AI-Based Counterfeit Analysis Service for Customs Clearance

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Solution Overview

Problem

The expansion of the luxury products market has led to an increase in counterfeit products, which poses social, environmental, health, and safety risks. Existing methods for detecting counterfeit products during customs clearance rely heavily on human inspection, which is inefficient due to the lack of specialized personnel.

Innovation Solution

An artificial intelligence-based counterfeit analysis service that uses image analysis to determine whether a product is genuine. This service acquires a sample object image, provides guide images, and captures object detail images for analysis, allowing for automatic determination of product authenticity without requiring specialized knowledge.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If human inspection is used to detect counterfeit products, then specialized knowledge can be applied to identify genuine products, but the process becomes inefficient due to lack of specialized personnel

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of counterfeit detectionVSAvoidefficiency of customs clearance process
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces manual human inspection with an automated image analysis system using deep learning models. The system captures images of products and their packaging, then uses trained neural networks to automatically detect counterfeit characteristics, eliminating the need for specialized human inspectors while maintaining high detection accuracy and enabling parallel processing of multiple products simultaneously.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables self-service counterfeit detection by providing an automated analysis platform that processes product images without requiring specialized human expertise. The deep learning model has been pre-trained with extensive data to autonomously identify genuine versus counterfeit products, allowing the system to serve itself by making independent determination decisions based on image analysis.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Measurement precision

If more specialized personnel are hired to inspect products, then the accuracy of counterfeit detection improves, but the cost and complexity of the inspection system increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of counterfeit detectionVSAvoidcomplexity of inspection system
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces complex human expert systems with a standardized automated image analysis platform. Instead of hiring and training multiple specialists, the system uses a single deep learning model that can be deployed across multiple inspection stations, reducing organizational complexity while maintaining consistent high-level detection accuracy through algorithmic rather than human judgment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates digital copies (images) of physical products and their packaging for analysis. By working with replicated image data rather than physical objects, the system eliminates the need for multiple physical inspection stations and specialized personnel at each location, centralizing the intelligence in the software model while simplifying the physical infrastructure required.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

3Adaptability or versatility

If manual inspection methods are used, then flexibility in handling various product types is maintained, but the processing speed and throughput of the customs clearance process decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveflexibility in handling product typesVSAvoidthroughput of customs clearance process
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a universal image analysis platform that can handle multiple product types through a single deep learning model. The system captures images of various products and packaging using standardized imaging equipment, and the trained model adapts to different product categories by recognizing category-specific genuine versus counterfeit characteristics, enabling one system to serve multiple functions across diverse product lines without requiring specialized manual inspection for each type.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables continuous automated processing of product images through the customs clearance pipeline. Unlike manual inspection that requires sequential human review, the automated system can analyze multiple images simultaneously and continuously, maintaining uninterrupted workflow and enabling parallel processing that significantly increases throughput while the versatile model handles different product types that move through the system continuously.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #20Continuity of useful action

Data Source

PatentUS20250173739A1Method, server and program for providing artificial intelligence-based counterfeit analysis service
Publication Date: 2025.05.29 PINOKIO LAB CORP
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AI summary

In an embodiment of the present invention to solve the above-described problem, a method of providing an artificial intelligence-based counterfeit analysis service is disclosed. The method may include acquiring an object image related to an object, acquiring a sample object image corresponding to the object image, providing one or more guide images corresponding to the sample object image, acquiring one or more object detail images corresponding to each of the one or more guide images, and performing an analysis on the one or more guide images and the one or more object detail images to determine whether the object is genuine.