Patent Document ID: 9672678
Application ID: 14739890
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of detecting a counterfeit article with a scanning device, the method comprising: receiving article identifying information associated with a test article; receiving one or more comparison images of an authentic article associated with the test article from an image storage database; scanning the test article to capture test images comprising at least a first infrared image and a second ultraviolet image captured in alternating fashion; and providing the test images and the one or more comparison images for display, wherein the scanning device includes infrared LEDs and ultraviolet LEDs that may be controlled separately, wherein the infrared LEDs and the ultraviolet LEDs are positioned within a single camera chamber, and wherein the first infrared image is captured with illumination from the infrared LEDs and the second ultraviolet image is captured with illumination from the ultraviolet LEDs.