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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:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2002
Applicants:
Lawrence A. Ray, Rochester, NY (US);
Rajan L. Joshi, Pittsford, NY (US);
Gene E. Pios, Spencerport, NY (US);
Inventors:
Lawrence A. Ray, Rochester, NY (US);
Rajan L. Joshi, Pittsford, NY (US);
Gene E. Pios, Spencerport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04Q 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for securely transacting a transaction based on a transaction document having an image contained within the document, the method includes the steps of compressing an image on the document; scrambling the structure of the compressed image according to a permutation; obtaining the inverse permutation; applying the inverse permutation to the scrambled image for obtaining an unscrambled image; and decompressing the unscrambled image.