Time-Varying Authenticity Marking With Unpredictable Feature Sequences
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing authenticity marking technologies for branded goods, especially consumer goods and electronics, face challenges in providing effective protection against counterfeiting without relying on high-security features that are not freely available, and existing methods are complex and costly to implement and verify.
Innovation Solution
The use of freely available 'low-level' feature substances in changing, unpredictable combinations to create a chaotic sequence of authenticity markings, combined with time-stamping to ensure authenticity, utilizing substances like fluorescent, phosphorescent, magnetic, and thermochromic materials, which can be easily identified and verified using common test methods.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If high-level feature substances that are not freely available are used for authenticity marking, then the security level against counterfeiting is improved, but the cost and complexity of implementation increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the parameter of time by using time-varying combinations of freely available feature substances. Instead of relying on permanently secret substances, the system uses common substances in dynamically changing patterns that are updated regularly, making counterfeiting obsolete by the time it is attempted.
Solution Approach 2:
The authenticity marking system transitions from static secret substances to dynamic time-varying combinations. The feature substances are used in different sequences and patterns over time, creating a moving target that counterfeiters cannot predict or replicate, thereby maintaining security with readily available materials.
2Reliability
If complex authenticity marking systems are implemented to prevent counterfeiting, then the security level is improved, but the ease of operation and verification deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses readily available feature substances that can be easily detected and verified using common test methods. Instead of requiring specialized equipment or complex procedures, the system replicates the verification process with simple, accessible tools while maintaining security through time-varying patterns.
Solution Approach 2:
The authenticity verification is designed to be self-service oriented, where the marking itself contains sufficient information for verification without requiring complex external systems. The time-stamped patterns enable straightforward validation that can be performed with basic equipment.
3Reliability
If high-security feature substances are used for authenticity marking, then the reliability against counterfeiting is improved, but the cost of implementation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs inexpensive, freely available feature substances instead of costly proprietary materials. The security is maintained not through the value of the substances themselves but through the time-limited, changing patterns in which they are used, making the system both affordable and effective.
4Ease of manufacture
If authenticity markings use readily available feature substances, then the ease of manufacture and cost are improved, but the security level against counterfeiting deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements periodic changes in the authenticity markings using the freely available feature substances. The patterns are updated at regular intervals, creating a rhythm of change that prevents counterfeiters from establishing stable replication methods, thereby maintaining security with low-cost materials.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies time-stamping and predetermined patterns to the authenticity markings in advance. By pre-planning the sequence and timing of feature substance usage, the system creates an unpredictable timeline that counterfeiters cannot anticipate, transforming ordinary substances into secure markers.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This approach significantly deters counterfeiting by making it impossible for counterfeiters to predict the next authenticity mark, ensuring that any attempt to imitate the mark will be obsolete by the time it is used, thus reducing the willingness to counterfeit and maintaining product integrity while being cost-effective and simple to implement.
Implementation Method 1
fluorescent substances, which can be easily identified and verified using common test methods
Implementation Method 2
phosphorescent materials, which can be easily identified and verified using common test methods
Implementation Method 3
magnetic materials, which can be easily identified and verified using common test methods
Implementation Method 4
thermochromic materials, which can be easily identified and verified using common test methods
Data Source
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a real-time identification set comprising a plurality of real-time identification substances that differ from one another, wherein each real-time identification substance is a partial amount of a pre-determined total amount of feature substances. The real-time identification substances are used in an unpredictable sequence for different, unpredictable application time frames for real-time identification of goods of any type, in particular consumer goods with a short shelf life.