Patent EA-002696-B1 (EA)
Title: System of marking and identification of articles
Inventor: BOGDANOV BLADIMIR NIKOLAEVICH
IPC: G06K1/12
Filed: 2001-09-24
Abstract: 1. A system of marking and identification of registered articles, comprising a central database, n working databases, n devices addressing them, where n = 1,2..., the first input each of them is connected to a control input of a corresponding working database, an information output of which is connected to the first input device of addressing a working database, a data load device, the output of which is connected to the input of recording data of the central database, k points of data input, where k = 1,2..., m marking devices, where m = 1,2..., characterized in that further comprises a control and monitoring center, k peripheral database, k peripheral automated working places of protection pattern printing, n identification devices, the output of each of them is connected to the third input of the corresponding device of addressing to the working database, the third output each of n devices of addressing to the working database is connected to the second input of the corresponding identification device, the first output of the control and monitoring device is connected to the input of the data load device, the first output each of k peripheral automated working places of protection pattern printing is connected to the input of data recording of the corresponding peripheral database, the second output of the control and monitoring center is connected to the second input of each peripheral automated working place of protection pattern printing and to the second input of each device of addressing to the working database, the second of each device of addressing to the working database and the second output of each peripheral automated working place of protection pattern printing are connected to the second input of the control and monitoring center, the third output and the third input of the control and monitoring center are connected correspondingly to the control input and the information output of the central database, the third output and the third input of each k peripheral automated working places of protection pattern printing are connected correspondingly to the control input and the information output of the corresponding peripheral database, the first input of the control and monitoring center is the system central input, and the forth output of the control and monitoring center is the system central output, the first input each of k peripheral automated working places of protection pattern printing is a corresponding system peripheral input, the first each of n identification devices is a corresponding system control input, wherein protection patterns are delivered to the marking devices from the control and monitoring center and from the peripheral automated working places of protection pattern printing. 2. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that the control and monitoring center comprises a data exchange device, an operator control board, a device of addressing database, a monitor, a verification device, a block of statistical processing and a printing block, the input of which is connected to the fifth output of the device of addressing the database, the first output of which is connected to the second input of the verification device, the first input of which is an input of reading bar code, the output of the verification device is connected to the first input of the device of addressing the database, the second input of which is connected to the third output of the operator control board, the second output of which is connected to the monitor input, the first input of the operator control board is the first input of the control and monitoring center, the first output and the second input of the operator control board are connected correspondingly to the second input and the first output of tge data exchange device, the first input and the third output of which are correspondingly the second input and the second output of the control and monitoring center, the second output and the third input of the device of addressing the database are correspondingly the third output and the third input of the control and monitoring device, the third output of the device of addressing the database is connected to the third input of the data exchange device, the second output of which is the first output of the control and monitoring center, the forth output of the device of addressing the database is connected to the input of the block of statistical processing, the output of which is the forth output of the control and monitoring center, besides protection patterns are delivered from the output of the printing block. 3. The system according to claim 2, characterized in that the verification device comprises a reading block, a cryptographic block, an operator control board, a comparison block and a monitor, the input of which is connected to the first output of the operator control board, the input of which is connected to the output of the comparison device, the first and the second inputs of which are connected correspondingly to the first and the second outputs of the cryptographic block, the input of which is connected to the output of the reading block, the second output of the operator control board is the output of the verification device, and the first and the second inputs of the verification device are correspondingly the input of the reading block and the third input of the comparison block. 4. The system according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that the printing block comprises a generator of electronic digital signature, a secret key carrier, a text generator, a printer and a bar code generator, the first input of which is connected to the output of the generator of electronic digital signature, the second input of which is connected to the output of the secret key carrier, and the first input is connected to the input of the text generator and is the input of the printing block, the output of the text generator is connected to the second input of the bar code generator, the output of which is connected to the printer input, the printer output is the printing block output. 5. The system according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that the printing block comprises a generator of electronic digital signature, a secret key carrier, a text generator, a public key carrier, a printer and a bar code generator, the first input of which is connected to the output of the generator of electronic digital signature, the second input of which is connected to the output of the secret key carrier, and the first input is connected to the input of the text generator, the output of the public key carrier is connected to the third input of the bar code generator, the second input of which is connected to the output of the text generator, the output of the bar code generator is connected to the printer input, the printer output is the printing block output. 6. The system according to claim 3, characterized in that the cryptographic block comprises an extractor of electronic digital signature, an extractor of an article information and an identifier of electronic digital signature, the first input of which is connected to the output of the public key carrier, the second key of the identifier of the electronic digital signature is connected to the output of the extractor of the electronic digital signature, the input of which is connected to the input of the extractor of an article information and is the input of the cryptographic block, the output of the identifier of electronic digital signature is the first output of the cryptographic block, and the output of the extractor of an article information is connected to the third input of the identifier of  electronic digital signature and is the second output of the cryptographic block. 7. The system according to claim 3, characterized in that the cryptographic block comprises the public key carrier, the public key extractor, the extractor of electronic digital signature, the extractor of an article information and the identifier of electronic digital signature, the first and second inputs of which are connected to the outputs of correspondingly the public key carrier and the extractor of electronic digital signature, the input of which is connected to the input of the public key extractor and to the input of the extractor of an article information and is the input of the cryptographic block, the public key extractor is connected to the forth input of the identifier of electronic digital signature, the output of which is the first output of the cryptographic block, and the output of the extractor of an article information is connected to the third input of the identifier of electronic digital signature and is the second output of the cryptographic block.