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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2000
Teunis Tel, Groningen, NL;
Unicate B.V., Naarden, NL;
Abstract
In a method and system for identifying one or more objects, a two-dimensional, optically readable pattern and an identification code are generated. The pattern and the identification code are paired in one-to-one correspondence by means of a predetermined algorithm and are arbitrary. A two-dimensional representation of the pattern is provided on the object or on a pattern support connected thereto. The identification code is stored together with associated identification information. In order to identify the object, the representation of the pattern thereof is optically scanned and the associated identification code determined, by means of which the identification information can be determined.