Security article authentication

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12415376-B2
Application number	US-202217809764-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 29, 2022
Priority date	Jul 2, 2021
Publication date	Sep 16, 2025
Grant date	Sep 16, 2025

Abstract

A user device may cause light to be emitted at a security article by one or more light emission devices of the user device. The user device may obtain from a first set of one or more optical sensor devices of the user device first sensor data associated with the security article, and may obtain from a second set of one or more optical sensor devices of the user device second sensor data associated with the security article. The user device may determine, based on the first sensor data and the second sensor data, one or more characteristics of a security feature of the security article. The user device may determine, based on the one or more characteristics of the security feature, whether the security article is authentic. The user device may cause, based on determining whether the security article is authentic, one or more actions to be performed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
causing, by a mobile phone, light to be emitted at a security article by a plurality of light emission devices disposed in a component cluster on an external surface of a back side of the mobile phone,
wherein a first light emission device, of the plurality of light emission devices, is caused to emit a first portion, of the light, associated with a first spectral range, and
wherein a second light emission device, of the plurality of light emission devices, is caused to emit a second portion, of the light, associated with a second spectral range;

obtaining, by the mobile phone, from a first set of one or more optical sensor devices of a plurality of optical sensor devices disposed in the component cluster on the external surface of the back side of the mobile phone, and based on causing the first portion of the light to be emitted, first sensor data associated with the security article;
obtaining, by the mobile phone, from a second set of one or more optical sensor devices of the plurality of optical sensor devices disposed in the component cluster on the external surface of the back side of the mobile phone, and based on causing the second portion of the light to be emitted, second sensor data associated with the security article;
determining, by the mobile phone and based on the first sensor data and the second sensor data, identification information associated with the security article;
identifying, by the mobile phone and based on the first sensor data and the second sensor data, a security feature of the security article;
determining, by the mobile phone and based on identifying the security feature of the security article, one or more characteristics of the security feature;
determining, by the mobile phone and based on the identification information associated with the security article and the one or more characteristics of the security feature, whether the security article is authentic; and
causing, based on determining whether the security article is authentic, one or more actions to be performed.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the security feature includes at least one of:
a raised ink feature,
a color-shifting ink feature,
a fluorescent ink feature,
a security thread feature,
a watermark feature,
a microprinting feature,
a reflective feature,
a refractive feature,
a diffractive feature,
a foil feature,
a hologram feature,
a window feature,
an image feature,
a graphic feature,
a micro-optic feature, or
a pattern feature.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first spectral range and the second spectral range do not overlap.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first spectral range and the second spectral range partially overlap.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a third portion, of the light, is associated with a third spectral range, and
wherein the third spectral range is different than the first spectral range and the second spectral range.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the first set of one or more optical sensor devices generates the first sensor data during a first time range;
the second set of one or more optical sensor devices generates the second sensor data during a second time range; and
the first time range and the second time range at least partially overlap.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the first set of one or more optical sensor devices generates the first sensor data during a first time range;
the second set of one or more optical sensor devices generates the second sensor data during a second time range; and
the first time range and the second time range do not overlap.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the one or more characteristics of the security feature comprises:
processing at least one portion of the first sensor data associated with the security feature of the security article and at least one portion of the second sensor data associated with the security feature of the security article to determine the one or more characteristics of the security feature.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein causing the one or more actions to be performed comprises at least one of:
causing authentication information indicating whether the security article is authentic to be visually displayed via a display screen of the mobile phone;
causing the authentication information to be audibly presented via an audio component of the mobile phone; or
causing the authentication information to be haptically presented via a haptic component of the mobile phone.

10. A mobile device, comprising:
a plurality of light emission devices disposed in a component cluster on an external surface of a back side of the mobile device;
a plurality of optical sensor devices disposed in the component cluster on the external surface of the back side of the mobile device;
one or more memories; and
one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, configured to cause the mobile device to:
cause a first light emission device, of the plurality of light emission devices disposed in the component cluster on the external surface of the back side of the mobile device, to emit, at a security article, light associated with a first spectral range;
cause a second light emission device, of the plurality of light emission devices disposed in the component cluster on the external surface of the back side of the mobile device, to emit light associated with a second spectral range;
obtain from a first set of one or more optical sensor devices of the plurality of optical sensor devices disposed in the component cluster on the external surface of the back side of the mobile device, and based on the light associated with the first spectral range being emitted, first sensor data associated with the security article;
obtain from a second set of one or more optical sensor devices of the plurality of optical sensor devices disposed in the component cluster on the external surface of the back side of the mobile device, and based on the light associated with the second spectral range being emitted, second sensor data associated with the security article;
determine, based on the first sensor data and the second sensor data, one or more characteristics of a security feature of the security article;
determine, based on the one or more characteristics of the security feature, whether the security article is authentic; and
cause, based on whether the security article is authentic, one or more actions to be performed.

11. The mobile device of claim 10 , wherein:
the first set of one or more optical sensor devices is configured to generate the first sensor data during a first time range;
the second set of one or more optical sensor devices is configured to generate the second sensor data during a second time range; and
the first time range and the second time range at least partially overlap.

12. The mobile device of claim 10 , wherein:
the first set of one or more optical sensor devices is configured to generate the first sensor data during a first time range;
the second set of one or more optical sensor devices is configured to generate the second sensor data during a second time range; and
the first time range and the second time range do not overlap.

13. The mobile device of claim 10 , wherein the one or more processors, to determine the one or more characteristics of the security feature, are configured to:
process at least one portion of the first sensor data associated with the security feature of the security article and at least one portion of the second sensor data associated with the security feature of the security a

Assignees

• Viavi Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Houck William D
• Scheer Adam
• Bilger Markus

Classifications

• G07D7/004

  using digital security elements, e.g. information coded on a magnetic thread or strip · CPC title

• G06K5/00

  Methods or arrangements for verifying the correctness of markings on a record carrier; Column detection devices · CPC title

• G07D7/005

  Testing security markings invisible to the naked eye, e.g. verifying thickened lines or unobtrusive markings or alterations · CPC title

• G07D7/1205

  Testing spectral properties · CPC title

• G07D7/0034

  using watermarks · CPC title