Patent ID: 9361562
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: B41J,G06F,G06K,G06T,G16H

Claim Text:
1. A method for authenticating medication, comprising generating a first recoverable key and a second recoverable key; printing the first recoverable key on a medication pill; and printing the second recoverable key on a medication packaging for the medication pill, wherein at least a portion of the first recoverable key is configured to extract information from the second recoverable key, the information from the second recoverable key comprising medication authentication information, wherein generating the first recoverable key and/or the second recoverable key comprises: (a) defining an initial shape; (b) applying one or more transformations to the initial shape to generate one or more transformed shapes; (c) modifying one or more characteristics of the one or more transformed shapes; and (d) layering one or more of the one or more transformed shapes on the initial shape to provide a layered image corresponding to the first recoverable key or the second recoverable key, wherein a plurality of parameters associated with a function characterizing the layered image are extractable from the layered image and encode medication information.