Patent SG-11201807829R-A (SG)
Title: Methods and a computing device for determining whether a mark is genuine
Inventor: VOIGT MATTHIAS
IPC: G06Q30/00
Filed: 2017-03-13
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property -, Organization IIIMI41101110101011111 HO 11111011101111001111011101111101111011111 International Bureau ... ..... ..Yi j ..... .„,,,, (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date WO 2017/160715 Al 21 September 2017 (21.09.2017) WIP0 I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every G06F 17/30 (2006.01) GO6K 19/10 (2006.01) kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, G06K 19/06 (2006.01) GO6Q 30/00 (2012.01) AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, G06K 19/08 (2006.01) GO6T 1/00 (2006.01) BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, (21) International Application Number: HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, PCT/US2017/022097 KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, (22) International Filing Date: MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, 13 March 2017 (13.03.2017) NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, (25) Filing Language: English TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, (26) Publication Language: English ZA, ZM, ZW. (30) Priority Data: (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every 62/307,901 14 March 2016 (14.03.2016) US kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, (71) Applicant: SYS-TECH SOLUTIONS, INC. [US/US]; TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, One Research Way, Princeton, NJ 08540 (US). TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, (72) Inventors: VOIGT, Matthias; 30 Merion Place, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 (US). SOBORSKI, Michael, L.; 8 Philip Court, Allentown, NJ 08501 (US). AYOUB, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, — Rafik; 11 Millstone Road, Princeton Junction, NJ 08550 GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). =_ (US). Published: _ (74) Agents: WULFF, Richard, A. et al.; Drinker Biddle & — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) _ = Reath LLP, 191 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 3700, Chicago, IL 60606-1698 (US). = = (54) Title: METHODS AND A COMPUTING DEVICE FOR DETERMINING WHETHER A MARK IS GENUINE (57) : Methods for determining whether = — Mark-Applying 106 r 108 a mark is genuine are described. According to Device implementations, a device (or 100 various computing = 104 — First image- First Computing logic circuitry thereof) receives (e.g., via a cam- Capturing Device Device era or via a communication network) an image of — — Legitimate Physical Genuine Mark a candidate mark (e.g., a one- dimensional or two-dimensional barcode), uses the image to = = = object 1 8 102 r 120 second make measurements of a characteristic of a fea- Computing ture of the candidate mark, resulting in a profile Device 110 for that feature. The computing device filters out, from the feature profile, all spatial frequency components that are indicated to be sibling fre- — — 1 Second Image- Third Computing quency components. In some embodiments, the Media Storage computing device carries out the reverse proced- 1 Capturing Device Device Device ure, and filters out all spatial frequency compon- 112 _ ents except for those indicated to be sibling fre- — 114 quency components. 11 11 in 11 Unverified Physical Candidate Mar k Ir---- © ,-, IN ,-, © ei 116 FIG. 1 O