Patent Document ID: 9827780
Application ID: 15421180
Patent Status: 1

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 single-color star-shaped dots on computer readable media to represent the encoded data so that each non-binary digit is represented by one single-color star-shaped dot, and each possible digit value is represented by a different color so that a color of each single-color star-shaped dot indicates a digital value represented the single-color star-shaped dot, wherein each single color star-shaped dot is a solid color dot without outlines and without background frame regions; a color discriminating apparatus that reads the plurality of single-color star-shaped dots, including detecting a color of each single-color star-shaped dot in the plurality of single-color star-shaped dots; a module that correlates the color of each single-color star-shaped dot in the plurality of single-color star-shaped dots detected by the color discriminating apparatus to recover an original digital value represented by each single-color star-shaped dot in the plurality of single-color star-shaped dots and to recover the encoded data that is represented by the plurality of non-binary digits.