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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Daniel Yap, Newsbury Park, CA (US);
Keyvan R. Sayyah, Santa Monica, CA (US);
David L. Persechini, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Paul R. Herz, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Daniel Yap, Newsbury Park, CA (US);
Keyvan R. Sayyah, Santa Monica, CA (US);
David L. Persechini, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Paul R. Herz, Santa Monica, CA (US);
HRL Laboratories, LLC, Malibu, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a programmable and latching retro-reflective construct suitable for use as an optical label in an optical labeling system. The invention contains retro-reflective structures such as lens beads, corner cubes or other retro-reflecting type structures. The retro-reflective construct further comprises a wavelength selective, programmable and latching reflecting structure located at the reflecting surfaces of the retro-reflective structures. The optical construct can optionally contain additional optical filtering structures. Methods for fabricating the invention are also described.