the copying or recovery of the photograph notwithstanding damage thereto.

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