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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2022
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Daniel F. Donato, Johnsburg, IL (US);
James J. O'Hagan, McHenry, IL (US);
Tom D. Bianculli, Holtsville, NY (US);
Stuart Peter Hubbard, Loughborough, GB;
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Abstract
A method of object identification includes: capturing an image of an object having a material presenting surface artifacts; detecting a boundary within the captured image; selecting a portion of the image depicting the surface material within the boundary; based on the selected portion of the image, determining attributes of the surface artifacts; generating, based on the determined attributes of the surface artifacts, a physical identifier corresponding to the object; and storing the generated physical identifier.