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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2004
Applicant:
Martin A. Kenner, Burnsville, MN (US);
Inventor:
Martin A. Kenner, Burnsville, MN (US);
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G60F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for reading and authenticating a composite image in a sheeting. A exemplary embodiment of the invention provides a system for reading and authenticating a sheeting including a composite image that appears to the unaided eye to be floating above or below the sheeting or both. The present invention also relates to methods of reading and authenticating a composite image that appears to the unaided eye to be floating above or below the sheeting or both.