US 12,314,810 B2
Method for authenticating a high-value item
Wolfgang Seib, Schopfloch (DE)
Assigned to Wolfgang Seib, Schopfloch (DE)
Appl. No. 18/291,885
Filed by Wolfgang Seib, Schopfloch (DE)
PCT Filed Jul. 26, 2022, PCT No. PCT/DE2022/000083
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 24, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/006135, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 2, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 202021002500.6 (DE), filed on Jul. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0330629 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01); G07D 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 7/1417 (2013.01) [G06K 19/06103 (2013.01); G07D 5/005 (2013.01); G07D 2205/00 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
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1. A method for authenticating a high-value item, the method comprising:
generating and applying to the item an optically identifiable code; and
reading and interpreting said code using a reader,
wherein:
a surface region of the item provided with a graphic or a surface structure, or a part of said surface region, is selected,
a code is generated in the form of a two-dimensional arrangement of code elements in the form of line and/or area elements, the code having an information content, the outline of the two-dimensional arrangement being adapted to the outline of the surface region or of the part of a surface region,
the code elements being integrated into the graphic or surface structure of the surface region or the part of a surface region,
the code is further linked to an information source that provides information, able to be displayed on a display, in relation to the item,
a reader, such as a smartphone, is provided with programming for recognizing and reading the code, and
when the code is read, the link to the information source is activated and the information is displayed on the display of the reader.