Patents by Inventor Peter W. LeMasters

Peter W. LeMasters has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • PRINTED MEDIA PRODUCTS INCLUDING DATA FILES PROVIDED IN MULTIPLE LAYERS OF ENCODED, COLORED DOTS
    Publication number: 20120006894
    Abstract: A printed media product, such as a trading card, that has a substrate and an encoded data element applied to a surface of the substrate containing information. The encoded data element includes first, second, and third data layers with first, second, and third patterns of encoded, colored dots defined by a binary encoding scheme. The dots of the first, second, and third layers are different colors separately resolvable by a scanner with decoding software. The colors of the dots are cyan, yellow, and magenta, and the layers are printed so that the dots overlap. The binary encoding scheme includes a two dimensional run length limited code. The printed media product includes a graphics element that can be interpreted by a human user, and typically, the information encoded in the encoded data element layers is related to the information in the graphics element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Benny J. Pruden, Peter W. LeMasters
  • Printed media products including data files provided in multiple layers of encoded, colored dots
    Patent number: 8045219
    Abstract: A printed media product, such as a trading card, that has a substrate and an encoded data element applied to a surface of the substrate containing information. The encoded data element includes first, second, and third data layers with first, second, and third patterns of encoded, colored dots defined by a binary encoding scheme. The dots of the first, second, and third layers are different colors separately resolvable by a scanner with decoding software. The colors of the dots are cyan, yellow, and magenta, and the layers are printed so that the dots overlap. The binary encoding scheme includes a two dimensional run length limited code. The printed media product includes a graphics element that can be interpreted by a human user, and typically, the information encoded in the encoded data element layers is related to the information in the graphics element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Benny J. Pruden, Peter W. LeMasters
  • Printed media products including data files provided in multiple layers of encoded, colored dots
    Publication number: 20040246529
    Abstract: A printed media product, such as a trading card, that has a substrate and an encoded data element applied to a surface of the substrate containing information. The encoded data element includes first, second, and third data layers with first, second, and third patterns of encoded, colored dots defined by a binary encoding scheme. The dots of the first, second, and third layers are different colors separately resolvable by a scanner with decoding software. The colors of the dots are cyan, yellow, and magenta, and the layers are printed so that the dots overlap. The binary encoding scheme includes a two dimensional run length limited code. The printed media product includes a graphics element that can be interpreted by a human user, and typically, the information encoded in the encoded data element layers is related to the information in the graphics element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Benny J. Pruden, Peter W. LeMasters