Recycled Resin Authentication Using Inflow-Outflow Traceability

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Solution Overview

Problem

There is a need for new technologies to assist in the recycling of resources, particularly in ensuring the authenticity and traceability of recycled resin products within manufacturing processes.

Innovation Solution

An authentication method and system that utilizes a computer system to track and authenticate resin products by acquiring and verifying information on inflow and outflow amounts, recycling ratios, and other conditions related to the resin's lifecycle, using blockchain technology for consensus building and data storage.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional recycling tracking methods are used, then implementation simplicity is maintained, but authenticity and traceability of recycled resin products cannot be ensured

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveauthenticity and traceabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a computer system as an intermediary that manages authentication between multiple manufacturing entities. This system stores and verifies information about inflow and outflow amounts of recycled resin, acting as a neutral mediator that ensures authenticity without requiring direct trust relationships between all parties in the supply chain.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the computer system continuously monitors and compares inflow amounts (receiving amount) with outflow amounts (sending amount) of recycled resin. Authentication is granted only when the outflow amount does not exceed the inflow amount, creating a closed-loop verification system that ensures traceability and prevents fraud.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Reliability

If comprehensive authentication conditions are applied, then reliability of recycled product authentication is improved, but processing complexity and time increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveauthentication reliabilityVSAvoidauthentication time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary actions by having manufacturing entities report their inflow and outflow amounts to the computer system in advance. The system pre-stores this information and pre-establishes authentication conditions, so that when authentication is needed, the verification can be performed quickly by simply checking against pre-stored data rather than calculating from scratch.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the authentication approach from verifying individual transactions to verifying cumulative parameters (total inflow amount vs. total outflow amount). By working with aggregated parameters rather than individual transaction details, the system reduces authentication complexity while maintaining reliability through the use of recycling ratios and cumulative balance checks.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Manufacturing precision

If multiple authentication conditions including recycling ratio are verified, then manufacturing precision of authentication is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveauthentication precisionVSAvoidauthentication system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a universal authentication system that handles multiple authentication conditions (inflow amount, outflow amount, recycling ratio) through a single integrated computer system. This multi-functional system can verify different authentication criteria using the same infrastructure, avoiding the need for separate verification systems for each condition and reducing overall complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS12505412B2Authentication method, authentication system, and program
Publication Date: 2025.12.23 ASAHI KASEI KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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AI summary

A new technology to assist the recycling of resources is provided. Provided is an authentication method for a recycled product performed by a computer system, the authentication method including: a first acquisition step of acquiring information on a receiving amount of a recycled resin in a manufacturing entity of a resin product; a second acquisition step of acquiring information on a sending amount of a resin product using the recycled resin in the manufacturing entity or a different manufacturing entity; and an authentication step of giving authentication to the resin product when an authentication condition based on the information on the sending amount and the receiving amount is satisfied.