US 11,687,642 B2Granted

System and method for identifying and authenticating counterfeiting articles

AssigneeBlue Cromos Management AB

InventorFredrik Pontén

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Abstract

A system and method for identifying and authenticating a counterfeit article using digital fingerprints are disclosed. The system comprises a server with a processor and memory, and a database. The memory is configured to store a set of modules executable by the processor. The set of modules include, but not limited to, a digital image acquisition module, a comparison module, and a decision module. The digital image acquisition module is configured to extract analog identification indicium of the article from one or more images. The comparison module is configured to compare analog identification indicium with actual analog identification indicium of the article. The decision module detects the authenticity of the article based on the comparison results. The system further comprises an anti-counterfeiting network verification system in communication with the server, configured to securely protect the actual analog identification indicium of the article from unauthorized access and other potential crimes.

Claims13

Dependent claims

An anti-counterfeiting system for identifying and authenticating an article using digital fingerprints, comprising:

a server including a processor and a memory in communication with the processor, wherein the memory stores a set of modules executable by the processor;
a database in communication with the server configured to store actual analog identification indicium of the article, digital identifier data, and digital identification record of the article, wherein the actual analog identification indicium corresponding to the article is identified by reading and decoding digital identifier data and a digital identification record, the actual analog identification indicium including a randomize pattern of identification features of the article;
and
an anti-counterfeiting network verification system in communication with the server configured to securely protect the actual analog identification indicium of the article from unauthorized access and other potential crimes;
wherein the set of modules comprises:
a digital image acquisition module configured to extract analog identification indicium of the article for authenticating the article, wherein the analog identification indicium comprises feature information and position information of one or more features of the article;
a comparison module configured to compare the analog identification indicium with the actual analog identification indicium of the article by overlapping the feature information of the analog identification indicium with the randomized pattern of identification features of the actual analog identification indicium, wherein the overlapping involves calculating offsets between the feature information of the along identification indicium and the randomized pattern of identification features of the actual analog identification indicium;
and
a decision module configured to determine the authenticity of the article based on the calculated offsets.

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A method for identifying and authenticating an article, incorporated in an anti-counterfeiting system comprising a server including a processor and a memory in communication with the processor, wherein the memory stores a set of modules executable by the processor, and a database in communication with the server configured to store actual analog identification indicium of the article, digital identifier data, and digital identification record of the article, wherein the actual analog identification indicium corresponding to the article is identified by reading and decoding digital identifier data and a digital identification record, the actual analog identification indicium including a randomized pattern of identification features of the article, the method comprising the steps of:

extracting, at the processor, via a digital image acquisition module, an analog identification indicium from images of an article for authenticating the article, wherein the analog identification indicium comprises feature information and position information of one or more features of the article;
comparing, at the processor, via a comparison module, the analog identification indicium with the actual analog identification indicium of the article by overlapping the feature information of the analog identification indicium with the randomized pattern of identification features of the actual analog identification indicium, wherein the overlapping involves calculating offsets between the feature information of the analog identification indicium and the randomized pattern of identification features of the actual analog identification indicium;
and
determining, at the processor, via a decision module, the authenticity of the article based on the calculated offsets.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/660,864Filed 23 Oct 2019
Published: US 2021/0124964 A129 Apr 2021
Granted: 27 Jun 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

G06F 21/44
Authentication, i.e. establishing the identity or authorisation of security principals: program or device authentication
G06F 18/22
Analysing: matching criteria, e.g. proximity measures
G06V 10/75
Image or video pattern matching; Proximity measures in feature spaces: organisation of the matching processes, e.g. simultaneous or sequential…
G06V 20/80
Scenes; Scene-specific elements: recognising image objects characterised by unique random patterns