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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2023
Yumiko Kishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshishige Fujii, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A container includes: a container body; a cap to seal the container body; an identification code on a top surface of the cap; and multiple concaves on the container body. The multiple concaves on the container body forms a first image having a first area, the identification code on the cap forms a second image having a second area smaller than the first area, the container body has a first diffuse reflectance difference between the first image and a portion excluding the first image, and the identification code has a second diffuse reflectance difference between a code portion and a background portion excluding the code portion in the second image. The second diffuse reflectance difference is larger than the first diffuse reflectance difference.