Anti-Counterfeiting Image Code Embedded in Ceramic Tile Decorative Pattern
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Solution Overview
Problem
The ceramic industry faces challenges in authenticating ceramic tiles due to easy replication of brand trademarks and anti-counterfeiting marks, which affect the decorative appearance and durability, and existing methods are cumbersome, costly, or difficult to popularize.
Innovation Solution
An anti-counterfeiting image code is embedded within the decorative pattern of ceramic tiles, using a terminal recognition software application (APP) to decode and verify the authenticity, integrating the image code into the tile's design without altering its appearance or production process, and updating the database with new codes while removing outdated ones.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If brand trademarks and anti-counterfeiting marks are printed on ceramic tiles, then product authentication is enabled, but the marks are easy to be copied and damaged
Solution Approach 1:
The patent embeds the anti-counterfeiting image code within the decorative pattern itself, nesting the authentication function inside the aesthetic function. The code is hidden within the pattern structure, making it difficult to separate and copy independently, thus resolving the vulnerability of surface marks.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the decorative pattern and the anti-counterfeiting image code into a single integrated design. The code is not a separate element but is woven into the pattern structure, combining aesthetic and authentication functions into one unified element that cannot be easily separated or replicated.
2Reliability
If anti-counterfeiting marks are pasted on the surface of tiles, then authentication is provided, but the decorative effect is affected and durability is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The anti-counterfeiting image code is merged with the decorative pattern into a single integrated element that is fired together with the tile. This eliminates the need for separate pasting, ensuring the code becomes an intrinsic part of the tile surface with the same durability as the tile itself.
3Reliability
If anti-counterfeiting marks are printed on the ceramic surface, then authentication is enabled, but the original decorative function is affected
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the decorative pattern and anti-counterfeiting image code into a single integrated design element. The code is embedded within the pattern structure itself, so the same printing process that applies the decorative pattern also applies the code, eliminating the need for separate marking steps and preserving the decorative function.
4Reliability
If existing anti-counterfeiting methods are used, then authentication capability is provided, but the methods are cumbersome and costly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a standard two-dimensional barcode format that can be read by common mobile device cameras and scanning apps. This avoids the need for specialized reading equipment, significantly reducing system complexity and cost while maintaining authentication capability.
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AI summary
The present disclosure relates to an anti-counterfeiting image code embedded in a decorative pattern of a ceramic tile and an anti-counterfeiting method thereof, the anti-counterfeiting image code is input into a terminal recognition software application. The anti-counterfeiting method includes steps of: (1) embedding an image code into the decorative pattern of the ceramic tile; (2) inputting the decorative pattern on a surface of the ceramic tile into an image code generating software to generate the image code that can be decoded, editing a ceramic tile parameter and ceramic tile information in the image code generating software; (3) packing the image code and inputting it into a terminal recognition software application; (4) downloading the terminal recognition software application at a mobile terminal; and (5) opening an application to initiate a code scanner and capturing a image or a pre-taught partial feature image.