Patent ID: 9576230
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06K

Claim:
1. A method of printing an absolute position code on a surface using an electronic printer, the method comprising: using an electronic printer, printing an absolute position code on a surface that codes a plurality of absolute positions on said surface, said absolute position code comprising a plurality of bands, each of said bands including a plurality of parallel dotted lines and being arranged in parallel with the others of the plurality of bands, wherein said parallel dotted lines comprise a sequence of graphical marks, wherein each graphical mark of each of said bands is located at a predetermined displacement from a base line of said band, said predetermined displacement representing a value indicated by said graphical mark in a predetermined number base such that the graphical marks of said band represent a sequence of distinct numbers, wherein any two consecutive bands are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined value, and wherein for any two consecutive bands, each number of the sequence of distinct numbers of a first of said two consecutive bands codes an absolute row position of one of said plurality of absolute positions on said surface and each number of the sequence of distinct numbers of a second of said two consecutive bands codes an absolute column position of one of said plurality of absolute positions on said surface.