JP2003112825A - Article authenticating method and authenticating attaching tool - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To certainly authenticate an art object and the like, and to make the art object become a target of reasonable assessment. SOLUTION: An authenticating label 3 incorporating an IC chip 2 is attached to a work 1. In the IC chip 2, an ID given by an authenticating organization 11 and a part of work information of the work 1 are recorded. The recorded contents can be read out by a reader 4 provided in an art gallery and the like, and can be verified by accessing to a data base 12 through the Internet 10. The data base 12 is established by the authenticating organization 11, and registers the work information according to the ID.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of authenticating an article such as a work of art, and an accessory for authenticating the article.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an industry that trades articles such as prints and paintings has had the following problems. There is no definitive preventive measure against forgery of prints and paintings. The number of works that can have multiple true works, such as prints, is officially limited, but in reality, a quantity exceeding the limited quantity is distributed to the market and Trust and credit are destroyed. Generally, it is difficult to distinguish between various printing techniques and printing. In addition, there are some prints that the artist signs and limits the number of prints, and puts the edition number and treats it as a print work. Due to such circumstances, even a simple printed matter cannot be easily identified by an amateur customer if it is put in a frame and sold as a “print”. In many cases, there is no such thing as a guarantee certificate from the writer or publisher, so the information about the work becomes unclear after repeated distribution.

As a method for authenticating a valuable object such as a work of art, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-111494 discloses that image data obtained by scanning the surface of a work of art is stored in a semiconductor chip and the semiconductor chip is Prior art is disclosed that involves attaching the modules that it has to an art piece. By reading the image data stored in the semiconductor chip, information about the colors of all the pixels of the artwork and the size of the artwork, information about the moving speed of the paintbrush, information about the author's signature and its style, etc. You can know in detail. By comparing the read information with the information obtained by looking at the actual work of art, it can be determined whether the work of art to which the module is attached is the same as the work of art in which the image data is stored in the semiconductor chip. You can authenticate.

[0004]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention
Even if the authentication method disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 494 is applicable to arts and the like whose authors are historic landlords, who have been highly evaluated worldwide and are studying works, etc. However, it is not possible to effectively certify works of art that have not yet been evaluated as such landlords, and prints that may have multiple true works. In addition, image data that guarantees authenticity requires a huge amount of storage capacity, and even if data is compressed, the cost of the semiconductor chip will be high, and the value of the art situation as a countermeasure against authentication will be great. Unless it is high, it will be difficult to use economically.

Generally, prints and paintings that are traded have a low value as compared with the works of historic landlords, but the price should reflect the evaluation in the legitimate market. Customers who purchase paintings and prints may become distrustful of the arts industry if high-priced art prints that are not genuine, or high-priced prints that exceed a limited number of prints. . Customer distrust reduces the willingness to buy and reduces the reputation of legitimate paintings and prints, which is a major obstacle to the safe trade of art.

[0006] An object of the present invention is to provide an authentication method for an article and an authentication attachment, which can certify an art work or the like with certainty and make it an object of proper evaluation.

[0007]

According to the present invention, an article to be authenticated is attached with an authentication attachment which is issued under the control of a pre-established certification body and has individual identification information. A method of authenticating an article, characterized in that the information about the article is associated with the identification information given to the authentication attachment and registered in a database opened on an information communication network.

According to the present invention, a certification body is established in advance for the article to be certified. The certification body manages the authentication attachment, gives individual identification information, and issues the authentication attachment. The author or manufacturer of the article receives the certification attachment from the certification body, attaches it to the article, and associates it with the identification information given to the certification attachment,
Information about the article is registered in a database established on an information communication network such as the Internet. If the certification body makes it extremely difficult to forge authentication attachments and manages the identification information to be given and the registration of the database sufficiently, it is possible to certify the product with or without the attachment of the authentication attachment. Can be done.
When an article with the authentication attachment attached is distributed in the market, the database is accessed in association with the identification information given to the authentication attachment, the registered information is read, and the article is read. By comparing the registered content of the item with the item itself, it is possible to carry out the transaction with confidence.

In the present invention, the article is a work of art, and the authentication attachment can record information about the work of art.

According to the present invention, with respect to works of art such as prints and paintings, an attachment for authentication, to which individual identification information is given by the certification organization, is attached, and the attachment for authentication is a work of art such as a writer or a publisher. It is possible to record the information regarding the information, and easily read the information at the time of a transaction about a work of art to improve the reliability of the transaction.

Furthermore, the present invention is an authentication attachment used for being attached to an article to be authenticated, which has a housing provided with a predetermined form part for authentication, and is housed in the housing and given in advance. An authentication attachment characterized by including a recording element capable of recording identification information together with information about the article.

According to the present invention, since the housing of the authentication attachment is provided with a predetermined authentication form part, if the authentication attachment is attached to the article, it will be seen from the appearance of the housing. It is easy to see that the product is certified. Since the recording element capable of recording the identification information given in advance together with the information on the article to be attached is stored in the housing, the information on the article is read out from the recording element, the content of the article, the creator, the production time You can definitely know. By strictly managing the authentication attachment together with the management of the identification information, it is possible to enhance the trust of the authentication attachment and guarantee the value of the attached article. It is also possible to manage the information about the article in association with the identification information, and it is possible to guarantee the value in the distribution process of the article.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows a schematic system configuration of a method of authenticating a work of art, which is an embodiment of the present invention. Various kinds of information on prints and paintings, which are works of art, are digitized and recorded in the IC chip 2. IC chip 2
Is incorporated into the authentication label 3 and attached to the work 1.
The recorded contents of the IC chip 2 can be read by the reader 4 or the like. The reader 4 is provided in a distributor such as an gallery. Personal computers 5, such as galleries
6 is also provided so that the information read by the reader 4 can be displayed. The authentication label 3 may be attached to the work 1 at a corner on the front surface side, the back surface side, or the like. Even if the authentication label 3 is peeled off, it is possible to prove that it has been stuck by using a unique adhesive or the like used for sticking. Further, the case in which the IC chip 2 is incorporated is not limited to the label type, but may be the card type or the module type.

The personal computers 5 and 6 can access a database (hereinafter, abbreviated as “DB”) 12 established by the certification authority 11 via an information communication network such as the Internet 10. The work information about the work 1 to which the authentication label 3 is attached is registered in advance in the DB 12. When issuing the authentication label 3 to the work 1, the certification body 11 assigns an ID as individual identification information, and registers the work information in the DB 12 so as to be searchable by the ID. ID
Is also recorded on the IC chip 2 together with the above-mentioned various types of information and can be read by the reader 4. In the gallery or the like, the ID read by the reader 4 can be used to access the DB 12 via the Internet 10 to browse the work information on the personal computers 5, 6, or the like.

The work information registered in the DB 12 includes a work name, an artist name, a publisher name, a studio name, a production method, various keywords, and image data. These pieces of work information are IC
Various kinds of information can be recorded on the chip 2.
When the recording capacity of the IC chip 2 is not sufficient, only a part of information such as the work name and the artist name is recorded. If the ID is recorded, it is possible to access the DB 12 via the Internet 10 and to know all work information.

The contents of the work information registered in the DB 12 may include production date, production number, size, price, applicant, application and registration date, registration ID, and other special notes. The image data is Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-111.
It does not need to be as detailed as used in the authentication method disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 494. It will be easier to understand what the work 1 is like by displaying an image.
For example, it is easier to understand that the image as shown in FIG. 1 is displayed than only the description of "a picture of a rose".

FIG. 2 shows a schematic electrical configuration of the IC chip 2 of FIG. The IC chip 2 is a wireless tag or RFID.
A device for a non-contact type microwave ID system, which is referred to as “etc.”, can be used. In the microwave ID system, data can be read from the IC chip 2 via a high frequency radio wave of several hundred MHz to several GHz. When the reader 4 of FIG. 1 transmits a radio wave of a predetermined frequency toward the IC chip 2, the antenna 20 receives the radio wave.
The antenna 20 includes the IC chip 2 and the authentication label 3
Built into. When the radio wave is received by the antenna 20, the electric power of the radio wave is supplied from the transmission / reception control circuit 21 to the power supply circuit 22, and the power supply for operating the IC chip 2 is secured. The IC chip 2 is also equipped with a rewritable non-volatile memory 23 such as a flash type, so that the stored data can be read by the power generated from the power supply circuit 22.

In the non-volatile memory 23, the ID storage area 2
4 and a work information storage area 25 are provided. In the ID storage area 24, the ID given by the certification authority 11 of FIG. 1 is stored. The work information storage area 25 stores various kinds of information about the work 1. If this information is a part of the work information registered in DB12, DB12 according to the ID
Can be accessed to compare the contents read from the IC chip 2 with the registered contents of the DB 12 for the work information, and it can be easily confirmed whether or not they match. By recording a part of the work information registered in the DB 12 in the IC chip 2 as a work profile, it is possible to refer to the work profile when trading works, and to confirm that the work 1 is a genuine work. It becomes possible.

The authentication label 3 is not limited to the non-contact type that uses radio waves such as RFID as the IC chip 2 but also the non-contact type that uses electromagnetic induction, or the IC.
Similar to a card or the like, the same effect can be obtained even if a contact type recording element capable of reading recorded contents is mounted. Information may be recorded magnetically or optically. I
When the C chip 2 is used, it can be encrypted when recording or reading data. Forgery of data can be made difficult by encrypting. At the time of encryption, a public key system or the like can be used by incorporating a key for decrypting the encryption in the reader 4. Further, the authentication label 3 itself is printed so that it is difficult to forge, and an authentication stamp or the like is three-dimensionally stamped so that the authentication label 3 has a morphological guarantee function. You can also attach holograms. The certification body 11 and the trader must endeavor to prevent the forgery of the authentication label 3 and maintain its credibility so that the assurance capability of the authentication label 3 is not impaired.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a procedure for authenticating the work 1 by the authentication method of FIG. The procedure is started from step s0, and first, in step s1, the creator, such as a writer, a publisher, or a studio, produces a work to be authenticated. Work 1
When is produced, a certification request is made to the certification body 11 in step s2. In the certification body 11, step s3
Then, set the ID as unique individual identification information,
It is given to the creator side. In the certification body 11, step s4
Then, the work information is registered in the DB 12 corresponding to the ID.
A part of the work information is also recorded in the IC chip 2, and the authentication label 3 is issued in step s5. In step s6, the authentication label 3 is affixed to the work 1 by attaching it.
The procedure ends at step s7.

The producer who produced the work 1 in step s1 deposits the work 1 itself with the work information in the certification body 11 when requesting the certification in step s2.
Then, it is possible to receive the work 1 for which the authentication label attachment in step s6 is completed. Since the certification body 11 collectively records and records information in the DB 12 and the IC chip 2, it is possible to enhance the reliability of the work 1 to which the certification label 3 is attached.

Further, the producer who produced the work 1 in step s1 receives the authentication request in step s2 and then proceeds to step s5.
It is also possible to request the certification institution 11 to issue the certification label in (1), and to carry out the work of attaching the certification label in step s6 after receiving the certification label 3 by myself. It is possible to decide to produce a specific number of prints, such as prints, receive the authentication labels 3 for the number of prints, and attach them to each work 1. Since it is not necessary to move a large-sized work 1 or a large number of works 1 between the certification body 11 and the production side, the labor can be reduced. However, the production side needs to notify the certification body 11 of the work information accurately.

Further, in the case where the production side continuously produces the work 1 that is certified by the certification body 11, before the production of the work in step s1, for the plurality of authentication labels, the certification request in step s2 and the step s3 are performed. It is also possible to precede the ID assignment and receive the issuance of the authentication label in step s5. When the producer produces the work 1, the producer records some of the work information in the IC chip 2 and the work information is ID.
At the same time, the certification body 11 is notified. In the certification body 11,
The DB is registered in step s4. The creator side notifies the certification body 11 of work information that does not match the actual situation of work 1 and sends it to the DB.
Even if registered in 12, the actual work 1 can be compared with the work information registered in the DB 12 in the actual transaction of the work 1, so if there is a difference in content, it can be easily distinguished. Is possible.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the pre-established certification body 11 is added to the work 1, which is the article to be certified.
An authentication label 3 is attached as an authentication attachment incorporating an IC chip 2 to which an ID, which is individual identification information, is issued under the control of, and information about the work 1 is attached to the authentication label 3. It is registered in the database 12 established on the Internet 10, which is an information communication network, in association with the assigned ID. The certification body 11 is established in advance. The creator or manufacturer of the work 1 receives the certification label 3 from the certification body 11 and attaches it to the work 1. If the certification body 11 makes the forgery of the authentication label 3 extremely difficult and manages the ID to be given and the registration of the database 12 sufficiently, the authentication of the work 1 is surely performed with or without the attachment of the authentication label 3. Can be done.

As a result, the following effects can be obtained. -By attaching the authentication label 3 to each work 1, the digital information is incorporated into each genuine work, and the counterfeit prevention effect can be achieved.・ In arts and galleries that sell arts, authenticity can be determined by reading the information recorded from the authentication label 3 with the dedicated reader 4, greatly improving the safety and smoothness of transactions. Can be made. -Even if the purchaser of the work 1 resells, by accessing the DB 12 via the Internet 10,
Compared with the digital information read from the authentication label 3, it is possible to prove that the product 1 is a genuine product, and therefore it is easy to resell it.・ Through these efforts, the entire trading industry such as paintings can be activated, and distribution management becomes easier.・ If the digital information registered in the database 12 is posted on the website established on the Internet 10, it is possible to search and browse from anywhere in the world by entering the work number, etc. Expansion can be realized. -Even if you are not a professional such as a gallery, you can check the contents of the work information recorded on the authentication label 3 if you have a dedicated reader 4, so it is also beneficial to lovers and collectors of art works etc. There is.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, a certification body is established in advance to manage the issuing of certification attachments,
Individual identification information is given. The author or manufacturer of the article receives the certification attachment from the certification body, attaches the certification attachment to the article, and associates the information about the article with the identification information given to the certification attachment. Register in a database opened on the communication network. If the management of the identification information given by the certification body and the management of the registration of the database are sufficiently performed, it is possible to reliably certify the article with or without the attachment for authentication. When the article attached with the authentication attachment is distributed in the market, the information registered in the database in association with the identification information is read, and the registered content of the article is compared with the article itself, You can trade with peace of mind.

Further, according to the present invention, with respect to works of art such as prints and paintings, information relating to works of art such as a writer and a publisher is recorded in an authentication attachment to which individual identification information is added. It is possible to increase the reliability of transactions when making transactions.

Further, according to the present invention, if the authentication attachment is attached to the article, it can be easily notified from the appearance of the housing that the article is the object of authentication. Since the recording element capable of recording the identification information given in advance together with the information on the article to be attached is stored in the housing, the content of the article, the maker, the production time, etc. can be surely known. The credibility of the authentication attachment will be improved by strictly managing the authentication attachment together with the management of identification information.
It is also possible to manage the information about the article by associating it with the identification information, and it is possible to reliably authenticate the article.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic system configuration of a method of authenticating a work of art, which is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic electrical configuration of an IC chip 2 of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a procedure for authenticating a work in the embodiment of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 work 2 IC chip 3 Authentication label 4 leader 5,6 Personal computer 10 Internet 11 Certification body 12 Database 20 antenna 23 Non-volatile memory 24 ID storage area 25 Work information storage area

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An authentication attachment, which is issued under the control of a pre-established certification body and is provided with individual identification information, is attached to an item to be authenticated, and information about the item is attached to the item. A method of authenticating an article, characterized in that the article is registered in a database provided on an information communication network in association with the identification information given to the authentication attachment. 2. The method for authenticating an article according to claim 1, wherein the article is a work of art, and the authentication attachment can record information about the work of art. 3. An authentication attachment, which is used by being attached to an article to be authenticated, comprising: a casing provided with a predetermined authentication form part; and identification information stored in the casing and given in advance. And a recording element capable of recording together with information about the article.