Digital Fingerprint Processor for Secure Object Authentication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for identifying and authenticating objects are insecure, particularly in digital production environments, as they rely on physical tags and labels that can be duplicated, lost, stolen, or counterfeited, and do not integrate authentication with production processes effectively.
Innovation Solution
A system that uses a digital fingerprint processor to create a unique digital signature for objects by analyzing their structure, eliminating the need for physical tags or identifiers, and integrates this process with object production to ensure secure authentication and tracking throughout the supply chain.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If physical labels and tags are used to identify and authenticate objects, then object identification is achieved, but security is compromised as they can be duplicated, lost, stolen, or counterfeited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces physical mechanical identification systems (labels, tags, barcodes) with an optical-based digital fingerprinting system. The digital fingerprint processor captures optical images of the object's surface and extracts unique structural features, substituting the mechanical attachment of physical identifiers with a non-contact optical analysis method that detects inherent structural characteristics of the object itself.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a digital copy (digital fingerprint) of the object's unique structural features and stores it in a database. This digital replica serves as the authentication identifier, replacing the need for physical copies like labels or tags. The digital fingerprint can be replicated and stored without risking loss or theft of the actual identifier, as it is derived from the object's inherent structure.
2Productivity
If physical tags and labels are attached to objects for identification, then object tracking is enabled, but production costs increase due to additional materials and processing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the identification function from separate physical components (labels and tags) and integrates it directly into the object's inherent structure. By using the object's own structural features as the identification basis, the system eliminates the need for additional identification materials, thereby reducing production costs while maintaining tracking capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent makes the object's structure serve multiple functions: it provides both the physical form of the object and the basis for identification and authentication. The structural features that define the object's shape and form also serve as the unique identifier, eliminating the need for separate identification components and reducing overall production complexity and cost.
3Reliability
If physical labels are used for object authentication, then identification is achieved, but reliability is reduced as labels can be lost or stolen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the identification information with the object's inherent structure rather than using separate physical labels. The digital fingerprint is derived from the object's own structural characteristics, so the identification data becomes an intrinsic property of the object itself. This integration ensures that the identification information cannot be lost or separated from the object, as it is based on the object's permanent structural features.
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AI summary
Apparatuses and methods associated with authenticated production are disclosed herein. In embodiments, a digital fingerprint processor may be configured to: identify an activation of at least one of the one or more machines to attempt to produce or manufacture at least one of physical product or physical manufacture; responsive to completion of one or more operations associated with the activation by the one or more machines, acquire digital image data of a portion of a physical object on or inside the one or more machines; analyze the digital image data to form a digital fingerprint of the physical object, wherein the digital fingerprint is responsive to structure of the physical object; and store the digital fingerprint in a database record of the database system. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.