GB2501666A - System for characterising an object by its volume, weight and surface features - Google Patents
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Abstract
A system and method for uniquely coding, storing and decoding product features; with applications in anti-counterfeiting and authentication. The features of the product could include its weight or mass, its volume and density, and optical surface characteristics such as absorption or reflectivity. A number of chambers d,f,h may be used to scan the object with lights or lasers, possibly having different wavelengths. The chambers and weighing scales c may be conveniently arranged on a conveyor system a. The system further comprises a control unit m and a data storage device l. The products coded for protection could be electronic parts. The system can account for alteration which may be caused due to slight physical variations resulting from wear and tear.
Description
TITLE: Anti-counterfeit wavelength-biased system
DESCRIPTION
This invention relates to the product identification, protection and authentication against any form of manipu'ation either purposefully through counterfeiting or unwitting'y as a result of mishandling. It is capable of applying to any product from any sector provided it is not light sensitive.
CounLerfeil and unlawfully manufactured products are and continue Lo pose threaLs to the manufacturers and consumers afike especially in today's rapiffly changing world of technology. The technological obsolesce caused by both changing technology and government legislations have also added to an increase in this illegal trade, becoming not only an economic issue but also social, political, and intellectual. These issues are of paramount importance to success of businesses. The danger caused by counterfeit could be deadly particularly in sectors such as healthcare, defensive and automotive -which have also seen an increase in counterfeit trade, unlike when piracy and counterfeiting was only restricted to personal items such as watches, and handsets among others.
While methods, measures and strategies are being made to combat counterfeiting and piracy, the counterfeiters are also investigating on ways to be smarter and ahead of counter measures, sometime being assisted by insiders'. In fact, it is incredibly becoming impractical, due to the acquired level of sophistication to detect a fake product as their quality and performance is often as good as the original products unless if subjected to a series of non-destructive and/or destructive tests. Due to miniaturisation. two-and three-dimensional design concepts and increasing features on products, several parts of a product are thereby liable to being manipulated by the process of counterfeit. The magnitude of the threat of counterfeiting and piracy requires that a robust, efficacious and innovative approach is employed. There are a number of innovative methods in place for the detection and protection of genuine product from counterfeits; however, they are sometime specific in their applications. In the cases where it is applicable to products across various sectors they more or less depend on adding a tag to the material.
Because items, especially electronics, have features in more than one surface which are susceptible to counterfeiting, it is therefore necessary that a unique system that can appropriately capture the item feature be used. Furtheimore, fake goods are those that are produced in an identical manner to the original while using low quality material. As a result, while a forged item can seemingly possess a physical identity to the original, however, due to the material variation for example, its optical properties (e.g. reflectivity and absorption at multiple wavelengths) and some physical properties (e.g. mass, density, etc.) cannot be the same. The anti-counterfeiting system presented here is positioned to detect such variations or anomalies.
The anti-counterfeit wavelength dependent system [Figure II is a device that is suitable for use to capture a unique profile of items, store it with a unique identifier and be aHe to authenticate it at any time irrespective of the physical damages that might have occulTed over time. The system consists of a tunable wavelength laser source [Figure 1, k] for producing light at a desired wavelength, a chamber [Figure 1, ,j] for scanning and imaging the item at desired wavelengths, a scale [Figure 1, c] for measuring the mass of the product, a control unit [Figure 1, ml for controlling the operation and processing the resulting data, and finally a data storage or server [Figure 1, 1] for storing software generated codes.
When an item is produced, it is placed on a conveyor [Figure 1, al and passed through a chamber [Figure 1, j] that is divided into three segments [Figure 1, d, f & hi -the size, structure and complexity of which is determined by the product. Each segment is independently connected to a laser source that provides light at a wavelength determined by the contr& unit [Figure 1, mj. In the first segment [Figure 1, d], a light wavelength suitable for taking a 3D image of the item is used. The data obtained from signal/light detector [Figure i, ci is transferred to the control unit, processed and stored as Identifier 2. Prior to this stage, the item mass is taken and stored as Identifier 1. The 3D image of the item is essential for predicting the nature of structure the product is expected to have at any time after its production using any image analysis technique; it will also be used to determine its volume and, together with the stored mass, to find out its density. Both identifiers 1 and 2 are crucial to this type of authentication.
The wavelengths used for segments 2 (Figure i, 0 and 3 (Figure 1, h) are selected based on the product in such a way that the absorption and reflectivity of the vulnerable parts of the item are unique. In addition, the reflectance at the two wavelengths should not be potentially identical. The pattern generated [Figure 1, g. ii in each case of segments 2 and 3 are stored as Identifier 3 and 4. Each of the patterns in the chamber is communicated to the control unit via a suitable communication link [Figure 1, b]; a suitable communication path is also used for data exchange between the various components of the system. Therefore, each product is uniquely tagged to four identifiers which, after processing, are stored against the product manufacturing code in the storage unit or server [Figure I, I].
The reading of the product is carried out in a similar manner. The manufacturing code of the product to be authenticated or verified is supplied to the control unit, which in turn interrogates the storage unit for the item information (Identifiers 1, 2, 3 & 4) . The test sample is passed through the same processes and the patterns generated in each case are compared with those already stored for the item with the particular manufacturing code. A fake item will determined by the disparity in the identifiers.
Claims (7)
- CLAIMS1. An anti-counterfeit system to uniquely store, for the purpose of identification, protection, detection and authentication of products, the characteristics of an item with one-dimension (1D), two-dimensions (2D) andlor three-dimensions (3D) that completely characterize its lateral surface features, which consists of a tunable wavelength laser source, a chamber of three segments. a measuring scale, a control unit and a data storage or server.
- 2. An anti-counterfeit system according to claim 1, which is capable of identifying, authenticating and protecting an item, provided it is not light sensitive.
- 3. An anti-counterfeit system according to claim 1, where the chamber consists of a segment at minimum but without a limit in the number of segments that may be used.
- 4. An anti-counterfeit system according to claim 1, where the wavelength variant laser source can be replaced with an appropriate light source for the accomplishment of the objective
- 5. An anti-counterfeit system according to claim 1, which can still work or function reliably without the need for a scale
- 6. An anti-counterfeit system according to claim 1, which can still function using identifiers 1 and 2 in its simplest form
- 7. An anti-counterfeit system according to claim 1, which can still function using a rnonowavelength, provided a three-dimensional profile of the item is obtained.
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| GB1119107.9A GB2501666A (en) | 2011-11-04 | 2011-11-04 | System for characterising an object by its volume, weight and surface features |
| GBGB1119978.3A GB201119978D0 (en) | 2011-11-04 | 2011-11-18 | Anti-counterfeit wavelength-biased system |
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| US20030234290A1 (en) * | 1995-12-18 | 2003-12-25 | Metrologic Instruments, Inc. | Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through a laser scanning tunnel |
| US20040017563A1 (en) * | 2002-07-25 | 2004-01-29 | James Lawrence H. | Method and apparatus for volume and density measurements |
| WO2004113834A2 (en) * | 2003-06-17 | 2004-12-29 | Troxler Electronic Laboratories, Inc. | Method of determining a dimension of a sample of a construction material and associated appartus |
| US20100208039A1 (en) * | 2005-05-10 | 2010-08-19 | Roger Stettner | Dimensioning system |
| US20110188729A1 (en) * | 2009-08-07 | 2011-08-04 | Matthew Strong | Banknote validator |
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| US20030234290A1 (en) * | 1995-12-18 | 2003-12-25 | Metrologic Instruments, Inc. | Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through a laser scanning tunnel |
| US20040017563A1 (en) * | 2002-07-25 | 2004-01-29 | James Lawrence H. | Method and apparatus for volume and density measurements |
| WO2004113834A2 (en) * | 2003-06-17 | 2004-12-29 | Troxler Electronic Laboratories, Inc. | Method of determining a dimension of a sample of a construction material and associated appartus |
| US20100208039A1 (en) * | 2005-05-10 | 2010-08-19 | Roger Stettner | Dimensioning system |
| US20110188729A1 (en) * | 2009-08-07 | 2011-08-04 | Matthew Strong | Banknote validator |
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