Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus to tag metal
- Patent Title (中): 标记金属的方法和设备
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Application No.: US13714650Application Date: 2012-12-14
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Publication No.: US09406009B2Publication Date: 2016-08-02
- Inventor: Supratik Guha , Yves C. Martin , Theodore G. van Kessel
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Agent Vazken Alexanian
- Main IPC: G06K19/06
- IPC: G06K19/06 ; G06K7/01 ; G06K19/063 ; B21C37/06 ; B21C51/00

Abstract:
A method of tagging an article is disclosed. Data that identifies the article is encoded into at least one stress value. A stress region having a stress that corresponds to the at least one stress value is created in a surface of the article to the tag the article. The at least one stress value is read by a measurement device to read the data and identify the article.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140166752A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS TO TAG METAL Public/Granted day:2014-06-19
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