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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2006
Applicants:
Andrei Obrea, Seymour, CT (US);
Christian Crews, Fairfield, CT (US);
Inventors:
Andrei Obrea, Seymour, CT (US);
Christian Crews, Fairfield, CT (US);
Assignee:
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G07D 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07D 7/2033 (2013.01); G06K 9/00577 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method to secure unique information about a handwritten document and to provide verification of document's authenticity, integrity and non-repudiation. The method includes the following steps: creating a document having an area of interest containing information, segmenting the area of interest on the document into a plurality of elements, obtaining the average gray scale of each element, inserting the average gray scale of each element into an identifier, and attaching the identifier to the document.