US 12,001,899 B2
Binary punch marker, and a system and method for fabricating the same
Enrico Bovero, Vancouver (CA); and Dana Abdullatif, Dhahran (SA)
Assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on Jun. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/304,667.
Prior Publication US 2022/0414405 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. G06K 13/02 (2006.01); G05B 19/4155 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 13/02 (2013.01) [G05B 19/4155 (2013.01); G05B 2219/33099 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.