Patent ID: 6782119
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: G06Q,G06T,G09B

Abstract:
An assembly for creating a two dimension image comprising:a substrate, and standardized multiple elements each adapted for secure placement on the substrate located relative to each other and adapted to be scanned to form said image, each of the elements having an upper surface with borders representing a plan view shape to expose the upper surface as a human visible representation of the relative position and orientation of the elements on the substrate, and each of the of the elements having applied at a predetermined position on the upper surface a machine readable identification symbol that identifies the elements, the location of the element on the substrate, and the orientation of the element, wherein the machine readable symbol comprises: a dot applied to the predetermined position on the upper surface of the element to identify the location of the element relative to the substrate; a radial line applied to the upper surface of the element extending radially outward from the dot to define the angular orientation of the element; a plurality of rings adapted to be concentrically spaced from and about the dot, each of the rings being divisible into a plurality of axially extending ring segments, the element having applied to the upper surface thereof a predetermined number of ring segments from at least one of the rings that identify the element; and, an outer ring applied to the upper surface of the element to completely surround the dot radially spaced a predetermined distance therefrom to define an outer boundary for the symbol within which all symbol information is applied to the upper surface of the element.