# US 2017/0287147 A1 · Determination method, determination system, determination device, and program > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0287147 A1 - Document ID: US20170287147A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/507,322 - Filed: 2015-08-31 - Published: 2017-10-05 - Earliest claimed: 2014-09-01 - Assignees: NEC Corporation - Applicants: NEC Corporation - Inventors: Toru TAKAHASHI; Rui ISHIYAMA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170287147A1 ## CPC - G07G 1/009: {the reader being an RFID reader} - G06Q 20/40: Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check credit lines or negative lists - G06T 7/0004: {Industrial image inspection} - G06T 7/001: {using an image reference approach} - G06T 7/35: using statistical methods - G06V 10/145: Illumination specially adapted for pattern recognition, e.g. using gratings - G06V 20/52: Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects (recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69) - G06V 20/80: Recognising image objects characterised by unique random patterns - G06V 20/95: {Pattern authentication; Markers therefor; Forgery detection} - H04L 9/3278: {using physically unclonable functions [PUF]} - G06T 2207/30204: Marker - G06V 2201/09: Recognition of logos - G07G: REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract The present invention addresses the problem of providing a technique for determining the authenticity of a product without requiring a special device such as an integrated circuit (IC) tag. A means for solving this problem according to the invention is characterized by determining the authenticity of a target product on the basis of the validity of the association between the body of the product and a surface-treated component that is mounted to the body and that has been validated. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An authenticity determining method, comprising: based on whether a correspondence relationship between a part, validity of which is confirmed and to which surface treatment is applied, and which is mounted on a body of a product that is an authenticity target, and said body is right or wrong, reaching a determination about authenticity of said product. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The authenticity determining method according to claim 1, wherein an image feature of a regular part, and registered trademark information about a registered trademark applied to said regular part are associated and stored in a storage section, and validity of the part mounted on the body of said product that is an authenticity target is confirmed by checking an image feature on a surface of said part that is an authenticity target, and a trademark applied to said part that is an authenticity target against the image feature of the regular part, and said registered trademark information stored in said storage section. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The authenticity determining method according to claim 1, wherein a result of said determination and information about a position at which said determination was reached are associated and stored. ### Claim 4 An authenticity determining apparatus comprising: one or more processors configured to: based on whether a correspondence relationship between a part, validity of which is confirmed and to which surface treatment is applied, and which is mounted on a body of a product that is an authenticity target, and said body is right or wrong, reach a determination about authenticity of said product. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The authenticity determining apparatus according to claim 4, comprising: a storage section in which an image feature of a regular part, and registered trademark information about a registered trademark applied to said regular part are associated with each other and stored, and wherein validity of the part mounted on the body of said product that is an authenticity target is confirmed by checking an image feature on a surface of said part that is an authenticity target, and a trademark applied to said part that is an authenticity target against the image feature of the regular part, and said registered trademark information stored in said storage section. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The authenticity determining apparatus according to claim 4, wherein a result of said determination and information about a position at which said determination was reached are associated and stored. ### Claim 7 An authenticity determining system configured to, one or more processors configured to: based on whether a correspondence relationship between a part, validity of which is confirmed and to which surface treatment is applied, and which is mounted on a body of a product that is an authenticity target, and said body is right or wrong, reach a determination about authenticity of said product. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The authenticity determining system according to claim 7, comprising: a storage section in which an image feature of a regular part, and registered trademark information about a registered trademark applied to said regular part are associated with each other and stored, and wherein validity of the part mounted on the body of said product that is an authenticity target is confirmed by checking an image feature on a surface of said part that is an authenticity target, and a trademark applied to said part that is an authenticity target against the image feature of the regular part, and said registered trademark information stored in said storage section. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The authenticity determining system according to claim 7, wherein a result of said determination and information about a position at which said determination was reached are associated and stored. ### Claim 10 A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for an authenticity determining apparatus, said computer program, when executed by one or more processors of the authenticity determining apparatus, causing said authenticity determining apparatus to perform a method comprising: based on whether a correspondence relationship between a part, validity of which is confirmed and to which surface treatment is applied, and which is mounted on a body of a product that is an authenticity target, and said body is right or wrong, processing for reaching a determination about authenticity of said product.