Verification method of goods using IC tags and equipment using the method
US7518517B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 21, 2007 |
| Grant date | Apr 14, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 21, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07D7/01
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A goods genuineness/counterfeit discrimination method using a plurality of IC tags each having functions of storing genuineness/counterfeit discrimination information and transmitting the genuineness/counterfeit discrimination information and a genuineness/counterfeit discrimination equipment for receiving the genuineness/counterfeit discrimination information from the IC tags to use it for genuineness/counterfeit discrimination, the method including: reading, by means of the genuineness/counterfeit discrimination equipment, information stored in one or more IC tags mounted on goods on which a first predetermined number of IC tags are mounted; and discriminating genuineness/counterfeit of the goods by determining, by means of the genuineness/counterfeit discrimination equipment, whether or not partial information is identical to each other among genuineness/counterfeit discrimination information read from IC tags equal to or more than a second predetermined number of IC tags mounted on the goods, the second predetermined number being smaller than the first predetermined number.
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