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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Dylan J. Boday, Tuscon, AZ (US);
Bradford O. Brooks, Longmont, CO (US);
Srinivas Babu Tummalapenta, Broomfield, CO (US);
Jason T. Wertz, Pleasant Valley, NY (US);
Hamza Yaswi, Erie, CO (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An article of manufacture includes a substrate, a first patterned layer deposited on the substrate in a first region, and a second patterned layer deposited on the substrate in a second region. The first patterned layer encodes first information in first symbols that are detectable by an optical sensor. The second patterned layer encodes second information in second symbols that are detectable by a non-optical sensor. The second information is distinct from the first information and the second region at least partially overlaps the first region.