Patent ID: 7669774
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: G06F,G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for a user reading an image from a selected zone of a surface of an object with an electronic system, the method comprising: mapping an indicator information to a graphical indicator that is visually negligible, the graphical indicator comprising a plurality of state zones for selectively respectively storing a plurality of graphical micro-units, and each of the state zones selecting a state from at least two candidate states; affixing the graphical indicator onto the surface of the object; and the electronic system retrieving the graphical indicator and outputting an additional information from the graphical indicator, wherein the surface of the object comprises a main information which overlaps and co-exists with the graphical micro-units that are negligible when the user observes the main information, and wherein each graphical micro-unit is printed in the Black (K) primitive color ink, and the main information is printed in the Cyan (C), Magenta (M), Yellow (Y) primitive color ink, or a combination thereof.