US 12,136,018 B1
Enhanced security of a barcode
Mauro Marzorati, Lutz, FL (US); Jeremy R. Fox, Georgetown, TX (US); Tiberiu Suto, Franklin, NY (US); and Uri Kartoun, Cambridge, MA (US)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on May 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/309,868.
Int. Cl. G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01)
CPC G06K 7/1456 (2013.01) [G07C 9/00571 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for authorizing access to an associated resource based on processing a series of barcode orientation scans, the computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, by a barcode reader, a series of barcode orientation scans, wherein the barcode is rotated, by a user, within a rotational pattern to select a combination of multiple numbers on a face-based circle number array, and wherein an initial angle of the series of barcode orientation scans is set from a random offset of the face-based circle number array;
determining if the series of barcode orientation scans match a pre-selected combination of barcode orientations; and
authorizing access to an associated resource, in response to the series of barcode orientation scans matching the pre-selected combination of barcode orientations.