Digital Fingerprint Authentication for Object Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing authentication methods for objects are often costly, vulnerable to duplication and counterfeiting, and do not efficiently combine authentication events with other processes such as purchase.
Innovation Solution
A method that acquires digital image data of an object, analyzes it to form a digital fingerprint not reliant on labels or tags, and queries a database to match the fingerprint with known-authentic objects, triggering predetermined actions based on the results.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If physical labels and tags are used for authentication, then object identification is achieved, but costs increase and vulnerability to loss or counterfeiting occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces physical authentication mechanisms (labels, tags, holograms) with a digital imaging and recognition system. The camera captures images of the object, and software algorithms analyze unique visual features to authenticate the object, eliminating the need for physical authentication components and their associated costs and vulnerabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a digital copy (image) of the object and uses algorithmic analysis to extract unique identifying features from this copy. This digital representation serves as the authentication basis, replacing physical labels while maintaining the ability to uniquely identify and verify the object.
2Productivity
If multiple separate processes (authentication and purchase) are used, then each process can be optimized independently, but efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the authentication process and purchase process into a single integrated workflow. The same camera and software system that captures and analyzes object images also triggers the purchase transaction, eliminating the need for separate authentication and purchase steps and improving overall process efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The authentication system is designed to serve multiple functions: it not only verifies object authenticity but also enables purchase transactions. This multi-functional approach allows a single system to handle both authentication and commerce, reducing the number of separate processes needed.
Data Source
AI summary
Digital fingerprints are used to authenticate a physical item. Authentication attempts may automatically trigger various predetermined processes. Different processes may take place depending on whether the authentication was successful. The process(es) may be computer-implemented, for example, using executable scripts. The triggered process(es) may be immediate (“real-time”), or delayed, deferred, or batched, etc. At least one additional process is triggered or initiated, locally or remotely, by at least one affirmative authentication result or at least one additional processes triggered, by at least one unsuccessful authentication attempt. In one example, a combination of purchase and authentication of an item is combined into a single action.