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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Kohichi Kamijoh, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Noboru Kamijo, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kazumasa Ochiai, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yasuo Usuba, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A cellular phone configured to be used by an operator. The cellular phone includes a light-emitting element, a digital camera, and a memory. The light-emitting element is configured to emit light of a specific wavelength to illuminate invisible information written in invisible ink in an object to make the invisible information visible. The invisible information includes a Universal Resource Locator (URL) of an address of a web server at which additional information is located. The URL is encoded in a code within the invisible information. The digital camera is configured to take a picture of the illuminated invisible information to capture an image of the code. The memory is configured to store the captured image.