A system and method for identifying test bars formed during a selective laser sintering build. A part cake is formed during a selective laser sintering build. The part cake comprises parts formed from a powder by selective laser sintering and unsintered powder around the formed parts. The parts include test bars for performing material testing. Each test bar includes a plurality of indentations in a first grip section and a second grip section. The plurality of indentations are arranged in a information providing pattern that is adapted to be readable after the test part is removed from the part cake.

A receptacle for detecting delivery and retrieval events has a door sensor, an item sensor, a scanner, and a control unit for operating the sensors, and transmitting the sensor information for processing and analysis. A system can determine whether an event was a delivery or retrieval event based on sensor information and item tracking information. A system can further include an item configured to interact with a computing device.

Provided is a method for encoding chipless RFID tags in real-time. The method includes exposing a chipless RFID transponder to a conductive material, the RFID transponder comprising an antenna and a plurality of resonant structures, the plurality of resonant structures together defining a first spectral signature. Each of the plurality of resonant structures includes a respective one of a frequency domain. The method also includes depositing a conductive material on at least one of the resonant structures to short the at least one of the resonant structures. The remainder of the plurality of resonant structures that are not shorted by the conductive material define a second spectral signature for the RFID transponder.

A lottery ticket pack verification system and method for simultaneously scanning a plurality of picked lottery ticket packs and for determining if the scanned lottery ticket packs are the correct lottery ticket packs based on a lottery ticket pack pick list.

A code support for association with or part of a capsule used in delivering a beverage in a beverage producing device by centrifugation of the capsule is disclosed. A capsule that includes the code support, as well as a system to read and process the code support, are also disclosed. Further disclosed is a method of reading and processing the code support.

Assemblies, systems, and methods for applying postage indicia to one or more sequential mailpiece on a high speed mail sorter are disclosed. In some aspects, a system for franking one or more sequential mailpiece using a postal security device (PSD) hub assembly on a high speed mail sorter includes a plurality of PSDs configured to generate a coded digital signature for the one or more sequential mailpiece during a latency period, a plurality of photo sensors configured to define the latency period, a PSD host configured to receive the generated coded digital signature, wherein the generated coded digital signature is encoded in a data matrix, and an indicia printer configured to receive printer control data and to print the printer control data on the one or more sequential mailpiece in an order in which the plurality of PSDs are tasked during the latency period.

In one aspect, the present invention features an identification tag as described herein. In a related aspect, the invention features packaging for a product that includes the identification tag and is useful in discouraging and/or detecting counterfeiting and product diversion.

A smart logistics label system comprises a control device and a logistics label device. The control device acquires identity label information from the logistics label device and stores it as identity comparison label information. When goods information input into the control device matches the identity label information, the control device generates a goods label pattern according to the goods information.

The control device asks the logistics label device to provide identity label information again; compares whether it matches the identity comparison label information; and if yes, transmits the goods label pattern to the logistics label device for presentation. Then, the goods label pattern is input into the control device for verifying the correctness of the goods label pattern. The present invention perform double verifications to guarantee that the goods label pattern is presented on the corresponding electronic label, whereby to raise the accuracy of allocating goods.

A method and system for enhancing authenticity detail of captured video is disclosed. Objects within a physical environment (and visible within a camera field of view) are captured in video, and by way of video analytics these objects and their respective metadata are employed as part of the method and system for enhancing the authenticity detail of the captured video. Also, rather than the audio/video stream(s) being modified, the actual video scene itself may be modified.

A receptacle for detecting delivery and retrieval events has a door sensor, an item sensor, a scanner, and a control unit for operating the sensors, and transmitting the sensor information for processing and analysis. A system can determine whether an event was a delivery or retrieval event based on sensor information and item tracking information. A system can further include an item configured to interact with a computing device.