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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:
Feb. 25, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 05, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoshiyuki Miyabe, Osaka, JP;
Masaru Nakai, Moriguchi, JP;
Katsuyuki Morita, Ikeda, JP;
Taketo Yoshii, Amagasaki, JP;
Mika Matsui, Hirakata, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382183 ; 382190 ; 380 54 ;
Abstract
A bit map pattern generation apparatus can generate an outline of a character with embedded patterns in the form of a bar code. A printer can print the character images pursuant to the generated bit map pattern. The patterns can provide a verification of the authenticity of the characters on a document.