Patent ID: 11960950
Assignee: BELL LUMBER & POLE COMPANY
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for associating tracking information with a laminated member, the method comprising:
providing a blank tag for the laminated member; and
providing an apparatus for forming information into the blank tag to access tracking information for the laminated member including:
a memory circuit including data stored thereon in machine readable format, the data including information to access the tracking data for the laminated member;
a light source including a light source control circuit operable to operate the light source; and
a processor circuit operably coupled to the memory circuit and the light source control circuit, the processor circuit being configured to operate the light source, wherein the processor circuit executes instructions to (i) retrieve from said memory circuit said information to access the tracking data for said laminated member, and (ii) operate said light source to form at least one character into a surface of the blank tag, said at least one character being encoded with said information to access the tracking data relating to said laminated member; and

forming a marked tag from the blank tag by way of the apparatus by forming at least one character on the blank tag using the light source of the apparatus, the at least one character being encoded with said information to access the tracking data for said laminated member to permit an observer to retrieve information about the laminated member after the laminated member has been installed.