METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATIC OBJECT RECOGNITION AND AUTHENTICATION

摘要

The present invention relates to the field of tracing and anti-counterfeit protection of objects, e.g. products,and particularly to an automatic recognition and authentication of such objects.Specifically, the invention relates to a system and a method of receiving object data representing one or more discriminating characteristics of a physical object or group of physical objects. The method comprises: processing the object data by means of a machine-learning-based object recognition process to obtain discriminating data representing one or more collision resistant virtual representations of the physical object or group of physical objects; comparing at least one of the discriminating data and an original hash value derived therefrom by application of a pre-determined cryptographic hash function thereto with corresponding reference data stored in one or more data repositories with restricted access; and, if said comparison with the reference data results in a match, outputting digitally signed identification data comprising said hash value. Potential applications of the invention comprise particularly object authenticity checks for track & trace and anti- counterfeiting purposes, for example without limitation in the fields of automotive/aerospace spare parts, 3D-printed objects,pharmaceutical products or other health-related products, such health-care products, lab disposables, and clinical test disposables.