RU2343557C2 - Method for manufacture of paper labels for counterfeit protection of goods - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: technological processes.

SUBSTANCE: method consists in the fact that drop of colouring agent is applied in the area of label surface limited with frame or reference marks, this drop forms natural stain, which is later photographed, and produced image is digitised and included in data base as unique criterion of product. Suggested invention excludes practically any chance to counterfeit the label, has low prime cost and does not require performing label expertise by experts, in order to identify its authenticity.

EFFECT: exclusion of counterfeit with low prime cost.

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Description

The invention relates to the field of production of consumer goods and is aimed at protecting goods from counterfeiting. Paper labels are destroyed during opening of containers or packaging to protect goods from counterfeiting, the manufacture of which is based on the formation of flat holograms using photolithography, in particular, by the method described in the copyright certificate SU 1099310 A (IPC G03H 1/22). However, at present, equipment for applying holograms is available to many organizations and individuals. Therefore, if it is possible to form any new security features in the framework of such methods, then they still provide protection against fake for an extremely short time.

There is also a group of methods related to the subclass MCP “layered bodies” (G09F 3/02), offering a number of solutions for the manufacture of unique protective labels (RU 2004117286 A, RU 2005107647 A, RU 2263355 C1, US 6309690 B1, SU 1099310, US 7055691 B2, GB 2290525A, US 5343647, RU 2202127 C2 with the formation of unique identifiers in the form of volumetric bodies with unique features that take pictures, convert the resulting image into a digitalized form and enter it into the database as a unique feature of the product, but the closest solution is RU 2006000110 A , which proposes the application of drip m by the method of an optically visible identifier in the form of a colored volumetric body of a random shape, photographed with the receipt of a digitized image and entered into the product database. Subsequent examination is carried out using a video camera.

However, all these solutions have common disadvantages:

1) insufficient mechanical characteristics, which are associated with the fact that the identifier can be easily damaged during transportation of goods, loading and unloading, moving goods on a shelf, etc .;

2) images of volumetric bodies when photographing them strongly depend on the angle of inclination, lighting, and magnification;

3) substances used to obtain volume identifiers are, as a rule, organic adhesives, resin-like substances in a pseudo-fluid state, changing their volume characteristics over time, depending on temperature and humidity differences;

4) the cost of their manufacture is significantly higher.

In the proposed method there are no such problems. But at the same time, it eliminates almost any possibility of counterfeiting the label, has a low cost (since the technological equipment for its implementation is simple and cheap) and does not require expert examination of the label, since it is available to almost any buyer who has a portable digital camera along with a transmission tool Images over the Internet or cellular.

The essence of the method is that a coloring substance is applied to the paper surface of the flat label, in a specially prepared area (i.e., limited by a frame or frames), which spreads and is absorbed due to the capillary properties of the paper structure with the formation of a unique (due to the fact that the conditions formations depend on a set of factors that vary each time) of the natural dye spot (blots). Moreover, the resulting image is photographed, converted to digitized form and recorded in the product database as a unique feature of the product, indicating the presence of this record on the product label or label, for example, in the form of a barcode. During the subsequent examination of the product (in particular, when purchasing it), they photograph this natural spot (blot) on the product label and make a request for authenticity by transmitting the image along with information about the corresponding record in the database via the Internet or mobile phone. In the case of the authenticity of the goods, they receive a response about the identity of the image blots on the label of the image recorded in the product database.

Example

A region of a strip of tissue paper 1 cm wide and 6 cm long, highlighted by means of special signs (benchmarks), was used to dispense a black dye with a dispenser, which formed a black blot. The resulting image was photographed with a triple resolution of the image, converted into a JPG file (Windows operating system) and entered into the product database, then glued to the top of the bottle with an alcoholic beverage, indicating the presence of this record on the product label in the form of a corresponding barcode.

With an independent examination, the buyer, using a cell phone with a built-in digital camera, photographed a blot on the label of a bottle of an alcoholic drink and transmitted the data via the Internet, after which he received a response about the authenticity of the goods within 30 seconds.

Claims (1)

A method of manufacturing paper tags that are destroyed when opening containers or packaging to protect goods from counterfeiting, characterized in that a drop of a coloring substance is applied to the surface area of the label, limited by a frame or frames, which forms a natural spot, which is photographed, and the resulting image is converted to a digitized look and entered into the database as a unique attribute of the goods.