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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2016
Applicant:
Sigma P.i. Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshitaka Shimada, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
SIGMA P.I. CO., LTD., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01); G09F 3/00 (2006.01); B42D 25/305 (2014.01); B42D 25/405 (2014.01); B42D 25/30 (2014.01); B42D 25/475 (2014.01); B42D 25/20 (2014.01); B42D 25/28 (2014.01); B42D 25/21 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10722 (2013.01); B42D 25/20 (2014.10); B42D 25/21 (2014.10); B42D 25/28 (2014.10); B42D 25/30 (2014.10); B42D 25/305 (2014.10); B42D 25/405 (2014.10); B42D 25/475 (2014.10); G06K 19/06 (2013.01); G06K 19/06009 (2013.01); G09F 3/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The objective of the present invention is to effectively prevent fraud, theft, and the like occurring with respect to a medium manufactured from a source material. This medium is a medium that is cut into a prescribed shape from a source material on which an identifier capable of specifying a location and capable of being read by a reading device is attached at a corresponding location. The prescribed location on the medium is specified as an authentication location enabling recognition of the medium, and at least a portion of the identifier capable of specifying the prescribed location is set as an identifier of the medium.