Systems and methods for generating and reading intrinsic matrixed bar codes

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10902229-B2
Application number	US-201916596280-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 8, 2019
Priority date	Jun 14, 2017
Publication date	Jan 26, 2021
Grant date	Jan 26, 2021

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for generating intrinsic matrixed bar codes, such as Quick Response (“QR”) codes. In one implementation, system for generating an intrinsic matrixed bar code may include an image-receiving device, a processor configured to execute instructions, and a memory storing the instructions. The instructions may include instructions to: receive an image using the image-receiving device, generate a registration mark corresponding to the received image, select coordinates on the received image, overlay one or more matrixed bar codes on the selected coordinates, update the registration mark with the selected coordinates, and overlay the registration mark on the received image.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for generating an intrinsic matrixed bar code, comprising:
an image-receiving device;
one or more memory devices storing instructions; and
one or more processors configured to execute instructions to:
receive an image using the image-receiving device;
generate an information container row;
divide the image into a grid;
select coordinates on the image which comprise locations on the grid;
overlay a plurality of matrixed bar codes on the selected coordinates;
generate a registration mark using the information container row and the grid to indicate portions of the grid corresponding to locations of the image that contain the overlaid matrixed bar codes; and
overlay the registration mark on the image to generate the intrinsic matrixed bar code.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the information container row comprises a plurality of properties of the image.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein generating the information container row comprises determining by the one or more processors whether the image is either a static image or a dynamic image.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein generating the information container row further comprises determining by the one or more processors whether the registration mark should be either embedded within the image or be placed external to the image.

5. The system of claim 3 , wherein generating the information container row further comprises determining by the one or more processors whether the image has either a landscape or portrait orientation.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to divide the image into the grid based on a preset input.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to update the registration mark to correspond to the grid into which the image was divided.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein overlaying the matrixed bar codes further comprises pasting by the one or more processors the matrixed bar codes onto the selected coordinates, shrinking the matrixed bar codes, and applying a transparency to the matrixed bar codes.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to color-shift portions of the image surrounding the overlaid matrixed bar codes.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein overlaying the matrixed bar codes comprises reducing by the one or more processors a size of the matrixed bar codes.

11. A computer-implemented method for generating an intrinsic matrixed bar code, the method comprising:
receiving, by one or more processors, an image using an image-receiving device;
generating an information container row;
dividing the image into a grid;
selecting coordinates on the image which comprise locations on the grid;
overlaying a plurality of matrixed bar codes on the selected coordinates;
generating a registration mark using the information container row and the grid to indicate portions of the grid corresponding to locations of the image that contain the overlaid matrixed bar codes; and
overlaying the registration mark on the image to generate the intrinsic matrixed bar code.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the information container row comprises a plurality of properties of the image.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein generating the information container row comprises determining whether the image is either a static image or a dynamic image.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein generating the information container row further comprises determining whether the registration mark should be either embedded within the image or be placed external to the image.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein generating the information container row further comprises determining whether the image has either a landscape or portrait orientation.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the image is divided into the grid based on a preset input.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the registration mark is updated to correspond to the grid into which the image was divided.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein overlaying the matrixed codes further comprises pasting the matrixed bar codes onto the selected coordinates, shrinking the matrixed bar codes, and applying a transparency to the matrixed bar codes.

19. The method of claim 11 , further comprising color-shifting portions of the image surrounding the overlaid matrixed bar codes.

20. The system of claim 11 , wherein overlaying the matrixed bar codes comprises reducing a size of the matrixed bar codes.

Assignees

• Capital One Services Llc

Inventors

• Barnum Eric

Classifications

• G06T11/10

  Texturing; Colouring; Generation of textures or colours (retouching, inpainting or scratch removal G06T5/77) · CPC title

• G06K7/1417 Primary

  2D bar codes · CPC title

• G06K7/1443

  locating of the code in an image · CPC title

• G06K19/06037

  multi-dimensional coding · CPC title

• G06T11/60

  Creating or editing images; Combining images with text · CPC title