IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0709728
(2010-02-22)
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등록번호 |
US-8413881
(2013-04-09)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Crackel, Dwain
- Ferguson, David W.
- Kean, Jr., Victor A.
- Pointer, Philip
- Wolf, Alan R.
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출원인 / 주소 |
- Into Great Companies, Inc.
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
1 인용 특허 :
44 |
초록
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A system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users is disclosed. The system may include a control system having a processor capable of accessing a library associating a native bar code with the content of a prerecorded media disc and receiving the identification of a native bar code of a media
A system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users is disclosed. The system may include a control system having a processor capable of accessing a library associating a native bar code with the content of a prerecorded media disc and receiving the identification of a native bar code of a media disc from an optical disc identification system. The system may also include a user interface system having a buy-back activator and being adapted to receive a media disc from a user, where the user interface is capable of communicating a buy-back price to the user. An optical disc identification system may include a disc holder, a light source, a sensor capable of capturing a digital image of the hub of a media disc including a native bar code, and an image processor capable of reading the native bar code from a digital image.
대표청구항
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1. A system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users comprising: a control system having a processor capable of accessing a library associating a native bar code with the content of a prerecorded media disc, receiving the identification of a native bar code of a prerecorded media disc from an
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A system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users comprising: a control system having a processor capable of accessing a library associating a native bar code with the content of a prerecorded media disc, receiving the identification of a native bar code of a prerecorded media disc from an optical disc identification system adapted to read a native bar code on a prerecorded media disc, identifying the content of the prerecorded media disc read by the optical disc identification system by the native bar code when in the library, directing a disc transfer system to store the prerecorded media disc in a selected location of a disc storage system, and storing in a memory of the control system the selected location and content or native bar code of each prerecorded media disc, anda user interface system operably connected to the control system and adapted to receive a prerecorded media disc from a user, and including a buy-back activator and at least one browsing and selection station operable by a user, the user interface system capable of receiving from the control system an identification of the content of the received media disc, communicating to the user a buy-back price provided by the control system for the received media disc, and directing credit of a user account for the buy-back price of the received media disc. 2. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 1 where the user interface system is also capable of transferring the received disc to the optical disc identification system. 3. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 1 where the optical disc identification system is part of the user interface system and is adapted to read the native bar code on receipt of the media disc from the user. 4. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 1 where the user interface system is also capable of receiving a user identification of the content of the prerecorded media disc and communicating such user identification to the control system, and the control system is capable of comparing the user identification of the content of the prerecorded disc media with the content identified by the native bar code. 5. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 1 where the user interface system is capable of receiving from the control system an identification of a prerecorded media disc read by optical disc identification system and displaying such identification to the user. 6. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs users as claimed in claim 1 where the optical disc identification system is capable of checking the quality of the prerecorded media disc and the user interface is also capable of dispensing back to the user a received disc that does not meet a given quality standard. 7. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 1 where the optical disc identification system is capable of checking the quality of the media disc and transferring a measure of the quality to the control system, and the control system is capable of adjusting the buy-back price displayed to the user by the user interface system based on the measured quality of the received media disc. 8. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a communication system capable of at least periodically updating a buy-back price database with prices for used prerecorded media discs. 9. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 8 where the communication system provides a continual updating of the prices for used prerecorded media discs. 10. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 1 where the control system is capable of instructing the user interface system to dispense back to the user a received media disc that cannot be identified by the native bar code. 11. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 1 where the control system is capable of identifying a prerecorded media disc whose native bar code is not present in the library and updating the library associating such native bar code with the content of the prerecorded media disc. 12. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 11 where the library communicates with other like control systems, and is capable of verifying an association of such newly added native bar code with content of prerecorded media disc identified by the control system. 13. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 12 where the control system is also capable of directing debit of a credit previously issued to a user for a buy-back price paid for a received disc when the control system is unable to verify the association between the native bar code and the identification of the prerecorded media disc. 14. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 1 where the user interface system is capable of reading a bar code from a case associated with the content of the received disc and transferring such identification of the case bar code to the control system, and where the control system is capable of comparing the disc content associated with the case bar code with the disc content associated with the native bar code of the received disc identified by the optical disc identification system and directing the user interface system to inform the user when the disc content associated with the native bar code does not agree with the disc content associated with the case bar code. 15. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 14 where the optical disc identification system comprises: a disc holder adapted to support a received media disc to expose a center hub of the media disc,a light source positioned to illuminate at least a portion of the hub of the media disc in the disc holder,a sensor capable of capturing a digital image of at least a portion of the hub including a native bar code on the media disc, andan image processor capable of reading the native bar code from the digital image. 16. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 1 where the optical disc identification system is capable of capturing a digital image of at least a portion of a center hub of a received media disc containing a native bar code and reading the native bar code from the digital image of the hub of the received media disc. 17. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 1 where the optical disc identification system comprises: a disc holder adapted to support a received media disc to expose a center hub of the media disc,a light source positioned to illuminate at least a portion of the hub of the media disc in the disc holder,a sensor capable of capturing a digital image of at least a portion of the hub including a native bar code on the media disc, andan image processor capable of reading the native bar code from the digital image. 18. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 17 where the optical disc identification system further comprises: a mirror positioned to reflect an image of a surface of the received media disc illuminated by the light source,where the sensor is capable of capturing the reflected image from the mirror of at least a portion of the surface of the media disc through an opening in the center hub of the media disc, andwhere the control system is capable of accessing a library of art work associated with content of prerecorded media discs and is capable of comparing the reflected image captured by the sensor with the art work in the library to identify the content of the received media disc. 19. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 17 where the optical disc identification system further comprises: a second light source positioned to illuminate at least a portion of a surface of the received media disc opposite the first light source,a second sensor capable of capturing a digital image of at least a portion of the surface of the media disc illuminated by the second light source and transferring that digital image to the control system, andwhere the control system is capable of accessing a library of art work associated with content of prerecorded media discs and is capable of comparing the digital image captured by the second sensor with the art work in the library to identify the content of the received media disc. 20. The optical disc identification system as claimed in claim 17 where the light source positioned to illuminate at least a part of the hub of the received media disc positioned in the disc holder is capable of producing light selected from the group consisting of indirect light, diffused light, and dispersed light. 21. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 1 where the prerecorded media discs are bare discs. 22. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 1 where the prerecorded media disc may be in a case and the optical disc identification system is capable of reading the native bar code on the received media disc through a window in the case. 23. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 1 where the prerecorded media disc may be in a case and the optical disc identification system is capable of reading the native bar code on the received media disc through an opening in the case. 24. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 1 where the prerecorded media discs are selected from the group consisting of CD's, DVD's, HD DVD's, Blu-ray® discs, Wii® games, Playstation® games, Nintendo® games, Xbox® games and a mixture thereof. 25. A system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users comprising: a control system having a processor capable of accessing a library associating native bar codes with content of prerecorded media discs, receiving the identification of a native bar code of a prerecorded media disc from an optical disc identification system adapted to read a native bar code on a prerecorded media disc and receiving the identification of the content of said media disc by a disc drive capable of reading at least part of the content of the prerecorded media discs, identifying the content of the prerecorded media read by the optical disc identification system and the content of prerecorded media disc identified by the disc drive, comparing the content of the received media disc identified by the native bar code with that identified by the disc drive, transferring information to a user interface when the identified contents do not match, directing a disc transfer system to store the prerecorded media discs in selected locations of a disc storage system, and storing in a memory system the selected location and content of each prerecorded media disc, andthe user interface system operably connected to the control system and adapted to receive a prerecorded media disc from a user, and including a buy-back activator and at least one browsing and selection station operable by a user, the user interface system is capable of receiving from the control system an identification of the content of the received disc, communicating to the user a buy-back price provided by the control system for the received disc, and directing credit of a user account for the buy-back price of the received disc. 26. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 25 where the user interface system is also capable of issuing a credit or debit to the user for the buy-back price of the received media disc based on comparing the contents identified by the optical identification system and by the disc drive. 27. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 25 where the user interface system is capable of transferring the received disc to the optical disc identification system. 28. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 25 where the optical disc identification system is part of the user interface system and is adapted to read the native bar code on receipt of the media disc from the user. 29. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 25 where the user interface system is capable of receiving a user identification of the content of a prerecorded media disc and communicating such user identification to the control system, and the control system is capable of comparing the user identification of the content of the prerecorded disc media with the content identified by the native bar code. 30. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 25 where the user interface system is capable of receiving from the control system an identification of a prerecorded media disc read by the optical disc identification system and displaying such identification to the user. 31. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 25 where the optical disc identification system is capable of checking the quality of the prerecorded media disc and the user interface is capable of dispensing back to the user a received disc that does not meet a given quality standard. 32. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 25 where the optical disc identification system is capable of checking the quality of the media disc and transferring a measure of the quality to the control system, and the control system is capable of adjusting the buy-back price displayed to the user by the user interface system based on the measured quality of the received media disc. 33. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 25 further comprising a communication system capable of at least periodically updating a buy-back price database with prices for used prerecorded media discs. 34. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 25 where the communication system provides a continual updating of the prices for used prerecorded media discs. 35. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 25 where the control system is capable of instructing the user interface system to dispense back to the user a received media disc that cannot be identified by the native bar code. 36. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 25 where the control system is capable of identifying a prerecorded media disc whose native bar code is not present in the library and updating the library associating such native bar code with the content of the prerecorded media disc. 37. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 36 where the library communicates with other like control systems, and is capable of verifying an association of such newly added native bar code with content of a prerecorded media disc identified by the control system. 38. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 37 where the control system is capable of directing debit of a credit previously issued to a user for a buy-back price paid for a received disc when the control system is unable to verify the association between the native bar code and the identification of the prerecorded media disc. 39. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 25 where the user interface system is capable of reading a bar code from a case associated with the content of the received disc and transferring such identification of the case bar code to the control system, and where the control system is capable of comparing the disc content associated with the case bar code with the disc content associated with the native bar code of the received disc identified by the optical disc identification system and directing the user interface system to inform the user when the disc content associated with the native bar code does not agree with the disc content associated with the case bar code. 40. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 39 where the optical disc identification system comprises: a disc holder adapted to support a received media disc to expose a center hub of the media disc,a light source positioned to illuminate at least a portion of the hub of the media disc in the disc holder,a sensor capable of capturing a digital image of at least a portion of the hub including a native bar code on the received media disc, andan image processor capable of reading the native bar code from the digital image. 41. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 25 where the optical disc identification system is capable of capturing a digital image of at least a portion of a center hub of a received media disc containing a native bar code and reading the native bar code from the digital image of the hub of the received media disc. 42. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 25 where the optical disc identification system comprises: a disc holder adapted to support a received media disc to expose a center hub of the media disc,a light source positioned to illuminate at least a portion of the hub of the media disc in the disc holder,a sensor capable of capturing a digital image of at least a portion of the hub including a native bar code on the media disc, andan image processor capable of reading the native bar code from the digital image. 43. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 42 where the optical disc identification system further comprises: a mirror positioned to reflect an image of a surface of the received media disc illuminated by the light source,where the sensor is capable of capturing the reflected image from the mirror of at least a portion of the surface of the media disc through an opening in the center hub of the received media disc, andwhere the control system is capable of accessing a library of art work associated with content of prerecorded media discs and is capable of comparing the reflected image captured by the sensor with the art work in the library to identify the content of the received media disc. 44. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 42 where the optical disc identification system further comprises: a second light source positioned to illuminate at least a portion of a surface of the received media disc opposite the first light source,a second sensor capable of capturing a digital image of at least a portion of the surface of the received media disc illuminated by the second light source and transferring that digital image to the control system, andwhere the control system is capable of accessing a library of art work associated with content of prerecorded media discs and is capable of comparing the digital image captured by the second sensor with the art work in the library to identify the content of the received media disc. 45. The optical disc identification system as claimed in claim 42 where the light source positioned to illuminate at least a part of the hub of the received media disc positioned in the disc holder is capable of producing light selected from the group consisting of indirect light, diffused light, and dispersed light. 46. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 25 where the prerecorded media discs are bare discs. 47. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 25 where the prerecorded media disc may be in a case and optical disc identification system is capable of reading the native bar code on the received media disc through a window in the case. 48. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 25 where the prerecorded media disc may be in a case and optical disc identification system is capable of reading the native bar code on the received media disc through an opening in the case. 49. The system of receiving prerecorded media discs from users as claimed in claim 25 where the media discs are selected from the group consisting of CD's, DVD's, HD DVD's, Blu-ray® discs, Wii® games, Playstation® games, Nintendo® games, Xbox® games and mixture thereof. 50. An optical disc identification system comprising: a disc holder adapted to support a non-rotating prerecorded media disc to expose a center hub of the media disc,a light source positioned to illuminate at least a portion of the hub of the non-rotating prerecorded media disc in the disc holder,a sensor capable of capturing a digital image of at least a portion of the hub including a native bar code on the non-rotating prerecorded media disc, andan image processor capable of reading the native bar code from the digital image, where the image processor is capable of selecting a linear section of the digital image and determining if the linear section intersects a portion of a native bar code. 51. The optical disc identification system as claimed in claim 50 further comprising: a mirror positioned to reflect an image of a surface of the media disc illuminated by the light source,where the sensor is capable of capturing the reflected image from the mirror of at least a portion of the surface of the media disc through an opening in the center hub of the media disc, andthe image processor is capable of comparing the reflected image captured by the sensor with a library of art work associated with the content of prerecorded media discs to identify the content of the media disc. 52. The optical disc identification system as claimed in claim 50 further comprising: a second light source positioned to illuminate at least a portion of a surface of the media disc opposite the first light source,a second sensor capable of capturing a digital image of at least a portion of the surface of the media disc illuminated by the second light source and transferring that image to the image processor,where the image processor is capable of comparing the digital image captured by the second sensor with a library of artwork associated with the content of prerecorded media discs to identify the content of the media disc. 53. The optical disc identification system as claimed in claim 50 where the light source positioned to illuminate at least a part of the hub of the received media disc positioned in the disc holder is capable of producing light selected from the group consisting of indirect light, diffused light, and disperse light. 54. The optical disc identification system as claimed in claim 50 where the sensor has an adjustable focal length. 55. The optical disc identification system as claimed in claim 50 where the image processor is capable of identifying an approximate location of the center of the media disc and mapping concentric ellipses from successive approximations of the center of the media disc to identify and read the native bar code of the media disc. 56. The optical disc identification system as claimed in claim 50 where the image processor is capable of reading at least a portion of the native bar code and reporting the identified portion of the native bar code to a control system. 57. The optical disc identification system as claimed in claim 50 where the disc holder comprises a pair of disc supports capable of maintaining the media disc on an pivot to facilitate movement of the disc within the disc identification system. 58. The optical disc identification system as claimed in claim 57 where the disc supports are formed of non-scratching material.
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