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LABELLISATION OPTIQUE [1 record]

Record 1 1998-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Copyright, Patent and Trademark Law
  • Security Devices
  • Photoelectricity and Electron Optics
DEF

a system of identification (based on digitized light patterns) designed to make a product difficult to fake or at least easily distinguishable from knockoffs.

CONT

Light patterns: A Los Angeles-based company, Light Signatures, Inc., creates its fingerprints by extracting random patterns inherent within the product itself. A computerized processor passes a high-intensity light beam through a paper label to be affixed to merchandise. The processor captures a picture of the tangled web of fibers in the paper, digitizes it and converts it into a number, which is printed on the label. Forgers can copy the numbers on the labels, but they can't match the code to the fiber pattern. To check suspect goods, a manufacturer sends the labels back to Light Signatures, which compares their optical fingerprints to the numbered images. If the two don't match, the labels - and probably the goods - are fake.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Propriété industrielle et intellectuelle
  • Dispositifs de sécurité
  • Photo-électricité et optique électronique
OBS

labelliser : attribuer un label à un produit.

Spanish

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