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US 11,685,580 B2Granted
Medication counterfeit detection
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsRajeev Narayanan, Bing Dang
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Abstract
A device for detecting a tampering of a product in a product packaging material. The device comprises a network of sensors integrated into the product packaging material; a microcontroller, the microcontroller configured to detect, by accessing the sensors of the sensor network, the tampering of the product packaging material; and a communication device for relaying information regarding a status of the product packaging material.
Claims13
A device for detecting a tampering of a product in a product packaging material, the device comprising:
- a plurality of optical sensors arranged into a network of sensors and integrated into the product packaging material, wherein each optical sensor is configured to detect a pattern from reflected light and an embedded character in a medication in the product packaging material;
- a microcontroller configured to detect, by accessing the optical sensors, a signature of the medication, wherein the microcontroller is programmed with an expected signature of the medication and the information obtained from the optical sensor is analyzed to determine if the medication is genuine;
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- a communication device for relaying information regarding a status of the product by the microcontroller based on the detected signature.
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