SSD Label Overlapping Image Marking for Anti-Counterfeiting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Consumers face difficulties in distinguishing genuine from fake solid state drive (SSD) labels, which can lead to incorrect information about storage capacity, due to removable and falsified labels.
Innovation Solution
The SSD apparatus features a unique information marking system where part of the storage capacity information is embedded on the SSD body and another part on the label, ensuring that even if the label is removed or replaced, the original information remains visible on the body, allowing for easy detection of counterfeit labels.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a label is attached to the SSD to display product information, then the information is visible and accessible, but the label can be removed or replaced with a fake label, leading to information forgery
Solution Approach 1:
The information marking is divided into two segments: one portion on the label and another portion on the SSD body. This segmentation ensures that even if the label is removed or replaced, the information on the body remains visible, preventing complete information forgery while maintaining information accessibility through the label.
2Reliability
If the entire information marking is placed on the label, then the information is easily readable, but the information can be completely altered when the label is replaced
Solution Approach 1:
The information marking system merges two components: a label with information and the SSD body with additional information marking. This combination ensures that the complete information is distributed across both components, making it reliable and difficult to forge completely, while still maintaining ease of verification by comparing both portions.
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AI summary
A solid state drive apparatus may include a main body including a semiconductor device, a label attached to a first portion of an exterior surface of the main body such that a second portion of the exterior surface of the main body is free of the label, and an information marking on the label and on the second portion of the exterior surface of the main body.