IP Library Patent Application 16544926
Patent Application
App. No. 16/544,926

PRODUCT MANUFACTURING METHOD, PRODUCT, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

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App. No.
16/544,926
Abstract

A product manufacturing method includes acquiring a random pattern in one region on a surface of a first member by capturing an image of the first member; acquiring identification information, based on which a second member is individually identifiable, from the second member, the second member being combined with the first member to constitute a product; storing the acquired random pattern and the acquired identification information in association with each other; and forming the product by combining the first member and the second member.

Claims (41)

1 . A product manufacturing method comprising:

acquiring a random pattern in one region on a surface of a first member by capturing an image of the first member;

acquiring identification information, based on which a second member is individually identifiable, from the second member, the second member being combined with the first member to constitute a product;

storing the acquired random pattern and the acquired identification information in association with each other; and

forming the product by combining the first member and the second member.

2 . The product manufacturing method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the identification information based on which the second member is individually identifiable is a random pattern on a surface of the second member.

3 . The product manufacturing method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the identification information based on which the second member is individually identifiable is serial number information indicated on the second member.

4 . A product manufacturing method comprising:

acquiring a random pattern in one region on a surface of a first member by capturing an image of the first member;

generating code information by encoding the acquired random pattern; and

printing the generated code information onto a surface of a second member, the second member being combined with the first member to constitute a product.

5 . The product manufacturing method according to claim 4 , further comprising:

forming the product by combining the first member and the second member after the code information is printed on the second member.

6 . The product manufacturing method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first member is a packaging member in which the second member is packaged.

7 . The product manufacturing method according to claim 2 ,

wherein the first member is a packaging member in which the second member is packaged.

8 . The product manufacturing method according to claim 3 ,

wherein the first member is a packaging member in which the second member is packaged.

9 . The product manufacturing method according to claim 4 ,

wherein the first member is a packaging member in which the second member is packaged.

10 . The product manufacturing method according to claim 5 ,

wherein the first member is a packaging member in which the second member is packaged.

11 . The product manufacturing method according to claim 6 ,

wherein the packaging member is at least partially formed of a transparent or semitransparent material, and

wherein the identification information based on which the second member is individually identifiable or code information printed on a surface of the second member is readable from the second member in a state where the second member is packaged in the packaging member.

12 . A product comprising:

a first member having a random pattern on a surface of the first member; and

a second member having code information printed on a surface of the second member, the code information being an encoded random pattern in one region on the surface of the first member obtained by capturing an image of the first member,

wherein the first member and the second member are combined with each other.

13 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

storing a random pattern acquired from a first member in a product and identification information acquired from a second member in the product into a storage unit in association with each other, the product being constituted of a combination of the first member and the second member;

acquiring the random pattern in one region on a surface of the first member by capturing an image of the first member in the product subject to a determination process;

acquiring the identification information, based on which the second member is individually identifiable, from the second member constituting the product subject to the determination process; and

reading, from the storage unit, the random pattern stored in association with the acquired identification information and providing a notification indicating that the combination of the first member and the second member is not changed in the product subject to the determination process if the read random pattern and the acquired random pattern match.

14 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

acquiring a random pattern in one region on a surface of a first member by capturing an image of the first member in a product subject to a determination process, the product being constituted of a combination of the first member and a second member;

acquiring code information from the second member constituting the product subject to the determination process; and

providing a notification indicating that the combination of the first member and the second member is not changed in the product subject to the determination process if an encoded random pattern in the acquired code information and the acquired random pattern match.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 13, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056222/0958 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2019
From: HAYASHI, EISAKU; YAMAMOTO, SHIGERU; ITO, KENSUKE; IGUSA, MASAHIRO
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050218/0597 →