Patent ID: 11948377
Assignee: ALITHEON, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A system comprising:
at least one image sensor operable to acquire digital image data representing at least a portion of a physical object positioned within view of the at least one image sensor;
a digital processor communicatively coupled to the at least one image sensor and communicatively coupled to a non-volatile memory, the memory storing instructions executable on the processor wherein the instructions include:
an encoding component to cause the processor to generate a unique identifier, the unique identifier including encoded information to locate at least one region of interest on the physical object and including encoded digital fingerprint information extracted from the digital image data acquired at the location of interest; and
an authentication component to cause the processor to decode information encoded in a unique identifier of a target object, locate and extract digital fingerprint information from digital image data of the target object, and compare the extracted digital fingerprint information to digital fingerprint information decoded from the unique identifier to form an authentication result; and

an interface communicatively coupled to the digital processor and configured to receive the unique identifier and/or an indication of the authentication result and to take a predetermined action based on the received unique identifier.