Sony patents heat-sensitive ID tags with unique physical features
Sony describes an identification element made from a heat-sensitive recording material layered on a base. The tag includes a specific area with a distinct physical characteristic that serves as a unique identifier.
In the filing’s own words
An identification element according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a thermosensitive recording medium provided with one or a plurality of layers on a support substrate. An identification region having a unique physical feature is provided in at least a portion of the thermosensitive recording medium.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An identification element comprising a thermosensitive recording medium provided with one or a plurality of layers on a support substrate, wherein an identification region having a unique physical feature is provided in at least a portion of the thermosensitive recording medium.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (SONY GROUP CORPORATION)
- Official title
- IDENTIFICATION ELEMENT, INQUIRY APPARATUS, AND INQUIRY METHOD
- Publication number
- US20260307421A1
- Application number
- 19481142
- Filed
- May 15, 2024
- Published
- Oct 8, 2026
- Inventors
- 5
- Claims
- 24
Classified under
B42D 25/30 Operations & transportB42D 25/36 Operations & transportMore from Sony in Other
Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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