Classifications

• • G—PHYSICS
  • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
  • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
  • G07F7/00—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus
  • G07F7/08—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by coded identity card or credit card or other personal identification means
  • G07F7/12—Card verification
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
  • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
  • G07D7/00—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency
  • G07D7/004—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency using digital security elements, e.g. information coded on a magnetic thread or strip
  • G07D7/0047—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency using digital security elements, e.g. information coded on a magnetic thread or strip using checkcodes, e.g. coded numbers derived from serial number and denomination
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
  • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
  • G07F7/00—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus
  • G07F7/08—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by coded identity card or credit card or other personal identification means
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
  • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
  • G09F3/00—Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps
  • G09F3/02—Forms or constructions
  • G09F3/0297—Forms or constructions including a machine-readable marking, e.g. a bar code

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a process for tracing products with high added value such as wine or sensitive products such as medicines.
• French patent application No. 00 15349 discloses a process for monitoring products, in particular wine bottles. Nevertheless, there are more and more problems of counterfeit products with high added value or sensitive which can prove not only sources of financial losses as in the field of wine but also sources of dangers when it comes to drugs.
• the method according to the present invention is described below according to two preferred embodiments in two distinct fields but presenting the same problem, that of wine and that of medicine.
• the single attached figure represents a diagram of a wine bottle with a stopper, a capsule and an overcap and the circulation flows.
• a process can be presented which comprises different stages during bottling, for example in a defined, directly by the producer.
• the bottle is of known type, wandering and does not bear any specific marking before filling.
• the plug 10 may bear at least one mention 16. Such indications may be placed on each of the end faces or on the side. After the introduction into the neck, only one side is immediately accessible for reading without removing said plug, the upper side.
• the code 18 on the upper face can be read or identified by any suitable means. This is the identification cap code 18, written in clear.
• This code is the producer cap code 20.
• the identification cap code 18 is of random type, obtained from an algorithm and basic data, processed by said algorithm and readable by the same algorithm.
• the method of generating codes under the trade name "Data Matrix" is known, for example.
• the producer cap code 20 can also be a code obtained from an algorithm and from basic data, processed by said algorithm and readable by the same algorithm.
• These cork codes are generated by the cork supplier, a service provider or directly generated by the producer. In all cases, these plug codes are secret, recorded on any suitable medium, and brought to the attention of the only producer who manages stocks and who must guarantee a provenance and authenticate the product in the event of a dispute, fraud or any other quality or packaging problem.
• a database can be created with all the data.
• the encryption means may be identical or of different nature, for example a code or a sign to be revealed only under special lighting.
• the producer builds up a stock of corks referenced with at least one code 18 and / or 20 or with a combination of the two codes. These simple codes or in combination are stored on any medium the management of which is ensured by the producer.
• the capsule 12 is also an information medium. It is possible to affix on these capsules at least a code 22 and / or 24 on the upper face and / or on the lateral or lower face for example.
• the code 22 on the upper face of the capsule is written in clear, for example of the type known under the trade name "Data Matrix" because it is a capsule identification code 22. Such code is advantageously obtained by a specific algorithm.
• the code 24 written on the side or on the underside is a code written in clear or encrypted, by any means as indicated above.
• the producer can thus build up a stock of capsules with at least one capsule code and / or combinations of identification and producer capsule codes 22, 24, specific for each of them.
• These capsule codes are generated by the capsule supplier, a service provider or directly generated by the producer. In all cases, these capsule codes are secret and brought to the attention of the only producer who manages stocks and which must guarantee a provenance in the event of a dispute, fraud or any other quality or packaging problem.
• the producer at the time of bottling has a stock of caps with customer and producer codes and capsules with customer and producer codes.
• Each bottle will receive a stopper and a capsule, making an association of two codes or better of two combinations of two codes, making the system even more random.
• the entry of these codes by automatic reading during the bottling is easy so that the producer is the only one to know all of the four paired codes per bottle.
• the first capsule code allows the buyer to determine a priori, before removing the capsule, whether the bottle carries a capsule referenced by the producer.
• a server 26 makes it possible to introduce the code read on the upper face of the capsule and the algorithm, loaded into this server, checks the validity of this code interactively. Terminals can be set up at the point of sale.
• a pocket controller 28 can also be used.
• computers are known which are substantially in the format of bank cards.
• the algorithm is loaded and made inaccessible for any reproduction, modification or study, for example in a microprocessor.
• the end consumer enters the code read on the upper face of the capsule, the calculator operate the algorithm and the controller indicates if this code is an assigned code therefore valid, authenticating the origin or if this code is wrong.
• this capsule identification code 22 is accessible, it is possible to reproduce it.
• the second capsule code carried by the same capsule, can allow identification for the producer who wishes to verify a batch. Indeed, it can control any bottle, provided with means suitable for reading the encryption when the code is encrypted, without affecting the integrity of the bottle.
• the identification cap code 18 appears on the upper face. Again, the client can enter this code on the appropriate means to determine whether this code is valid after reverse processing by the algorithm.
• the code placed on the side is accessible for direct reading if it is clear or with specific reading means if it is encrypted.
• the traceability of the bottles is possible but also the authentication. It may also be useful to authenticate bottles which have already been capped and which have a capsule but which do not each have a capsule code and a cork code, originally. This is the case of bottles warned by the producer. It is possible to have on the existing capsule, an overcap 30, made of heat-shrinkable material. This is of known type. It is a sleeve which preferably includes a bottom, but a simple sleeve placed on the neck would be perfectly suitable.
• an opaque support at the bottom of the over-cap for example a pellet cut from a sheet. of aluminum, insensitive to heat, which carries at least one encapsulated code 22 'of identification in clear on the upper face, generated by a given algorithm and visible through the transparent overcap. It is also possible to report a producer 24 'overcapsule code on the side face of the overcapsule or on the underside of the pellet. If the code is reported on the underside, it is therefore only accessible by removing and destroying the overcap.
• Initial identification is therefore possible, by consulting the server online via the Internet, through a terminal at a place of purchase or using a portable controller.
• This process consisting in the establishment of an overcap is, a fortiori, applicable in the case where the bottles still have capsule and cap codes.
• the overcap is not superfluous because it may be desirable to provide for temporary or additional identification during certain inventory management.
• the method according to the present invention which consists in affixing distinctive information, directly readable or readable by decryption, can be supplemented by the affixing of other distinctive information.
• the labels can carry characteristic identifying marks.
• a mention may be reported on the label by laser engraving with a beam of great finesse or a mention in micro-writing certified and produced by a state printing house.
• a security sign with disclosure only under certain conditions can also be reported as a producer logo.
• the packaging, box, bottle or blister is considered to be a first barrier analogous to the bottle cap of the previous example.
• capsule shell, ampoule or sachet to give examples it is considered a second barrier, similar to the bottle cap, immediately before access to the product.
• a second packaging code not immediately accessible, arranged for example under an opaque scratch-off layer, makes it possible to confirm the origin in the event of doubts.
• the second code which is not immediately accessible can be encrypted with revelation under light with particular wavelengths for example or in the form of micro-writing.
• a first product code is provided in the individual protection of the product in case the products have undergone a repackaging, which is often the case for distant distributions or for reasons of transport. or for packaging in suitable quantities on the distribution site.
• This product code provides additional control.
• a second product code can be added to the personal protection such as the capsule shell, the ampoule or the sachet.
• This second code is not immediately accessible and can be under a masking film. In addition, it can be encrypted and revealed only by suitable means.
• This second code in the case of bottles of wine or of medicines, can be a writing appearing visually only under a given light or a micro writing with also a numerical code.
• this digital code can also be generated by the producer at the time of apposition and therefore verified by the consumer using the same algorithm, after decryption.

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  • 2001-10-31 FR FR0114148A patent/FR2831695B1/fr not_active Expired - Lifetime
• 2002
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