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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Stmicroelectronics S.r.l, Agrate Brianza (MB), IT;
Inventor:
Francesco Varone, Bellona, IT;
Assignee:
STMICROELECTRONICS SRL., Agrate Brianza (MB), IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 19/18 (2006.01); G06K 19/08 (2006.01); G06K 19/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00577 (2013.01); G06K 19/086 (2013.01); G06K 19/145 (2013.01); G06K 19/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
An IC card includes a first visible layer including a natural material having a unique visual pattern. A storage device is configured to store a digital reference image of the unique visual pattern to be visually compared with the unique visual pattern for authentication. An authentication method based on the IC card is also provided.