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US 11,454,592 B2Granted
Confirmation apparatus, confirmation method, and non-transitory storage medium
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorHiroki Matsuura
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Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a means for confirming whether a plant (for example, cannabis or tobacco) or a processed product thereof is a genuine product. The present invention provides a confirmation method including: an irradiation step (S11) of irradiating a plant or a processed product of the plant with light; a confirmation 5 step (S12) of confirming whether the plant or the processed product of the plant irradiated with light emits fluorescence; and a determination step (S13) of determining the plant or the processed product of the plant emitting fluorescence to be a genuine product and the plant or the processed product of the plant not emitting fluorescence to be a counterfeit product.
Claims8
A confirmation method comprising:
- an acquisition step of acquiring, from a plant or a processed product of a plant, characteristic information including information about a predetermined wavelength;
- an irradiation step of irradiating the plant or the plant-processed product with a light having the predetermined wavelength which is acquired by the acquisition step;
- a confirmation step of confirming whether the plant or the plant-processed product irradiated with the light having the predetermined wavelength emits fluorescence;
- a determination step of determining, based on a judgement whether or not the plant or the plant-processed product emits the fluorescence in response to the irradiated light having the predetermined wavelength, whether the plant or the plant-processed product is a genuine product or not,
- wherein the determination step determines that the plant or the plant-processed product is the genuine product if the plant or the plant-processed product emits the fluorescence in response to the irradiated light having the predetermined wavelength,
- wherein the determination step determines that the plant or the plant-processed product is a counterfeit product if the plant or the plant-processed product does not emit the fluorescence in response to the irradiated light having the predetermined wavelength, and
- wherein the plant or the plant-processed product that is the genuine product is genetically modified in such a way as to emit the fluorescence from a predetermined portion of the plant or the plant-processed product when being irradiated with the light having the predetermined wavelength,
- wherein the characteristic information comprises information about the predetermined portion, and
- wherein the confirmation step checks that the predetermined portion of the plant or the plant-processed product emits the fluorescence.
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A confirmation apparatus comprising:
- a light configured to irradiate a plant or a processed product of a plant with light;
- at least one memory configured to store one or more instructions;
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- at least one processor configured to execute the one or more instructions to:
- analyze a captured image;
- acquire, from the plant or the plant-processed product, characteristic information including information about a predetermined wavelength;
- cause the light to irradiate the plant or the plant-processed product with the light having the predetermined wavelength which is acquired by the at least one processor;
- confirm whether the plant or the plant-processed product irradiated with the light having the predetermined wavelength emits fluorescence;
- determine, based on a judgement whether or not the plant or the plant-processed product emits the fluorescence in response to the irradiated light having the predetermined wavelength, whether the plant or the plant-processed product is a genuine product or not,
- wherein the determination of whether the plant or the plant-processed product is the genuine product or not comprises determining that the plant or the plant-processed product is the genuine product if the plant or the plant-processed product emits the fluorescence in response to the irradiated light having the predetermined wavelength,
- wherein the determination of whether the plant or the plant-processed product is the genuine product or not comprises determining that the plant or the plant-processed product is a counterfeit product if the plant or the plant-processed product does not emit the fluorescence in response to the irradiated light having the predetermined wavelength, and
- wherein the plant or the plant-processed product that is the genuine product is genetically modified in such a way as to emit the fluorescence from a predetermined portion of the plant or the plant-processed product when being irradiated with the light having the predetermined wavelength,
- wherein the characteristic information comprises information about the predetermined portion, and
- wherein the confirmation step checks that the predetermined portion of the plant or the plant-processed product emits the fluorescence.
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A non-transitory storage medium storing a program causing a computer to:
- acquire, from a plant or a processed product of a plant, characteristic information including information about a predetermined wavelength;
- cause a light to irradiate the plant or the plant-processed product with a light having the predetermined wavelength which is acquired by the at least one processor;
- confirm whether the plant or the plant-processed product irradiated with the light having the predetermined wavelength emits fluorescence;
- determine, based on a judgement whether or not the plant or the plant-processed product emits the fluorescence in response to the irradiated light having the predetermined wavelength, whether the plant or the plant-processed product is a genuine product or not,
- wherein the determination of whether the plant or the plant-processed product is the genuine product or not comprises determining that the plant or the plant-processed product is the genuine product if the plant or the plant-processed product emits the fluorescence in response to the irradiated light having the predetermined wavelength,
- wherein the determination of whether the plant or the plant-processed product is the genuine product or not comprises determining that the plant or the plant-processed product is a counterfeit product if the plant or the plant-processed product does not emit the fluorescence in response to the irradiated light having the predetermined wavelength, and
- wherein the plant or the plant-processed product that is the genuine product is genetically modified in such a way as to emit the fluorescence from a predetermined portion of the plant or the plant-processed product when being irradiated with the light having the predetermined wavelength,
- wherein the characteristic information comprises information about the predetermined portion, and
- wherein the confirmation step checks that the predetermined portion of the plant or the plant-processed product emits the fluorescence.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.