Apparatus and method for deterring a third party from copying a product or process
AssigneeAgilent Technologies, Inc.
InventorArash BEHRAVESH
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Abstract
In some examples, deterring a third party from copying a product or process may include scanning code to generate scanned code. Text in the scanned code may be read and/or at least one image in the scanned code may be recognized. The text and/or the at least one image may be analyzed to determine whether the code includes a specified trademark. Based on a determination that the code includes the specified trademark, an indication of authenticity of the code may be generated.
Claims21
1-25. (canceled)
An authentication apparatus comprising:
- at least one hardware processor;
- a recognizer being one of:
- (i) a character recognizer, executed by the at least one hardware processor, to read text in code, wherein the code includes information associated with a product or a process operationally used with a system;
- (ii) an image recognizer, executed by the at least one hardware processor, to recognize at least one image in the code;
- or
- (iii) the character recognizer and the image recognizer;
- a code authenticator, executed by the at least one hardware processor, to:
- analyze, from the recognizer, at least one of the text or the at least one image to determine whether the code includes a specified trademark;
- generate, based on a determination that the code includes the specified trademark, an indication of authenticity of the code;
- and
- a system functionality controller, executed by the at least one hardware processor, to:
- control, based on the indication of authenticity of the code, functionality of the system.
A method comprising:
- analyzing, by at least one hardware processor, for a code, text, an image, or a combination of the text and the image, to determine at least one of
- whether the code includes a specified trademark, or
- whether the code is located at a specified location;
- and
- controlling, by the at least one hardware processor, based on a determination that at least one of the code includes the specified trademark or the code is located at the specified location, functionality of a system associated with the code.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon machine readable instructions that, when executed by at least one hardware processor, cause the at least one hardware processor to:
- detect an actionable item on an object that is used with a system;
- determine whether the detected actionable item on the object is authentic;
- and
- if authentic, control functionality of the system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.