AUTHENTICATABLE MARK, SYSTEMS FOR PREPARING AND AUTHENTICATING THE MARK
First Claim
1. A system for authentication of a mark comprising a plurality of taggants, the system comprising:
- at least one energy source providing energy at at least one wavelength that stimulates the taggants to emit radiation with at least one intensity versus wavelength distribution;
a detection apparatus configured to measure the emitted intensity versus wavelength distribution and provide at least one output signal corresponding to the emitted intensity versus wavelength distribution; and
a device including a program that performs a multivariate statistical analysis of the output signal to determine authenticity of the mark based on a measurement statistic and a predetermined statistical confidence limit.
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Abstract
Systems for preparation of a mark and authentication of a mark vis-a-vis a counterfeit mark. Emission spectra comprising intensity versus wavelength distributions are collected from a series of taggants. One or more taggants is selected from the collected emission data such that the spectra of the selected taggants are distinguishable. The selection is also based on a consideration of the emitted radiation of a substrate and a dispersive medium. The authentication system uses multivariate statistical analysis to calculate at least one measurement statistic of a mark to be authenticated and at least one statistical limit based on a series of training marks prepared by the preparation system. Authenticity of the mark is determined based on a comparison of the measurement statistic and the statistical limit.
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25 Claims
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1. A system for authentication of a mark comprising a plurality of taggants, the system comprising:
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at least one energy source providing energy at at least one wavelength that stimulates the taggants to emit radiation with at least one intensity versus wavelength distribution; a detection apparatus configured to measure the emitted intensity versus wavelength distribution and provide at least one output signal corresponding to the emitted intensity versus wavelength distribution; and a device including a program that performs a multivariate statistical analysis of the output signal to determine authenticity of the mark based on a measurement statistic and a predetermined statistical confidence limit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for authenticating a mark comprising a plurality of taggants, the system comprising:
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at least one energy source providing energy at at least one wavelength that stimulates the taggants to emit radiation with at least one intensity versus wavelength distribution; a detector that detects the emitted radiation; a filter that filters the detected radiation and provides at least one output signal corresponding to the emitted intensity versus wavelength distribution; a device including a program that performs a multivariate statistical analysis of the output signal to provide a measurement statistic and determines authenticity of the mark based on the measurement statistic and at least one predetermined statistical confidence limit; and an output device that notifies a user of the authenticity.
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11. A method for authentication of a mark comprising a plurality of taggants, the method comprising:
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providing energy at at least one wavelength to stimulate the taggants to emit radiation with at least one intensity versus wavelength distribution; detecting the emitted radiation and providing at least one output signal corresponding to the emitted intensity versus wavelength distribution; and executing a program on a device that performs a multivariate statistical analysis of the output signal to provide a measurement statistic and determines authenticity of the mark based on the measurement statistic and at least one predetermined statistical confidence limit. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for applying a plurality of taggants to a substrate comprising:
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irradiating a series of taggants to emit radiation with intensity versus wavelength distributions; measuring the emitted radiation of each of the taggants and recording in a taggant file of a memory of a computer a radiation intensity versus wavelength distribution for each of the taggants; selecting a plurality of the taggants from the taggant file that have emitted radiation intensity versus wavelength distributions which are distinguishable by the method; and applying the selected taggants to the substrate. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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