KR20050100346A - System for distinguishing genuineness of alcoholic liquors using mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is equipped with an RF tag loaded with information indicating the authenticity of the mainstream on the stopper of the mainstream in a manner that is damaged with the opening of the stopper, and reading the authenticity indication information of the RF tag through the RF reading module of the mobile phone. The present invention relates to a mainstream authenticity identification system that enables consumers to readily identify the authenticity of the liquor before opening the stopper. In the mainstream authenticity identification system 1 using the mobile phone according to the present invention, the RF tag 12 loaded with information indicating the authenticity of the mainstream is mounted on the stopper 11, and the stopper 11 is opened. (12) the mainstream packaging container 10 is damaged and the short-range wireless communication function is lost; And an RF reading module 21 capable of reading mainstream authenticity label information of the RF tag 12, an RF antenna 22 for short range wireless communication with the RF tag 12, and mobile communication and RF reading module 21. A cellular phone 20 including a CPU 20A for controlling the operation of the mobile phone 20, the mainstream authenticity label information read out from the RF tag 12 being displayed; Including the mobile phone 20 close to the stopper 11 of the mainstream packaging container 10 by the near-field wireless communication between the RF tag 12 and the RF reading module 21, the mainstream authenticity label information As shown in (20), it is possible to determine whether the liquor of the liquor packaging container 10 is genuine, and when the stopper 11 of the liquor packaging container 10 is opened, the RF tag 12 is damaged and the short-range wireless communication function is performed. The loss makes it impossible to reuse the RF tag 12.

Description

System for Distinguishing Genuineness of Alcoholic Liquors Using Mobile Phone}

(Technology)

The present invention relates to a mainstream authenticity identification system using a mobile phone, and more particularly, to mount the RF tag carrying information indicating the authenticity of the mainstream on the stopper of the mainstream in a manner that is damaged with the opening of the stopper. The authenticity indication information of the RF tag is read through the RF reading module of the mobile phone so that it can be displayed through the mobile phone so that consumers can easily identify whether the corresponding alcohol is genuine before opening the stopper. It relates to an identification system.

(Background)

Since liquor products such as liquor have a high proportion of tax (liquid tax) in manufacturing costs, fake liquor is constantly appearing, and the distribution of fake liquor is a tax portal as well as a threat to consumer health caused by the use of unproven raw materials. It causes many social problems.

Therefore, industry and governments are trying to prevent illegal distribution of alcoholic beverages by applying various means (eg hologram, tin cover, cap seal, etc.) to identify genuine and fake wines and prevent counterfeiting. At the end consumer level, various methods of identifying fake liquors are widely discussed.

However, even if the authenticity of the liquor can be discerned to some extent by holograms or the like, in order to judge the authenticity of the liquor through these existing means, it is necessary to have prior knowledge (knowledge of what state is genuine) to identify authenticity. In the reality that even the hologram or tin cover is forged by the precise observation, it is not practically easy for the general end consumer to identify the authenticity of the liquor through the existing anti-counterfeiting measures.

As is widely known, an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) system is a system that processes information by non-contactly identifying an RF tag through a radio signal, and includes a built-in RF reader and unique information for reading and decoding. It consists of an RF tag and associated operating software.

The RF reader reads the unique information recorded on the RF tag through wireless communication with the RF tag, including the transceiver, the decoder, and the antenna, and inputs new information into the RF tag when the RF tag is a tag that can be read and written. Sometimes.

The RF tag includes a semiconductor transponder chip (RF chip) and an RF antenna to provide unique information recorded through communication with the RF reader, and operates by receiving energy from a radio signal of the reader without an internal power supply. There is a passive type and an active type including a battery, and is provided in various forms such as a tag type as well as a card type or a label type.

Such RFID system has various frequency ranges such as 125 kHz, 134 kHz, 13.56 MHz, 433 MHz, 890 MHz-960 MHz, depending on the communication distance, usage, and standardization required for RF wireless communication between the RF reader and the RF tag. It is used and the standardization is confirmed or advanced.

Such RFID system is used as a system for non-contact transmission and reception of predetermined information using wireless communication in various fields such as document management, logistics management, identity verification, document authentication, and automates various tasks that were conventionally relied on the hands of people. It has become possible, and its scope of use is gradually expanding.

In particular, the RFID system is very easy to use, can recognize several tags at the same time, saves time, expands the system, enables bi-directional communication, and has a long recognition distance. It is able to use semi-permanently without contact, non-permanent operation, and in particular, it is impossible to forge and maintain perfect security, so it is rapidly replacing the existing bar code system and becoming the main element of ubiquitous. have.

An object of the present invention is to provide a system that can easily and accurately identify the authenticity of the mainstream at the end consumer stage of the mainstream using a mobile phone and an RFID system excellent in security.

An object of the present invention is to mount an RF tag equipped with information indicating its authenticity on a mains stopper in a manner that is damaged with the opening of the stopper, and to display the authenticity indication information of the RF tag on a mobile phone. By reading through the module to be displayed on the mobile phone, it is very easy and accurate to identify whether the liquor is genuine before opening the stopper of the liquor in the final stage of consumption of the liquor.

According to the present invention, a mainstream genuine identification system using a mobile phone is provided.

In the mainstream authenticity identification system using the mobile phone according to the present invention, the RF tag with information indicating the authenticity of the mainstream is mounted on the stopper, and when the stopper is opened, the RF tag is damaged and the short-range wireless communication function is lost. Liquor packaging containers; And an RF reading module capable of reading the mainstream authenticity label information of the RF tag, an RF antenna for short-range wireless communication with the RF tag, and a CPU controlling mobile communication and operation of the RF reading module. A mobile telephone displaying the mainstream authenticity label information read out from the RF tag; It includes.

In the mainstream authenticity identification system according to the present invention, when the mobile phone is close to the stopper of the mainstream packaging container, the mainstream authenticity label information is displayed on the mobile phone by short-range wireless communication between the RF tag and the RF reading module. As a result, it is possible to determine whether the liquor of the liquor packaging container is genuine, and opening the stopper of the liquor packaging container damages the RF tag and thus the short-range wireless communication function is lost, thereby making it impossible to reuse the RF tag.

Preferably, the RF tag is mounted on a portion that is deformed when the stopper is opened so that the RF chip of the RF tag or the RF antenna itself is damaged when the stopper is opened, or the electrical connection between the RF chip and the RF antenna is disconnected. The wireless communication function is lost.

Preferably, the mainstream authenticity indication information recorded on the RF chip of the RF tag includes only an ID for identifying the mainstream, and detailed information of the mainstream authenticity indication information is transmitted to the mobile phone by the management server.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail the mainstream genuine identification system using a mobile phone according to the present invention. The following embodiments merely illustrate the mainstream authenticity identification system according to the present invention, but are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram of an exemplary mainstream authenticity identification system in accordance with the present invention.

As shown in Fig. 1, the mainstream authenticity identification system 1 using the mobile phone according to the present invention is largely configured to include a mainstream packaging container 10 (mainly a bottle) and a mobile phone 20.

The liquor packaging container 10 includes a stopper 11 for sealing the liquor (wine) that is the contents and an RF tag 12 mounted on the stopper 11.

As the said stopper 11, it is the normal stopper of the system which is generally used, for example, twisting and opening widely used for liquor bottles etc., The structure is not restrict | limited.

The RF tag 12 is a tag applied to a conventional RFID system including the RF chip 13 and the RF antenna 14, and can be manufactured in a millimeter size, which is sufficient for mounting on the stopper 11. .

Although the communication distance of the RF tag 12 is not particularly limited, it is preferable to use an RF tag in the frequency region of 13.56 MHz having a communication distance of several centimeters so that near field communication is executed when the cellular phone 20 is in close proximity.

The RF tag 12 is equipped with liquor authenticity display information indicating that the contents (wine) of the liquor packaging container 10 is genuine. The mainstream authenticity display information is not particularly limited so long as it is information securely mounted on the RF tag 12 so that forgery and alteration is impossible, and may be, for example, character information including a product name, a manufacturer, a manufacturing date and a product serial number. It may also be acoustical information, such as "This product is genuine".

In the present invention, the "mainstream authenticity display information" means information of all displays capable of discriminating the authenticity of the mainstream, and there is no limitation on the form and the obtaining method. For example, detailed information such as product name, manufacturer, date of manufacture, and product serial number as mainstream authenticity display information is recorded on the RF chip 13 itself of the RF tag 12. When approached, all these detailed information can be displayed on the mobile phone 20 directly.

Optionally, only the ID identifying the mainstream is recorded as mainstream authenticity display information recorded on the RF chip 13 of the RF tag 12. When the mobile phone 20 approaches the stopper 11, The phone 20 reads the identification ID and immediately connects the management server 30 (mobile carrier or mainstream manufacturer) with communication (mobile communication, mobile Internet, etc.) to correspond to the identification ID from the management server 30. Detailed information (product name, manufacturer, date of manufacture and serial number, etc.) may be received so that the detailed information is displayed on the mobile phone 20.

The RF tag 12 is mounted on the stopper 11 in such a way that when the stopper 11 is opened, the short-range wireless communication function is lost together with the opening of the stopper 11, for example, the RF chip on the seat 15. (13) and the RF antenna 14 is mounted and the sheet 15 is attached to the stopper 11, or the RF chip 13 and the RF antenna 14 are directly attached to the stopper 11, or the stopper 11 ) Can be mounted in various ways, such as by mounting the RF chip 13 and the RF antenna 14 directly to the stopper 11.

However, in mounting the RF tag 12 to the stopper 11, the RF tag 12 is also deformed along with the deformation of the stopper 11 at the moment of opening the stopper 11 by attaching it to a site that causes deformation when opened. It is desirable to lose the short-range wireless communication function.

In this case, the loss of the short-range wireless communication function may be realized through the disconnection between the RF chip 13 and the RF antenna 14 as well as the damage of the RF chip 13 or the RF antenna 14 itself.

In order to facilitate short-range wireless communication malfunction of the RF tag 12 together with opening of the stopper 11, a cut line 16 may be formed on the sheet to which the RF tag 12 is applied to facilitate breakage. .

In this way, opening the stopper 11 from the mainstream packaging container 10, the function of the RF tag 12 is lost, so once used RF tag 12 is essentially impossible to reuse reuse of the stopper 11 It is possible to prevent the production of illegal alcohol by the.

The mobile phone 20 is similar to a conventional mobile phone, for example, a CPU 20A for controlling overall mobile communication functions, an input unit 20B for inputting various data and commands (e.g., a key input unit). A monitor 20C (e.g., an LCD) for displaying various types of information on the use of the mobile phone 20, a power supply unit 20D for supplying power, a memory for storing programs for the overall operation of the mobile phone and various data input / output 20E, a communication unit 20F having an antenna, a duplexer, etc. to enable mobile communication with the base station via an antenna, and an audio unit 20G having a speaker and a microphone for a call.

Therefore, in using the cellular phone 20, the user inputs predetermined data and commands by using the input unit 20B, monitors related information through the monitor 20C, and stores and stores the data necessary for the memory 20E. The mobile communication is executed through the communication unit 20F, and all such operations are controlled by the CPU 20A.

According to a feature of the system 1, the cellular phone 20 further includes an RF reading module 21 and an RF antenna 22 to construct an RF reader constituting the RFID system.

The RF reading module 21 is a module in which an RF modulator for converting an RF signal and a microprocessor for driving a program related to the RF reading are applied except for ancillary components such as an input / output device and a power source in the general RF reader. It is built in the cellular phone 20 and is circuit-connected with the CPU 20A.

The RF antenna 22 is a conventional RF antenna for inducing wireless communication between the RF reading module 21 and the RF tag 12. Preferably, the RF antenna 22 can receive the electromagnetic wave blocking action applied to the cellular phone 20 with minimal installation. It can be built in an easy location, for example a battery 20D (power supply).

Among the components necessary for the RF reading module 21 to be used as an RF reader for reading mainstream truth indication information of the RF tag 12, the remaining components except the RF reading module 21 and the RF antenna 22 For example, the input unit, the monitor, the power unit, and the like can be configured to jointly use the input unit 20B, the monitor 20C, the power source unit 20D, and the like, which are provided in the cellular phone 20 for mobile communication purposes. . In addition, the memory of the RF reading module 21 may be provided separately and modularized in the RF reading module 21, or may share the memory 20E of the cellular phone 20.

As such, the mobile phone 20 is provided with an RF reading module 21 and an RF antenna 22, and the RF reading module 21 is connected to the CPU 20A of the mobile phone 20 in a circuit. According to the present invention, the mobile phone 20 can control a certain function of the RF reading module 21, as well as display the mainstream authenticity indication information of the RF tag 12 read by the RF reading module 21. Can be displayed on the monitor 20C (e.g., LCD) of the present invention (when the mainstream authenticity display information is character information), or can be played back through the audio unit 20G (when the mainstream authenticity display information is acoustic information). Communication may be established between the telephone 20 and the management server 30.

The RF reading module 21 applied to the mobile phone 20 has a function of reading the RF tag 12 mounted on the stopper 11 to be applied to the mainstream genuine identification system 1 according to the present invention. Basically, it can be equipped with a function to read recording elements of RFID systems including other kinds of RF tags, and NFC module corresponding to near field standard NFC (Near Field Communication) which can read and write. It can also be applied according to the present invention.

The management server 30 is not an essential component of the mainstream authenticity identification system 1 of the present invention, but the detailed information (product name, manufacturer) is included in the mainstream authenticity indication information recorded on the RF chip 13 of the RF tag 12. , The manufacturing date and the product serial number, etc.) and only the ID for identifying the alcoholic beverage is recorded, the mobile phone 20 provides detailed information corresponding to the identification ID through mobile communication with the cellular phone 20. Is a server to send. The management server 30 corresponds to a mobile communication company, a liquor manufacturing company, or the like, which constructs data on detailed information related to the alcohol authenticity indication information.

The mobile phone 20 may be equipped with a smart chip 40 having a contactless function such as a traffic card. In addition, the RF antenna required for the non-contact function of the smart chip 40 preferably shares the RF antenna 22 for the RF reading.

That is, when a frequency range of 13.56 MHz is used for the RF communication between the RF reading module 21 and the RF tag 12, the communication frequency is RF communication between the RF antenna and the reader in the non-contact function of the smart chip 40. Since the characteristics of the RF antennas used in both can be the same as the frequency used in the mobile phone 20, only one RF antenna 22 is provided in the cellular phone 20, and the RF readout module 21 and the RF tag 12 Not only communication, but also communication between the smart chip 40 and an RF reader such as a traffic toll collector.

In the mobile phone 20 including the smart chip 40, the RF antenna 22 is used for the operation of the RF reading module 21 for reading the RF tag 12 or the non-contact of the smart chip 40. It is necessary to select whether to use the function, for this purpose, the mobile phone 20 may further include an RF antenna selection module 50.

Thus, by operating the input unit 20B of the cellular phone 20 to send a selection signal for selecting a function (read RF tag or contactless use of a smart card) to be used to the CPU 20A, the RF antenna selection module 50 Operation causes RF antenna 22 to act for the RF readout module or for the smart chip.

In the above description of the present invention, an example in which a mobile phone is applied is mainly described, but a PDA having the same function as a mobile phone in that only the mobile phone is used and the Internet communication is possible, and various data can be input and output. Of course, the present invention can be applied to other mobile communication terminals as it is.

In the mainstream authenticity identification system 1 according to the present invention described above, in identifying the authenticity of the mainstream, the stopper of the mainstream packaging container is equipped with an RF tag loaded with information indicating the authenticity of the mainstream. By opening the RF tag in such a manner as to be damaged and opening, and adopting a system for reading the authenticity indication information of the RF tag through an RF reading module mounted in the mobile phone and displaying it through the mobile phone, Before opening the stopper of the liquor at the stage of consumption, it is not only effective to identify whether the liquor is genuine or not by using a mobile phone, but also applies an RFID system with excellent security to the authenticity of the liquor. As a result, illegal distribution and consumption of alcoholic beverages can be more reliably prevented.

1 is a block diagram of an exemplary mainstream identity identification system in accordance with the present invention.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

1: mainstream genuine identification system of the present invention

10: liquor packaging container (bottle) 11: stopper

12: RF Tag 13: RF Chip

14: RF antenna 15: sheet

16: cutting line 20: mobile phone

20A: CPU 20B: Input Section

20C: monitor 20D: power supply,

20E: Memory 20F: Communication Unit

20G: Audio 21: RF readout module

22: RF antenna 30: management server

40: smart chip 50: RF antenna selection module

Claims (3)

When the RF tag 12 loaded with information indicating the authenticity of the mainstream is mounted on the stopper 11 and the stopper 11 is opened, the RF tag 12 is damaged and the short-range wireless communication function is lost. A packaging container 10; And an RF reading module 21 capable of reading the mainstream authenticity label information of the RF tag 12, an RF antenna 22 for short range wireless communication with the RF tag 12, and mobile communication and the RF reading. A mobile telephone (20) including a CPU (20A) for controlling the operation of the module (21), wherein the mainstream authenticity label information read from the RF tag (12) is displayed; Including: When the mobile phone 20 is close to the stopper 11 of the mainstream packaging container 10, the mainstream authenticity label information is generated by short-range wireless communication between the RF tag 12 and the RF reading module 21. By being displayed on the mobile phone 20, it is possible to determine whether the alcoholic beverage of the liquor packaging container 10 is genuine, and when the stopper 11 of the liquor packaging container 10 is opened, the RF tag 12 is opened. A mainstream authenticity identification system using a mobile phone, which is damaged and the short-range wireless communication function is lost, thereby making it impossible to reuse the RF tag. The RF tag 12 according to claim 1, wherein the RF tag 12 is mounted at a portion that is deformed when the stopper 11 is opened, and the RF chip 13 of the RF tag 12 or the RF of the RF tag 12 when the stopper 11 is opened. The main body genuine identification system using a mobile phone, characterized in that the antenna 14 itself is damaged or the electrical connection between the RF chip 13 and the RF antenna 14 is disconnected and thus the short-range wireless communication function is lost. The mainstream authenticity indication information recorded in the RF chip 13 of the RF tag 12 includes only an ID for identifying the mainstream, and detailed information of the mainstream authenticity indication information. The management server 30 is characterized in that the transmission to the mobile phone 20 to provide, mainstream authenticity identification system using a mobile phone.