Basf Se Corporation

Holger Kai Peter Jelich

Lothar Seidemann

Thomas Soltys

Marie Christin Jahn

A computer implemented method for controlling a synthesis process for a chemical or biological product, comprising the steps of at a processing device of a synthesis specification control module receiving via a communication interface a synthesis specification for the synthesis process, deriving a set of experimental requirements from the synthesis specification, receiving via the communication interface device laboratory equipment data associated with at least one laboratory equipment device deriving a set of equipment properties from the laboratory equipment data associated with at least one laboratory equipment device, comparing the set of experimental requirements with the set of equipment properties, generating control data based on the comparison providing with the processing device the control data suitable for controlling the synthesis process.

Controlling a synthesis process

A computer implemented method for proof-of-work for generating and validating a block of a blockchain using at least one printing device is proposed. The printing device is configured for generating at least one digital image depending on a printer control setting. The method comprises the following steps: i) () providing an initial digital image () comprising a plurality of colored pixels, wherein the initial digital image () is taken from an image database and/or is generated by printing and scanning the initial digital image by using an initial printer control setting; ii) () providing a task digital image () comprising a plurality of colored pixels different from the initial digital image (); iii) () selecting a mining printer control setting (), printing the initial digital image () by using the printing device by blending pigments with the selected mining printer control setting () and scanning the printed image by using at least one scanning device, thereby generating a mining digital image () having a plurality of colored pixels different from the initial digital image (); iv) () comparing the colored pixels of the mining digital image () and the task digital image () by using at least one processing device; wherein the method comprises repeating steps ii) () to iv) () until the colored pixels of the mining digital image () and the task digital image () are found to be identical, wherein in each case in step iii) () a different mining printer control setting () is selected, wherein the mining printer control setting () for which the mining digital image () and the task digital image () are found to be identical is used as the proof-of-work for generating and validating the block of the blockchain.

Ecological mining using at least one printing device for proof-of-work

Computer implemented method for generating a hash value () is disclosed, the method comprises the following steps: i) Providing a first digital RGB image () having first RGB colors of a physical object (); ii) Combining first transaction data () and the first digital RGB image (), thereby generating a second RGB image () having second RGB colors; iii) Converting () color values of the second RGB image () from RGB color space () to a secondary color space () having at least four primary colors and determining () a number of respectively colored pixels for each primary color of the secondary color space (); iv) Generating () the hash value () by converting the determined number of respectively colored pixels for each primary color of the secondary color space () to hexadecimal numerals.

Method for building a blockchain

A computer implemented method for generating at least one security label () using at least one printing device () is proposed. The method comprises the following steps: i) () generating a first digital image () comprising a plurality of colored pixels by printing a printer job with a printer control setting and scanning the printout using the printing device () thereby generating a digital fingerprint: ii) () providing a binary code () of identifier information: iii) () mapping the identifier information with the digital fingerprint by determining a binary code of the digital fingerprint and adding the binary code () of the identifier information to the color code of the first digital image (); iv) () generating a second digital image () having a plurality of colored pixels different from the first digital image () by transferring the added binary codes into a color code of the second digital image (): v) () printing the second digital image () on a substrate () thereby generating the security label ().

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Ludwigshafen, Germany

Holger Kai Peter Jelich