Patent ID: 9245202
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: G01N,G06K

Claim Text:
1. A method for detecting a tampering event of a component, the method comprising the steps of: encapsulating a fluorescent dye in one or more microcapsules, wherein the one or more microcapsules control detection of fluorescence of the fluorescent dye of the one or more microcapsules; embedding the one or more microcapsules in a translucent polymeric resin, wherein a number of the one or more microcapsules within a volume of translucent polymeric resin is configured to allow differentiation between one or more ruptured microcapsules and one or more non-ruptured microcapsules within the volume of translucent polymeric resin based, at least in part, on a detection of fluorescence of the fluorescent dye; securing at least part of a component in the translucent polymeric resin; and detecting a fluorescence of the fluorescent dye from a microcapsule in the translucent polymeric resin that is ruptured during a tampering with a light source that causes the fluorescent dye to fluoresce.