Patent ID: 7876460
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: B41M,B42D,G06K

Abstract:
1. A method of printing a dot pattern for use with a dot pattern reading system that reads a dot pattern formed on a medium surface by use of an optical reading means, converts the dot pattern into the corresponding data, and outputs the text, voice, images and so forth contained in the data, said method comprising: superpose-printing dots in a concentric fashion by use of an ink that is reactive in the infrared or ultraviolet wavelength range and that is of a single color or multiple colors identical or approximate to the color(s) of the image located at such dot positions; adjusting the color having the highest halftone value among all the colors of said dots (the “highest-halftone color”) to have the same diameter as the diameter of each dot read by the optical reading means; and determining the diameter of each dot in a target color by first dividing the amount of halftone dots in that color by the amount of halftone dots in the highest-grade color, then obtaining a square root value of the resultant value, and finally multiplying the square root value by the diameter of said highest-grade color.