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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2010
Benjamin Alan Grayson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Debasish Benerjee, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Minjuan Zhang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Yasuo Uehara, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Masahiko Ishii, Okazaki, JP;
Benjamin Alan Grayson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Debasish Benerjee, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Minjuan Zhang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Yasuo Uehara, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Masahiko Ishii, Okazaki, JP;
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method for identifying an article of manufacture may include: producing a plurality of multilayer photonic structures, wherein each of the plurality of multilayer photonic structures has a unique intensity profile; incorporating one of the plurality of multilayer photonic structures that produces the unique intensity profile into a coating; and generating an electronic code corresponding to the unique intensity profile of one of the plurality of multilayer photonic structures.