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Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 08, 2014
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Kohichi Kamijoh, Kanagawa-ken, JP;

Noboru Kamijo, Kanagawa-ken, JP;

Kazumasa Ochiai, Kanagawa-ken, JP;

Yasuo Usuba, Kanagawa-ken, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06K 1/00 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01); B42D 1/00 (2006.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/028 (2006.01); H04N 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); B42D 25/485 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/1867 (2013.01); B42D 1/009 (2013.01); G06F 17/30879 (2013.01); G06K 19/06046 (2013.01); H04N 1/00307 (2013.01); H04N 1/00326 (2013.01); H04N 1/00334 (2013.01); H04N 1/0282 (2013.01); H04N 1/32144 (2013.01); H04N 1/32352 (2013.01); B42D 25/485 (2014.10); B42D 2035/34 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0096 (2013.01); H04N 2201/327 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3249 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3271 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3278 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3284 (2013.01);
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.


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