Patent ID: 8750570
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: G06K,G06Q,G07D

Abstract:
1. A method of operating an article of value exchange system including at least one processor, at least one nontransitory process-readable storage medium communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, and at least one image acquisition subsystem communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, the method comprising: receiving an article of value by an article of value receiving portion of the article of value exchange system; capturing by the image acquisition subsystem a set of surface characteristics from the article of value that uniquely identifies the article of value from other articles of value of a same type and from articles of value of other types; automatically performing a plurality of authenticity assessment tests on the received article of value without human intervention, the authenticity assessment tests which assess at least constituent metal content and weight of the received article of value; determining an authenticity of genuineness of the received article of value, by the at least one processor, based on an outcome of the plurality of assessment tests and nominal specifications for at least constituent metal content and weight; creating a digital signature for the received article of value, by the at least one processor, that includes information that uniquely reproducibly identifies the article of value from other articles of value of the same type and of different types; and causing a storing of the digital signature for the received article of value for later use in at least one of recognition or verification of the received article of value.