Patent ID: 8006913
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
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 has a visually negligible size, 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 are negligible when the user observes the main information; wherein each graphical micro-unit is printed in an ink that substantially absorbs infrared ray, and the main information is printed in an ink that hardly absorbs infrared ray; and wherein the ink is a black oil ink, and the main information is printed in a Near-K ink that comprises an ink hardly absorbing infrared ray.