RU2621969C1 - Method of concealed product marking and its identification - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: packaging industry.

SUBSTANCE: it is proposed to introduce identification mark into the product package covertly, which includes the identification code for information encoding, relating to the product manufacturer and the contents of the product. In order to protect the identification mark it is performed at the breaking up closure element, while opening, the encoding characters are performed in binary code. The identification code is the sequence of multi-character combination of the product bar code digit number, applied to the side surface of the object and / or the revenue stamp in the binary code and the other data, disclosing the product content. Reading of the identification code is carried out after separating of the breakable part of the closure, containing the identification mark. At that the presence of the identification mark and the identification mark digital number matching in the binary code with the digital bar code number, applied on the product, indicates the product authenticity and legality of its production.

EFFECT: reliability increase of the protection and confirm the products authenticity.

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Description

The invention relates to means intended for covert labeling of objects or products, with the aim of verifying the legality of their production and identification, if necessary, and can be used in the manufacture of liquid medicines and perfumes, in particular in alcoholic beverage production.

The production and sale of falsified alcoholic beverages accounts for a significant share of GDP. According to the most conservative estimates, a reduction in the volume of the “shadow” market segment may give the state an increase in budget revenues of 500 million rubles. in year.

The claimed invention relates to means of ensuring control of the authenticity of the product, as well as intended to implement effective measures to counter unauthorized production and / or trafficking of illegal alcoholic beverages. The appearance on the market of alcoholic beverages illegally manufactured, of dubious quality, and sometimes life-threatening, necessitated the development of technologies and tools that provide an unambiguous identification of legally produced products. The problem of accounting in production and control during the movement of produced alcoholic beverages becomes more relevant than ever.

A known system for monitoring the production and circulation of goods subject to excise duty using excise stamps manufactured by a method that allows you to control the turnover of these excisable goods. In the manufacture of excise stamps according to the specified method, various distinctive signs, for example, watermarks, signs visible in the ultraviolet radiation spectrum, holograms, etc., are applied on an appropriate paper carrier.

The method and system for identifying goods, in particular, trademarks of alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, video products, etc., in which digital information is applied to a trademark, is known and widely used. The specified information is converted into a bar code that supplies the product or label on the product. Barcodes help to track the movement of products and thereby save time, quickly respond to requests and respond to any changes. In addition to product accounting, the problem of product identification has another important aspect. To protect against counterfeiting of legal original alcoholic beverages, protection elements are introduced that are difficult to reproduce and which lead to negative consequences in the form of criminal liability for falsification of the brand. The disadvantages of bar coding is that barcodes are usually applied to intermediate storage media - labels, documents and packaging. Direct, direct application of barcodes to the manufactured product is not applicable. Since the marking on the surface of the object causes the problem that the marks can be destroyed by removing the part of the surface that is marked, or they can be faked by applying the same marking to the replaced container, container, etc. In addition, the image is a stroke -code is short-lived, sensitive to mechanical damage, contamination, etc. Despite this, bar coding is the most famous of all automatic identification technologies [1, 2]. In these known systems for controlling the production and turnover of excisable goods equipped with bar coding, the basis for the use of excise stamps is the assumption of the laboriousness of counterfeiting these brands and the possibility of verifying the authenticity of the brand by searching for the specified brand number in the list of issued excise stamps unauthorized copying of information from the relevant databases by unscrupulous authorized persons.

A known method of marking adopted in the patent (RU No. 2546570 G06K 7/14, G06K 19/06). The invention relates to a drug container with a barcode for encoding information related to the container or contents of the container. The technical result is the possibility of reliable and easy reading of information from a bar code. The medicine container contains a circular barcode for encoding information that surrounds the center point and is configured so that the information encoded by the barcode can be read along a closed line surrounding the center point.

The closest analogue adopted as a prototype is the method (RU No. 2199781 C1 of 02.27.2003 G06K 5/00, G07K 7/00), in which the products are marked with data containing encoded information that the product itself is supplied with, or a label on the product , or another storage medium or write to a memory device designed to supply them with the specified product. Verification of authenticity is carried out using an identification device configured to convert the recorded data into messages that are verified by cryptographic algorithms. The disadvantages of all of the above analogues should include their lack of reliability. This is due, first of all, to the fact that the current level of development of information technologies, computing, printing and reproduction equipment allows reproducing with a high degree of identity almost any security paper in unlimited quantities at relatively low material costs. In addition, the cost of the protected product increases significantly.

The technical problem solved by the invention is the creation of a method of protecting legal products, which would allow, at the minimum cost of its industrial implementation, to provide reliable protection of the production facility against forgery, and reliable identification of the product during expert checks and criminal situations.

The problem is solved by creating a method for covert labeling of a product and its identification, in which an identification mark is discreetly inserted in the form of a foil disc into the inside of the product packaging, in particular into the closure cap of the multilayer gasket, onto which an identification code is applied to encode information related to to the manufacturer of the product and the contents of the product, which is a hole on the flat surface of the disk, to protect the identification mark, it is performed on collapsing upon opening and the capping element, the encoding characters are performed with a binary code, and reference marks are introduced to indicate the origin and separation of the digital and alphabetic characters of the information; the information units in the binary code correspond to holes, and the zeros correspond to the absence of holes, and the holes on the disk of the identification mark are of the same diameter and are placed with the same pitch on the concentric circles of the disk; the identification code is a multi-character combination of the digital number of the product barcode applied to the side surface of the object and / or the excise stamp in the binary code and other data revealing the contents of the product in the binary code, the identification code is read after separation of the destructible part of the closure containing the identification a mark, for this a perforated disc of an identification mark is placed in a device in which a multi-character combination of code is registered by transferring to the uncovered sections of the photodetector perform mathematical processing of the data on the holes found, during which the positions of the reference marks are determined and the position of the characters “1” is restored, the characters “0” will be in the remaining positions of the code sequence, and thereby the identification code is recognized, while the presence of the identification mark and the coincidence of the digital number of the identification mark in the binary code with the digital number of the barcode printed on the product indicates the authenticity of the product the legality of its production.

A comparative analysis of the proposed method with the closest analogue shows that the inventive method has significant features that are different from the analogue. Therefore, the proposed method meets the criterion of "novelty." Analysis of the sources of information used to determine the level of technology showed the absence of sources in which the totality of the claimed distinctive features from the prototype was described. Moreover, the set of distinctive features is not obvious, since it does not follow directly from the prior art. Therefore, the proposed method meets the criteria of the invention of "inventive step".

The invention is illustrated by drawings, where in FIG. 1 shows a layout of a marker in a multilayer gasket; in FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of an identification mark (enlarged); in FIG. 3 shows the stages of the formation of the identification code and the development of a part of the disk of the identification mark; in FIG. 4 shows a block diagram of a product identification by the claimed method.

The claimed invention relates to a method for protecting legal alcoholic beverages of mass production from counterfeiting and authentication, but can be used in the manufacture of medicines and perfumes. At present, corking of alcoholic beverages is carried out in accordance with GOST R 51314-99 [3] with aluminum foil caps and other closures approved for use by the Ministry of Health. Many Russian companies are engaged in the production of caps and their sale [4, 5]; there are also own lines for the production of caps at distilleries. One of the main trends in the production of alcoholic beverages is the desire to improve bottle corking. This is necessary in order to distinguish a product from a number of similar ones, emphasize its individuality and protect it from fakes. Manufacturers of caps, depending on the characteristics of the process, use aluminum tape or sheets. The thickness of the rolled aluminum for the production of screw caps varies from 0.20 mm to 0.24 mm. For sealing, a cushioning disk is inserted into each cap, the basis of which is foamed high-pressure polyethylene (PE) with a density of 270-300 kg / m ³ . At present, metal-plastic caps, aluminum screw caps, heat-shrink caps, composite caps from polylaminate, etc. are being manufactured [4, 5]. Elite expensive liquor products are mainly made from two types of caps. Shrink caps (TUKs) are made from a polymer film, which, under the influence of high temperature, becomes elastic and exactly repeats the shape of the surface on which it is applied. Polylaminate caps are special decorative caps that are worn on the neck and cork of a bottle and made from a composition using foil and polyethylene in different proportions and different layers. The thickness of the cap is from 80 to 120 microns. The production technology of such caps differs from the production of heat-shrinkable caps, and the capping process does not require heat treatment. The method of rolling in the cap with rollers gives the best sealing effect. This product combines all the latest achievements in the production of caps: rotogravure printing, flexo and thermal printing on the side surface. The indicated types of capping, playing the role of a decorative design element, are a guarantee of security, serve as a kind of seal of the integrity of the package. The buyer is convinced that before him no one opened the package, and, therefore, the product will be safe for use. However, the Internet currently has many offers for the sale of caps of all kinds and all kinds of closures of various types of complexity. Therefore, protection against counterfeit products is more relevant than ever.

For covert labeling of alcoholic beverages, as follows from the text of the product, into the closure cap of FIG. 1 place a multilayer gasket (1), which is a sealing element and a means of hidden marking. It consists of a cushioning disk made of high pressure foam polyethylene (PE) (2), sealing films (3, 4) between which there is an identification mark disk (5) made of metal foil. As the foil material, for example, aluminum foil, tin foil can be used. Among them, aluminum foil is preferred because of its superiority in terms of cost and workability. There are no specific restrictions on the thickness of the foil, and it can be appropriately selected depending on the purpose pursued, namely, sealing the closure and workability, but preferably it is from 20 μm to 50 μm. The identification mark (5) is a perforated foil disk (6) containing encoded information (FIG. 2). Perforation of the disk can be carried out by well-known industrial technologies (laser flashing, electroerosive or electrochemical methods or mechanical flashing). The holes (7) in the disk (6) are located on concentric circles (8) with the same pitch between the holes and between the circles. The coded information on the identification mark (5), written in binary code, represents an identification code that allows you to establish the legality of the manufactured product. Each punched hole (7) in the identification code will correspond to 1, but not to the punched hole - 0. It has been experimentally established that to obtain holes (7) encoding the product label on the identification mark (5), it is enough to enter information in the form of a coded sequence of holes ( 7) with a diameter of d = (0.3-0.5) with a disk thickness of 0.2-0.24 mm and a pitch between holes of h = (0.3-0.5) mm. All characters and letters of product information can be encoded using binary code. In the invention, a decimal-binary code is used to apply a coded sequence of digits to a perforated disc (6), and four binary bits (tetrad) are used to record one decimal place. Each digit of the marking is represented by a notebook, namely: 0 = 0000; 1 = 0001; 2 = 0010; 3 = 0011; 4 = 0100; 5 = 0101; 6 = 0110; 7 = 0111; 8 = 1000; 9 = 1001. Similarly, the letter part of the marking is encoded. For this, ASCII tables (ASKI) with national extensions are used. Thus, the coding of the hidden product labeling is performed using only two characters: 0 and 1. The units are displayed as holes (7) on the surface of the disk (6) of the identification mark (5), zeros are indicated by their absence in the code book. To mark the beginning of the encoded sequence and to separate the alphabetic and digital parts of the marking, a reference mark (9) is used, for example, a tetrad in the form of four holes (1111). The identification mark (5) is prepared for perforation using a special computer program. Thus, the identification code is a multi-character combination of the digital number of the product barcode applied to the side surface of the object and / or the excise stamp in the binary code and other data revealing the contents of the product in the binary code.

In the information field of the identification mark (5) (Fig. 2) represented by concentric circles (8), the barcode of the product is recorded in digital form on the outer concentric circle (10) (Fig. 3), and on the other, the inner circles ( 11, 12) in addition, information about the manufacturer (manufacturer, shift, time, etc.), type of products (class, etc.), technological parameters of the product (type of alcohol, type of water, additives, etc.) can be recorded. The information contained in the identification code contains important information necessary for expert studies of legality and product quality assessment and examinations conducted in order to disclose criminal situations. An optical system can be used to read the identification code from the identification mark, a circuit of which is shown in FIG. 4. Previously, an identification mark (5) is removed from the destructible part of the cap and placed between the light source and the photodetector. The parabolic reflector (11) and the LED light source (12) form an annular stream of light entering the optical system (13), which forms collimated light beams of light. The optical system (13) consists of many lenses (14) located on concentric circles equidistant to the circles of the perforated disk (6) of the identification mark. These lenses direct narrow directional streams of light onto the disc of the identification mark (5). An identification mark (5) is placed between the optical system (13) and a photodetector (15), in which the optical axes of the photodiodes (16) are located on circles that are equidistant to the circles on which the holes (7) of the identification mark (5) are located. The optical system (13) works on the principle of optocouplers as a part of an LED and a photodiode, between which a perforated disk (6) of an identification mark (5) is located. The optical system (13) passes the stream to the photodiode (16) through the hole of the disk (7) and does not pass if there is no hole, when the stream is blocked by the plane of the disk. That is, in intersecting parts of the system, where there is no hole in the disk, the light beam does not enter the photodiode (16), and, conversely, in non-intersecting areas where there is an opening (7), the light beam enters the photodiode (16 ), forming a current pulse. After amplifying the current in the amplifier (17), a pulse sequence corresponding to a sequence of ones and zeros of the binary code is generated at the output of the controller (18) of the system. Identification of the fact of the presence of the identification mark and the correspondence of the read identification code with the digital value of the barcode printed on the product corresponds to the authenticity of the product.

The technical result of the claimed invention is to simplify the process of marking products (goods) protected from falsification and, as a result, to ensure greater availability of the proposed method for a wide range of bona fide manufacturers, as well as to increase the level of protection against fakes.

On the whole, over the entire range of vodka production, the effect can amount to many billions of rubles. At the same time, the owners of well-known brands and the state will receive economic benefits in the form of additional budget revenues by expanding the tax base and additional income of the Pension Fund and social insurance funds, with a significant expansion of legally produced products. It is difficult to calculate the additional economic effect of the reduction in mortality and disease due to poisoning when using “pale” alcoholic beverages, but its size will also amount to millions of rubles a year. The present invention provides the practical impossibility of falsification or replacement, or other unauthorized actions in relation to the specified products, equipped with hidden marking by the specified method.

Information sources

1. Bar coding. Electronic resource: http://mmgazeta.ru.

2. The alphabet of bar coding. Article of 02/07/2003. Electronic resource: http: /www.KlubOK.net.

3. GOST R 51314-99. Caps aluminum and combined for corking medicines.

4. Website of the TOKK company, electronic resource http://www.tokkcompany.ru.

5. Website of the company "Unifel", Fryazino, Moscow region. electronic resource http://www.unifol.ru.

Claims (1)

A method for covert labeling of a product and its identification, including marking each product in the manufacturing process with an assigned individual number and storing the assigned individual numbers in the manufacturer’s database, characterized in that an identification code is covertly inserted into the product packaging, in particular into the closure cap of the multilayer gasket. a stamp in the form of a foil disc, on which an identification code is applied to encode information related to the manufacturer of the product and the contents product, which is a hole on the flat surface of the disk, to protect the identification mark, it is performed on the capping element that collapses when opened, the encoding symbols are executed with a binary code, and reference marks are introduced to indicate the origin and separation of digital and alphabetic characters of information; the information units in the binary code correspond to holes, and the zeros correspond to the absence of holes, and the holes on the disk of the identification mark are of the same diameter and are placed with the same pitch on the concentric circles of the disk; the identification code is a multi-character combination of the digital barcode number of the product applied to the side surface of the object and / or the excise stamp in the binary code and other data revealing the contents of the product in the binary code, the identification code is read after separation of the destructible part of the closure containing the identification a mark, for this a perforated disc of an identification mark is placed in a device in which a multi-character combination of code is registered by transferring to the uncovered sections of the photodetector perform mathematical processing of the data on the holes found, during which the positions of the reference marks are determined and the position of the characters “1” is restored, the characters “0” will be in the remaining positions of the code sequence, and thereby the identification code is recognized, while the presence of the identification mark and the coincidence of the digital number of the identification mark in the binary code with the digital number of the barcode printed on the product indicates the authenticity of the product the legality of its production.

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