CPC G06K 13/02 (2013.01) [G05B 19/4155 (2013.01); G05B 2219/33099 (2013.01)] | 11 Claims |
1. A system comprising:
a fabrication machine configured to fabricate, from a raw substrate separate and independent from an object, a marker separate and independent from the object, the marker having identifying information identifying the object, the marker being composed of a radiopaque material and having:
a bottom surface configured to be placed adjacent to the object; and
a top surface; and
a controller having a processor operating a predetermined encoding process, with the processor configured to control the machine to fabricate the marker with a plurality of recesses in at least the top surface,
wherein the plurality of recesses encode the identifying information.
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