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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2003
Applicant:
Inventor:
Todd E. Lizotte, Manchester, NH (US);
Assignee:
Identification Dynamics, Inc., Pottstown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/74 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/74 ;
Abstract
Identification of firearms by illuminating a base of a fired cartridge from a firearm using axially homogenized light from various illumination angles using a holographic imaging system integrated into either a mono-chromatic or multi-chromatic light, obtaining a microscope image of an encoded hologram or encoded alphanumeric code or barcodes or indicia that form unique impressions on a primer of the cartridge or bullet; and utilizing specialized analysis software to read the encoded codes and provide the serial number or tracking number unique to the firearm that fired the bullet or cartridge.