Patent Document ID: 20170142291
Application ID: 15421180
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A non-binary data storage system, comprising, an encoder that produces encoded data that is represented by a plurality of non-binary digits where each non-binary digit has at least three possible digit values; a printer that places a plurality of colored dots on computer readable media to represent the encoded data so that each non-binary digit is represented by a single colored dot, and each possible digit value is represented by a different color so that a color of each colored dot indicates a digital value represented the colored dot; a color discriminating apparatus that reads the plurality of colored dots, including detecting a color of each colored dot in the plurality of colored dots; a module that correlates the color of each colored dot in the plurality of colored dots detected by the color discriminating apparatus to recover an original digital value represented by each colored dot in the plurality of colored dots and to recover the encoded data that is represented by the plurality of non-binary digits.