Product Authenticity Verification via Image Profile Matching
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Solution Overview
Problem
The challenge lies in verifying the authenticity of products, particularly in scenarios where counterfeit products are prevalent, and consumers lack accessible and affordable means to authenticate products using identification codes like barcodes, which can be replicated by counterfeiters, leading to financial losses for producers and trust issues.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that utilize image processing techniques, where a processor accesses and processes images of product labels, extracts attributes, compares them with reference profiles, and determines authenticity by matching control and validation transform values, enabling consumers to verify product authenticity using electronic devices and cloud-based authentication systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional identification codes like barcodes are used for product authentication, then the authentication process is simple and accessible, but the codes can be replicated by counterfeiters leading to authentication failures
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple authentication elements (optical features, physical characteristics, embedded identifiers) into a composite authentication system. The product label incorporates both visual elements visible to consumers and hidden features detectable by imaging devices, creating a multi-layered authentication mechanism that is both accessible and reliable
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary authentication system that captures images of product labels and compares them against a database of genuine product images. This intermediary verification layer bridges the gap between simple consumer access and reliable authentication by using automated image recognition and comparison algorithms
2Reliability
If complex authentication systems are implemented to prevent counterfeiting, then authentication reliability improves, but device complexity and cost increase making them inaccessible to consumers
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses copying technology in the form of image capture and digital storage. Instead of requiring complex physical verification devices, the system creates digital copies (images) of the product label and compares them against stored reference images. This approach simplifies the consumer device requirements while maintaining high authentication reliability through sophisticated backend image processing and comparison algorithms
3Ease of operation
If barcodes are made publicly accessible for verification, then consumer accessibility improves, but counterfeiters can replicate them reducing security
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies different quality levels and types of authentication features to different parts of the product label. Certain areas contain visible information for consumer reference, while other areas contain hidden or complex visual features (patterns, optical elements, specific arrangements) that are difficult to replicate. The imaging device captures the entire label to verify the relationship and consistency between these different local features
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments provide methods and systems for verifying authenticity of products. In an embodiment, an image of at least a part of a product label of a product is scanned and processed. An image profile is created from the scanned image and compared with a set of reference image profiles. Each reference image profile is associated with a reference image, a reference control transform value and a reference validation transform value. If there is a matching between the image profile and one of the reference image profiles, the reference image corresponding to the matching reference image profile is retrieved. A control transform and a validation transform of the scanned image is determined. The control transform value and the validation transform value are compared with the reference control transform vale and the reference validation transform value of the reference image for verifying authenticity of the products, respectively.