Garment Weft Warp Encoding for Counterfeit Authentication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Online marketplaces face challenges in verifying the authenticity of items listed for sale, particularly garments, which can lead to the listing of counterfeit products, affecting buyer trust and customer experience.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating an authentication system that uses weft and warp information woven into garments to generate a validation code, which is then compared against authentication codes stored in a database to verify the item's authenticity, thereby reducing counterfeits and enhancing the selling process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If an authentication system with weft and warp encoding is implemented, then the reliability of verifying garment authenticity is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an authentication database as an intermediary component that stores validation codes generated from weft and warp information. This database acts as a mediator between the garment encoding system and the verification system, enabling reliable authenticity checking without requiring complex real-time encoding/decoding operations during verification.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-generating and storing validation codes in the authentication database before the actual verification process. The validation codes are created by encoding weft and warp information during garment manufacturing, so that when verification is needed, the system only needs to compare against pre-stored values rather than performing complex authentication operations.
2Reliability
If weft and warp information is woven into garments to create validation codes, then the reliability of authenticity verification is improved, but the ease of manufacture decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The authentication information is segmented into discrete validation codes that can be independently generated and stored in the database. This segmentation allows the authentication functionality to be separated from the main garment manufacturing process, enabling standard garment production while adding authentication capability through separate validation code generation and database storage operations.
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AI summary
In various example embodiments, a system and method for authenticating a garment are presented. The authentication system can include a code reader configured to receive an image of a garment. An asymmetrical pattern can be woven in a section of the garment. The code reader can decode weft and warp information from weave lines in the asymmetrical pattern and determine a validation code based on the weft and warp information. Additionally, an authentication system can access, from an authentication database, authentication codes associated with authentic garments. The authentication system can calculate a confidence score based on a comparison of the validation code with one of the authentication codes. Subsequently, a publication system can cause a presentation, on a display of a device, a verification that the garment is authentic when the confidence score is above a predetermined threshold.