System for anti-tamper parcel packaging, shipment, receipt, and storage

• US 9,607,462 B2
• Filed: 03/18/2014
• Issued: 03/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kkb Technologies LLC
• Original Assignee: Kkb Technologies LLC
• Inventors: Blemel, Kenneth Gerald, Peter, Francis Edward, Blemel, Peter Andrew
• Primary Examiner(s): Carter, Aaron W
• Application Number:
  US14/218,576
• Publication Number:
  US 20140270467A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,106 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 7/003 using security elements using digital security elements G07D7/004
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 7/1205 Testing spectral properties
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 7/2033 Matching unique patterns, i.e. patterns that are unique to each individual paper

Abstract

An apparatus and system for secure packaging, shipment, receipt and storage of mail, parcels and parcels is described. The apparatus includes an appliqué with a multitude of sensitized residue within that surround the parcel; the residue in the media forms a unique optical fingerprint, which is an exemplar image data for comparison. Substantial damage to one or more fibers alters the optical fingerprint pattern. The data is read and independently verified at waypoints and the destination. Comparing the current image data to the exemplar image data indicates damage or tampering.

Claims

1. A system for protecting parcels from tamper comprising:

a substrate film comprising artifacts exhibiting multi-spectral signature when exposed to certain stimulating photons of at east two controlled wavelength;

a parcel in association with an embedded processor, said parcel and said embedded processor wrapped with said film;

a source of said certain stimulating photons;

a first multi-spectral imaging sensor configured for processing at a first location and time, a first multi-spectral signature of said artifacts into a first digital image data and for transmitting a first digital information comprising said first digital image data, a parcel identifier data, and a date-time data to a cloud processing environment and said embedded processor; and

a second multi-spectral imaging sensor configured for processing, at a second location and time, a second multi-spectral signature of said artifacts into a second digital image data and for transmitting a second digital information comprising, said second digital image data to said cloud processing environment or said embedded processor.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein said cloud processing environment and embedded processor are configured for receiving, storing, and processing said first digital information and said second digital information with a tamper detection algorithm for comparing said first and second digital informations and for detecting any difference between said first and second multi-spectral signatures, and, when a difference is detected, for outputting a tamper signal indicative of a disruption of film integrity.

2. An automated implemented system to detect tamper of a parcel comprising:

a media comprising;

at least one substance selected from the group consisting of paper, metal, and polymer; and

at least one material selected from the group consisting of doped substances, scintillating substances, paint, strips, strands, filaments, and fragments, wherein all said substances, paint, strips, strands, filaments and fragments exhibit multi-spectral signature when exposed to certain photons of at least two controlled wavelength;

a parcel in association with an embedded processor, said parcel and said embedded processor encapsulated with said media;

at least two apparatus configured with means for digitizing multi-spectral signatures; and

means, in communication with said at least two apparatus, for transmittal to a cloud environment and said embedded processor a digital data comprising a parcel identifier data and a first multi-spectral signature pixel data collected during an exposure of said encapsulated parcel to said certain photons.

3. The system of claim 2 further comprising at least one processor in the cloud environment, said processor configured with means for recording, retrieving, performing tamper analyses, and transmitting the tamper signal.

4. The system of claim 2 wherein the polymer is selected from the group consisting of polypropylene, polyvinyl, and polyester.

9. The system of claim 2 wherein the cloud environment and said embedded processor are configured to receive the digital data and to execute a tam er detection algorithm on the digital data in conjunction with a second multi-spectral signature pixel data associated with the parcel identifier data and to output a tamper signal, said tamper detection algorithm comprising a Frequentist inverse modeling algorithm and/or a Bayesian inverse modeling algorithm for comparing multi-spectral signature pixel data.

5. An embedded implemented system to identify tamper of an item comprising:

a media comprising a plurality of embedded or embossed or attached artifacts that emit unique multi-spectral signatures when exposed to certain photons of at least two different controlled wavelengths;

an item in association with an embedded processor, said item and said embedded processor encapsulated within said media;

a source of said certain photons;

two or more sensors for producing a digital birth certificate image data representing said unique multi-spectral signatures and for communicating said digital birth certificate image data to a cloud environment and said embedded processor;

said cloud environment and said embedded processor are configured to record the digital birth certificate image data in a database and to execute a tamper detecting algorithm to perform a statistical comparison of the differences between said digital birth certificate image data and a current image data, and to output a tamper signal.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein the embedded processor is in communication with the cloud environment, said cloud environment comprised of one or more computers and means for storing digital data.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein the one or more computers are configured to receive a tamper signal and to send a tamper message.