Counterfeit detection of an optically active article using security elements

A system comprising:

• an image capture device that captures an image of an optically active article that is based on light captured outside a visible light spectrum, wherein the optically active article includes at least one security element and an article message;
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• a counterfeit article detection device communicatively coupled to the image capture device, the counterfeit article detection device comprising:
• a communication component that receives, from the image capture device, the image of the optically active article;
• a security component that determines validation information that is detectable outside the visible light spectrum from the at least one security element, wherein the security component determines whether the optically active article is counterfeit based at least in part on whether a combination of the article message and the validation information of the at least one security element is valid;
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• a service component that performs, based at least in part on whether the optically active article is counterfeit, one or more operations.

An optically active article comprising:

• a retroreflective substrate;
• and
• at least one security element disposed at the retroreflective substrate;
• an article message disposed at the retroreflective substrate, and
• wherein the at least one security element comprises validation information that is detectable outside a visible light spectrum, and wherein a combination of the article message and the validation information of the at least one security element indicates whether the optically active article is counterfeit.

A method of constructing an optically active article comprising:

• receiving a printing specification that specifies at least one security element and an article message for the optically active article, wherein the at least one security element comprises validation information that is detectable outside a visible light spectrum, and wherein a combination of the article message and the validation information of the at least one security element indicates whether the optically active article is counterfeit;
• constructing, based at least in part on the printing specification, one or more regions at the retroreflective article that correspond to the at least one security element;
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• disposing, based at least in part on the printing specification, ink that represents the article message at one or more regions of the optically active article.