JP2005208951A - Information recording body for authenticity confirmation, article to which it is applied, and authenticity confirmation system for article - Google Patents

Abstract

The authenticity of an article can be confirmed using a general-purpose device without using a specially prepared reader, and individual product information can be visually read, making it easier to confirm the authenticity. The task is to do.
At least two types of information, that is, information 3 in which a URL of a site for confirming the authenticity of an article is two-dimensionally encoded and visible information 4 on an article such as a commodity are recorded on a base material 2. The information recording body 1 is configured and applied to an article or a small box 6 for packaging. The consumer can confirm the authenticity by reading the URL with a mobile phone camera or the like to access the site and inputting the visible information 4.
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Description

  The present invention relates to an information recording body in which information for authenticity confirmation is recorded, various articles to which the information recording body is applied, and a system for confirming the authenticity of those articles.

  Conventionally, various means have been used as means for confirming the authenticity of articles such as merchandise. As a typical example, a hologram is formed in a label shape and attached to an article, and the authenticity of the attached article is guaranteed. In this case, confirmation of authenticity is often performed by visual observation of a person who receives the article, and a further reliable confirmation of authenticity has been desired.

Therefore, individual product information such as the manufacturer's name, production lot number, or production number is recorded in the hologram in the form of hologram information, and this is read to determine whether there is relevant information on the product information database. It has been proposed to determine the validity of the recorded individual product information by viewing. (Patent Document 1).
JP 2001-180813 A. However, in order to read the individual product information recorded on the hologram, a specially prepared reader having the ability to read the information included in the hologram is required, and the individual product information can be directly read visually. It is inconvenient because it cannot be done.

  In the present invention, the authenticity of an article can be confirmed using a general-purpose device without using a specially prepared reader, and individual product information can be visually read. Therefore, it is an object to make confirmation of authenticity easier.

  According to the inventor's study, instead of recording individual product information in the form of hologram information, the URL of the site for confirming the authenticity of the article is two-dimensionally encoded information and the visible information about the article It has been found that the above-mentioned problems can be solved by using an information recording body on which at least two types of information are recorded, and the present invention has been achieved.

  A first invention for solving the problem is intended to be applied to an article, and information on a URL of a site for confirming the authenticity of the article on a substrate and information on the article are at least The present invention relates to an information recording body for authenticity confirmation, characterized in that the URL information is recorded in a two-dimensional code.

  The second invention relates to an information recording body according to the first invention, wherein information relating to the article is recorded as visible information.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an article capable of authenticity confirmation, characterized in that the information recording body of the first or second aspect of the invention is applied to the article.

  A fourth invention comprises a host and a terminal connected to each other via a communication line, and the host receives at least two types of information, that is, URL information of a site for confirming the authenticity of the article and information relating to the article. Storage means for storing, output means for two-dimensionally coding at least the URL information and outputting it to an information recording body for application to an article, receiving means for receiving information transmitted by the terminal A determination unit that outputs determination result information obtained by comparing the information received by the reception unit with the two types of information to determine authenticity; and a transmission unit that transmits the determination result information to a terminal. The terminal is configured to transmit the at least two types of information recorded in the information recording body to the host, and the determination result transmitted from the host. And characterized in that having an output means for outputting said determination result information receiving means, and for receiving receives the broadcast, information recording medium is related to authenticity verification system of the applied articles.

  A fifth invention relates to an authenticity confirmation system according to the fourth invention, wherein the output means provided in the host outputs information on the article as visible information.

  According to any one of the first to fifth inventions, at least the former two-dimensional information about the URL of the site and the information about the article for confirming the authenticity using the terminal from the information recording body applied to the article You can check the authenticity of an article by reading it in a coded state and accessing the site, or by reading and inputting information about the article as visible information. Convenience is high because reliability is high, access is not time-consuming, and it can be performed reliably. In addition, when information related to an article is recorded as visible information, information related to the article can be obtained more directly visually. In addition, since the two-dimensionally coded information can be obtained using a widely used general-purpose device, the inconvenience of using a specially prepared reader is eliminated.

  FIG. 1 is a view for explaining an information recording body of the present invention. In the information recording body 1 of the present invention, as illustrated in the upper part of FIG. 1, the URL of a site for confirming the authenticity of an article to which the information recording body is applied to a part of the base material 2 is two-dimensionally encoded. The recorded information 3 and the visible information 4 regarding the article are recorded and configured at least two kinds of information. The information recording body 1 may be further accompanied by other symbols 5 and characters (not shown). Such an information recording body 1 may be applied directly to an article, or, as shown in the lower part of FIG. 1, may be attached to the surface of a packaging material such as a box 6 in which the article is stored, It can be fixed and applied by an appropriate fixing method such as hanging.

  In the above, the “site” of the site for confirming authenticity indicates the location of the organization or computer system that provides the information, and the “URL” of the URL of the site indicates the address. “Site for checking the authenticity of an article” means that a person who wants to check the authenticity of an article accesses the site and sends information for checking the authenticity of the article. The site where the accessing person can confirm the authenticity of the article by determining the authenticity in comparison with the information stored in advance and returning the information obtained as a result of the determination to the accessing person Point to. A specific URL is expressed, for example, as “http://www.xxx.co.jp”, and xxx. co. This part can be replaced with a character representing a company name, an organization name, or a site name that they usually have.

  The URL of the site for confirming the authenticity can be recorded in the form of visible characters, but the URL recorded in the form of characters must be read by a person and manually input when accessing. Not only is it bothersome, it is easy to make input mistakes. In the present invention, this URL is preferably coded information, more preferably two-dimensional coded information, and further preferably a QR code. The URL information encoded in this way can be read mechanically using a code reader, or automatically by reading the two-dimensional encoded information with a mobile phone equipped with a camera mechanism. , The site having the URL can be accessed.

  Information relating to the article recorded in the information recording body 1 can be arbitrarily set, and is, for example, individual product information such as a manufacturing company name, a manufacturing lot, a manufacturing number, and the like given in the description of the prior art. The information on the article may be fixed information, but more preferably is variable information or information including variable information. Information related to these articles can be recorded in a two-dimensional code. However, when the information is recorded in a two-dimensional code, it cannot be seen with the naked eye. There is an advantage that input is possible without input. In addition, in order that information can be confirmed visually, it is more preferable that it is the visible information recorded in the format of the normal character.

  These at least two types of information are recorded on a part of the base material 2 by a method suitable for the material of the base material 2 described above. Further, information other than these two types may be recorded.

As the base material 2 of the information recording body 1, any material can be used. Specifically, a simple substance such as paper, plastic, or metal, or any composite of these can be used, and a single layer or a plurality of layers can be used. Can be constructed. As one preferable example, those having a light diffraction structure such as a hologram and a diffraction grating, which have been conventionally highly valuable as certificate paper, can be used as the substrate 2. Various methods such as a conventional printing method and a printing method using a computer printer can be used as a method for recording information on the substrate 2.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a hologram that is a representative example of a substrate 2 having a light diffraction structure that is a preferred example of the substrate 2 and a state of recording information on the hologram. In the example shown in FIG. 2, the hologram as the base material 2 is formed from the upper side in the figure from the transparent release film 21, the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 22, the light reflective layer 23 such as aluminum, and the hologram formation having the fine irregularities of the hologram on the top surface The layer 24, the release layer 25, and the support film 26 have a laminated structure in order, and when applied to an article, first, the upper transparent release film 21 is first released, and then the exposed adhesive layer 22 is attached to an article, and then the support film 26 is peeled off. Note that the illustrated laminated structure is only an example, and a layer having another function may be added.

  In recording information on the hologram, when the laser light 32 from the laser light source 31 is condensed by the objective lens 33 and incident so that the position of the light reflective layer 23 becomes a focal point, the material of the light reflective layer 23 is melted. Alternatively, a change such as evaporation can be generated, and a recording portion 34 in which the light reflectivity of the irradiated portion is different from the surroundings can be generated. The recording portion 34 in FIG. 2 is depicted as a part of the light reflective layer removed, but this is not restrictive. Recording of information on a hologram by laser light can be performed irreversibly, and thus has an advantage that tampering is difficult. The hologram may have a visually observable pattern, or recording on the hologram may be performed using a thermal transfer printer or the like. Recording on the diffraction grating can be performed in the same manner as recording on the hologram.

  By using the information recording body 1 as described above applied to the article, the authenticity of the article can be confirmed as follows.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an outline of an article authenticity confirmation system to which the information recording body 1 of the present invention is applied. As shown in FIG. 3, the authenticity confirmation system includes a host and a terminal connected to each other via a communication line. The system host is installed at the company that manufactures or sells the goods, the management center owned by the company, and the system terminal is installed at a wholesale or retail store in the middle of distribution. Or, a personal computer system or a mobile phone owned by a consumer or the like is small and portable. Further, the communication line may be a dedicated telephone line or a public line, the Internet, or a LAN.

  The host is composed of, for example, a host computer to which storage means, output means, reception means, determination means, transmission means, and the like are connected. Of these, the storage means stores at least at least two types of information, that is, information obtained by two-dimensionally encoding the URL of the site for confirming the authenticity of the article, and visible information about the article, and a large amount of information. May be external storage means. The output means outputs these two types of information to the information recording body. The receiving means receives information transmitted by the terminal. The judging means compares the information received by the receiving means with the two types of information stored in the storage means, judges authenticity, and outputs judgment result information obtained as a result of the judgment. The information corresponding to the information thus obtained is searched from a large amount of information stored in the storage means. Further, the transmission means transmits determination result information to the terminal.

  The terminal basically comprises a terminal computer to which a transmission means, a reception means, an output means for outputting, etc. are connected. The transmission means receives two types of information recorded in an information recording body as the host. To send to. If necessary, it may be accompanied by an external storage means. The receiving means receives determination result information transmitted from the host. The output means outputs the received determination result information, and is usually a display.

  First, it is assumed that a manufacturer manufactures a necessary quantity of product A. Each product A is stored in a small box for individual packaging and sealed, and an appropriate number of small boxes are collectively stored in a large box, sealed and packed, and packed in the form of a packed box. , Taken to a dealer through a wholesale store. Each store unpacks large boxes and small boxes and displays product A, and the rest is stored in the warehouse in a large box or sealed in a small box, each time a purchase contract is concluded. The product A is returned to the small box and resealed and handed to the consumer, or the sealed small box is handed to the consumer. Alternatively, the product A may be delivered from the store to the consumer's home by the carrier.

  On the other hand, a site for confirming the authenticity of the product A is set in the host of the manufacturer, and at the same time, information on the URL of this site and information on each of the products A are stored in the storage means. The information regarding each of the products A is a serial number as an example, but may be any information as long as they do not overlap each other. The information on the URL is input and stored by an appropriate means, and the information on each of the products A is generated using an appropriate means.

  Of the above-mentioned two types of information stored in the storage means, the URL information is two-dimensionally encoded using the output means and output to the information recording body. Also, information relating to each of the products A, for example, the serial number is two. Dimensional coding may be used, or when visual recognition is possible, the information is output to the information recording body in the form of visible information. After these two types of information are recorded, the information recording body is applied to each product A by an appropriate method. In the example shown in FIG. 1, the information recording body is affixed to the surface of a small box in which products A are enclosed one by one.

  A consumer who has purchased the product A can read a two-dimensionally encoded URL recorded in an information recording body attached to a small box, a barcode reader that can read the two-dimensional code, or a two-dimensional code. Reading using a general-purpose code reader such as a camera mechanism of a camera-equipped mobile phone configured as described above, using a computer or a mobile phone as a terminal, using a transmission means provided therein, and transmitting via a communication line, for example, the Internet And connect to the site having the URL. Thereby, the site for confirming the authenticity of the product A and the terminal are connected by the communication line.

  Thereafter, the consumer inputs information about each of the products A recorded in the information recording medium by operating the keyboard attached to the computer or the key of the cellular phone, and uses the transmission means from the terminal. Send to host. When the information about each item of the product A is two-dimensionally encoded, it can be read and transmitted in the same manner as the URL. On the host side, the information transmitted from the terminal is received by the receiving means, and the authenticity is determined by comparing the information received using the determining means with the information stored in the storage means of the host. If it is determined, determination result information indicating “authentic” is transmitted to the terminal using the transmission means. If it is determined that there is no authenticity, determination result information indicating “no authenticity” is transmitted to the terminal using the transmitting means.

  Here, the comparison is made for the determination with the received number and the serial number (a set of numbers) stored in the storage means, but the two-dimensionally encoded URL information is correct. If it is not, the consumer cannot connect to the site for confirming the authenticity of the product A. Therefore, the two-dimensionally encoded URL also has an authenticity confirmation function, or an authenticity confirmation function. It can be said that it has a part.

  The terminal uses the receiving means to receive the determination result information, and outputs the received determination result information to an output means provided in the terminal, for example, a display attached to the computer of the terminal or a display of a mobile phone. Thereby, the consumer who purchased the goods A can confirm the authenticity of the goods A by looking at the screen.

  Since the information recording body in the present invention has a function of confirming the authenticity of the article to which the information recording body is applied as described above, the function of assuring the authenticity of the article is high. High value when used for authenticating genuine products. For example, it is preferably applied to various consumables used in printers, electronic devices and electric devices, computers and peripheral devices, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and the like, and their functions and properties are guaranteed. It is also preferable to apply to so-called luxury brand goods such as watches, clothing, bags, jewelry, sporting goods, cosmetics, etc., and counterfeit goods can be prevented from being put on the market. In any case, since the authenticity of the article can be confirmed, the reliability of the article is improved.

FIG. 1 is a view for explaining an information recording body of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the mode of the information recording body which uses a hologram as a base material, and the recording of information. It is a figure which shows the outline | summary of the authenticity confirmation system of articles | goods.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Information recording body 2 ... Base material 3 ... Two-dimensionally coded information 4 ... Visible information 5 ... Pattern 6 ... Box 31 ... Laser light source 32 ... Laser light 33 ... Objective lens 34 ...... Recording part

Claims (5)

  It is intended to be applied to an article, and the URL information of the site for confirming the authenticity of the article on the base material and the information related to the article are at least two-dimensionally encoded. An information recording body for authenticity confirmation, characterized by being recorded.   The information recording body according to claim 1, wherein information relating to the article is recorded as visible information.   An article capable of authenticity confirmation, wherein the information recording body according to claim 1 or 2 is applied to the article.   A storage means for storing at least two types of information: a URL of a site for confirming the authenticity of an article and information relating to the article, the host comprising a host and a terminal connected to each other via a communication line; Two types of information, at least the URL information is two-dimensionally encoded and output to an information recording body for application to an article, output means for receiving information transmitted by the terminal, and receiving means for reception And determining means for outputting determination result information obtained by comparing the two types of information with the two types of information to determine authenticity, and transmission means for transmitting the determination result information to a terminal, Transmitting means for transmitting the at least two types of information recorded in the information recording body to the main body, and receiving for receiving the determination result information transmitted by the main body Stage the determination and wherein the result is that information with an output means for outputting the information recording medium is applied article authenticity check system and the received. 5. The authenticity confirmation system according to claim 4, wherein the output means provided in the host outputs information on the article as visible information.

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