US Patent Issued to Capital One Services on March 18 for "System and method using a histogram and colospaces to generate a matrix barcode having a plurality of colors and an ultraviolent layer" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,646, issued on March 18, was assigned to Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.).

"System and method using a histogram and colospaces to generate a matrix barcode having a plurality of colors and an ultraviolent layer" was invented by Austin Grant Walters (Savoy, Ill.), Jeremy Edward Goodsitt (Champaign, Ill.) and Fardin Abdi Taghi Abad (Champaign, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques to improve detection and security of images, including formation and detection of matrix-based images. A histogram may be used to determine a most prevalent color of a plurality of prevalent colors associated with an environment. A related plu...