Individual identification apparatus
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorsYuta KUDO, Rui ISHIYAMA, Toru TAKAHASHI, Kengo MAKINO
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Abstract
An individual identification apparatus that identifies an individual product having a pattern of irregularities randomly formed on a surface thereof includes an imaging unit and an extracting unit. The imaging unit is configured to acquire an image obtained by capturing a date mark formed on the product. The extracting unit is configured to extract a feature value related to the pattern of the irregularities from the image as data identifying the individual product.
Claims14
An individual identification apparatus that identifies an individual product having a pattern of irregularities randomly formed on a surface thereof, the individual identification apparatus comprising:
- an imaging unit configured to acquire an image obtained by capturing a date mark formed on the product;
- and
- an extracting unit configured to extract a feature value related to the pattern of the irregularities from the image obtained by capturing the date mark as data identifying the individual product.
An individual identification method of identifying an individual product having a pattern of irregularities randomly formed on a surface thereof, the individual identification method comprising:
- acquiring an image obtained by capturing a date mark formed on the product;
- and
- extracting a feature value related to the pattern of the irregularities from the image obtained by capturing the date mark as data identifying the individual product.
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium on which a program is recorded, the program comprising instructions for causing a computer that identifies an individual product having a pattern of irregularities randomly formed on a surface thereof, to perform:
- a process of acquiring an image obtained by capturing a date mark formed on the product;
- and
- a process of extracting a feature value related to the pattern of the irregularities from the image obtained by capturing the date mark as data identifying the individual product.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.