Dynamic Electronic Security Display for Anti-Forgery Authentication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current security elements are too rigid and inflexible in their security features, making them vulnerable to forgery and unauthorized access, especially in cases of loss or theft, as they do not adapt or change in response to external influences.
Innovation Solution
A security element equipped with an electronic digital display that can change security-relevant information or patterns based on a predetermined algorithm and external influences, such as temperature, humidity, or sensor data, ensuring only the authorized person can access valid information, and the display itself can physically change to enhance anti-forgery protection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If security elements use static security features (holographic signs, watermarks, magnetic tape), then they can be manufactured with current technology, but they are easily copied and reproduced by forgers
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by replacing static security features with a dynamic display element that can change its appearance over time. The display shows different patterns, codes, or images at different times, making it impossible for forgers to copy a single static version. The security feature evolves dynamically, ensuring that even if a forger captures an image at one moment, it becomes invalid after a predetermined time or under specific conditions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements parameter changes by modifying the visual parameters of the security feature through the display element. The display can change color, pattern, brightness, or other visual parameters based on predetermined algorithms or external influences. This continuous parameter change ensures that the security feature cannot be static copied, as each moment presents a unique configuration that is difficult to reproduce.
2Ease of manufacture
If security elements have fixed security features, then they are simple to implement, but they allow unauthorized access in case of loss or theft
Solution Approach 1:
The dynamic display element resolves this contradiction by providing a security feature that adapts to the situation. In case of loss or theft, the system can detect the abnormal condition and change the display content accordingly, invalidating the stolen or lost element. This dynamic adaptation maintains security without requiring complex manual intervention, as the system automatically responds to changing conditions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs feedback mechanisms where the display element receives information about its operational state, environmental conditions, or detection of abnormal situations (such as loss or theft). Based on this feedback, the display automatically adjusts its content to maintain security. This closed-loop feedback system ensures that the security feature remains valid only under authorized conditions.
3Reliability
If security features are made invisible to forgers, then anti-forgery protection is improved, but the system becomes complex and requires continuous monitoring
Solution Approach 1:
The dynamic display element provides anti-forgery protection through its inherent variability rather than through hidden or invisible features. The continuous change of patterns and codes makes the security feature visible and detectable, but also impossible to copy statically. This approach eliminates the need for complex hidden mechanisms while maintaining strong anti-forgery protection through the dynamic nature of the display.
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AI summary
A security element having an electronic display device, particularly a digital display for representing security-relevant information or patterns is provided, wherein the represented information or patterns changes or change over time due to an algorithm and/or external influences. A method for marking, identifying or authenticating objects or living beings is provide, with the living being or object being provided with a security element having an electronic display device, particularly a digital display for representing security-relevant information or patterns, whereby the represented information or patterns changes or change over time due to an algorithm and/or external influences.