Patent ID: 7748712
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: A63F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a scratch media having a tactile data pattern to provide information to a user; and a scratch region on the scratch media having a plurality of layers that conceal the tactile data pattern, wherein the tactile data pattern includes at least one of a raised tactile data and an indented tactile data, wherein the raised tactile data and the indented tactile data is at least one of a braille character, an alphanumerical character and a tangible data, wherein surface edge of the at least one of the raised tactile data and the indented tactile data of the tactile data pattern is curved, wherein the tactile data pattern is arranged according to at least one of an overlapping pattern arrangement and a non-overlapping pattern arrangement, wherein arrangement of the overlapping pattern arrangement and the non-overlapping pattern arrangement is based on a combination of a print data and at least one of the raised tactile data and the indented tactile data, wherein a first tamper-proof layer of the plurality of layers covers at least one of the print data, the raised tactile data and the indented tactile data to prevent tampering of the tactile data pattern, and wherein the first tamper-proof layer is at least one of a mask layer and a fill layer, wherein a second opaque layer of the plurality of layers covers at least one of the first tamper-proof layer, the print data, the raised tactile data and the indented tactile data to prevent detection of the tactile data pattern, and wherein thickness of the second opaque layer is greater than a thickness of the raised tactile data.