Warp and weft encoding of garment

• US 9,984,261 B2
• Filed: 10/04/2016
• Issued: 05/29/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Gonzales, Jr., Sergio Pinzon
• Primary Examiner(s): Frech, Karl D
• Application Number:
  US15/285,151
• Publication Number:
  US 20180096178A1
• Time in Patent Office: 602 Days
• Field of Search: 235468, 235380, 23546213
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/018 Certifying business or products

Abstract

In various example embodiments, a system and method for authenticating a garment are presented. The authentication system can include a code reader configured to receive an image of a garment. An asymmetrical pattern can be woven in a section of the garment. The code reader can decode weft and warp information from weave lines in the asymmetrical pattern and determine a validation code based on the weft and warp information. Additionally, an authentication system can access, from an authentication database, authentication codes associated with authentic garments. The authentication system can calculate a confidence score based on a comparison of the validation code with one of the authentication codes. Subsequently, a publication system can cause a presentation, on a display of a device, a verification that the garment is authentic when the confidence score is above a predetermined threshold.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

one or more computer processors; and

one or more computer-readable mediums storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more computer processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising;

receiving an image of a garment, the image including a section of the garment that includes an asymmetrical pattern being woven in the garment, the asymmetrical pattern created by at least a first weft thread woven through a set of warp threads;

for each warp thread in the set of warp threads, determining a binary digit based on whether the first weft thread is woven over or under the respective warp thread, yielding a binary code;

comparing the binary code to a set of authentication codes stored in authentication database, yielding a comparison, the authentication codes being associated with authentic garments;

identifying, based on the comparison, a first authentication code;

calculating a confidence score based on a percentage of binary digits in the binary code that match corresponding binary digits of the first authentication code; and

in response to determining that the confidence score meets or exceeds a predetermined threshold score, causing a verification that the garment is authentic to be presented on a display of a device.

2. The system of claim 1, the operations further comprising:

publishing a garment listing associated with the garment based on the verification that the garment is authentic.

3. The system of claim 1, the operations further comprising:

determining an ownership code based on the binary code;

accessing, from an ownership database, a chain of ownership information associated with the ownership code; and

publishing the chain of ownership information.

4. The system of claim 3, the operations further comprising:

receiving seller information associated with a seller of the garment; and

removing a garment listing associated with the garment when the chain of ownership information does not match the seller information.

5. The system of claim 1, the operations further comprising:

removing a garment listing associated with the garment when the confidence score is below the predetermined threshold score.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the set of warp threads includes a first warp thread that is a first color, and a second warp thread that is a second color that is different than the first color.

7. The system of claim 1, the operations further comprising:

determining a maintenance code based on the binary code weft and warp information;

accessing, from a vendor server, care instructions associated with the maintenance code; and

causing a presentation, on the display of the device, of the accessed care instructions.

8. The system of claim 1, the operations further comprising:

determining an access code based on the binary code;

accessing, from a server, a grant code associated with an area;

verifying access to the area based on the access code matching the grant code; and

causing a confirmation, on the display of the device, of access being granted to the area based on the verification.

9. The system of claim 1, the operations further comprising:

determining a style code based on the binary code;

accessing, from a vendor server, a matching item associated with the style code; and

causing a presentation, on the display of the device, of the matching item.

10. The system of claim 1, the operations further comprising:

accessing, from a price database, a suggested price for the garment; and

updating the confidence score based on the suggested price.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the comparison is based on an overlap technique.

12. A method comprising:

receiving an image of a garment, the image including a section of the garment that includes an asymmetrical pattern being woven in the garment, the asymmetrical pattern created by at least a first weft thread woven through a set of warp threads;

for each warp thread in the set of warp threads, determining a binary digit based on whether the first weft thread is woven over or under the respective warp thread, yielding a binary code;

comparing the binary code to a set of authentication codes stored in an authentication database, yielding a comparison, the authentication codes being associated with authentic garments;

identifying, based on the comparison, a first authentication code;

calculating, by a computing device, a confidence score based on a percentage of binary digits in the binary code that match corresponding binary digits of the first authentication code; and

in response to determining that the confidence score meets or exceeds a predetermined threshold score, causing a verification that the garment is authentic to be presented on a display of a device.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

publishing a garment listing associated with the garment based on the verification that the garment is authentic.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

determining an ownership code based on the binary code;

accessing, from an ownership database, a chain of ownership information associated with the ownership code; and

publishing the chain of ownership information.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

receiving seller information associated with a seller of the garment; and

removing a garment listing associated with the garment when the chain of ownership information does not match the seller information.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

removing a garment listing associated with the garment when the confidence score is below the predetermined threshold score.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more computer processors of a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving an image of a garment, the image including a section of the garment that includes an asymmetrical pattern being woven in the garment, the asymmetrical pattern created by at least a first weft thread woven through a set of warp threads;

for each warp thread in the set of warp threads, determining a binary digit based on whether the first weft thread is woven over or under the respective warp thread, yielding a binary code;

comparing the binary code to a set of authentication codes stored in an authentication database, yielding a comparison, the authentication codes being associated with authentic garments;

identifying, based on the comparison, a first authentication code;

calculating a confidence score based on a percentage of binary digits in the binary code that match corresponding binary digits of the first authentication code; and

in response to determining that the confidence score meets or exceeds a predetermined threshold score, causing a verification that the garment is authentic to be presented on a display of a device.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, the operations further comprising:

publishing a garment listing associated with the garment based on the verification that the garment is authentic.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, the operations further comprising:

determining an ownership code based on the binary code;

accessing, from an ownership database, a chain of ownership information associated with the ownership code; and

publishing the chain of ownership information.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, the operations further comprising:

receiving seller information associated with a seller of the garment; and

removing a garment listing associated with the garment when the chain of ownership information does not match the seller information.