System for checking the authenticity of products
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing authenticity verification methods for products require human intervention and separate readers, making them inefficient for widespread use in combating counterfeiting.
Innovation Solution
Integrating a detector and communication unit within refrigerators to automatically verify the authenticity of packaged foodstuffs by reading identification features and transmitting data to a database, reducing the need for human effort and separate verification processes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If automated image recognition is implemented in refrigerators to identify products, then productivity and automation extent are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The refrigerator is equipped with a camera system that serves multiple functions: it captures images of products for authenticity verification, monitors refrigerator contents, and provides data for logistics tracking. This multi-functionality allows the same hardware to support automated verification without proportionally increasing complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs automated authenticity verification without requiring external readers or human intervention. The refrigerator itself conducts the verification by capturing images, transmitting them to a server, and receiving authentication results, making the verification process self-contained and reducing the need for additional dedicated devices
2Ease of operation
If automated verification is implemented without human intervention, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The verification system operates autonomously by automatically capturing product images with an integrated camera, transmitting them to a verification server, and displaying results without requiring users to manually input data or operate separate verification devices
Solution Approach 2:
The verification functionality is merged with the refrigerator's existing control and communication systems. The camera, transmission unit, and display are integrated into the refrigerator's existing infrastructure, allowing automated verification to be added without requiring a completely separate complex system
Data Source
AI summary
A system for checking the authenticity of a product, according to which the product is provided with an identification, the information of which is read out by a detector and is transmitted to a database via an information network and is compared with information stored there, wherein a decision regarding the authenticity or inauthenticity of the product is generated as a result of the comparison and the result of this decision is signaled at the location of the product. The product is a packaged foodstuff and the detector is arranged in a refrigerator in which the product is placed. The invention also relates to a system for optically identifying from above products on a transparent shelf surface.