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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2019
Advanced Functional Fabrics of America, Cambridge, MA (US);
Tairan Wang, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Tosha Hays, Atlanta, GA (US);
Yoel Fink, Brookline, MA (US);
Alexander Stolyarov, Belmont, MA (US);
Mihai Ibanescu, Somerville, MA (US);
Advanced Functional Fabrics of America, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
An article is a selected one of a set of articles. Each article of the set includes a fabric and is associated with a unique identification code. The selected article has a pattern distributed over at least 10% of an exposed surface of the selected article. The pattern encodes the identification code associated with the selected article, wherein the pattern is configured to be read and decoded by a mobile computing device in a manner wherein the selected article is contextually recognizable. A two-dimensional plaid pattern may be used to carry the identification code, which can be decoded according to described methods.