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Techniques for printing with integrated paper sheet identification

US7731435B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 28, 2006
Grant dateJun 8, 2010
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Expiry dateAug 27, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V20/80
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A printing method and apparatus includes fingerprinting a sheet of printable media such as paper to obtain a fingerprint. The fingerprint is encrypted using an encryption key known only to the user wanting to print the document. The encrypted fingerprint is then encoded and transferred to the document as machine readable information.

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