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US 12,425,522 · App. 18/346,768 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Authenticity collation system and authenticity collation method

Inventor: Tomohiro Mizuno (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
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Patent No.
US 12,425,522
App. No.
18/346,768
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An issuing apparatus is configured to acquire an image obtained by capturing a collation image printed on an information medium via a camera as a first captured image. A collation apparatus is configured to acquire an image obtained by capturing a collation image printed on an information medium to be collated via a camera as a second captured image, generate a corrected image obtained by performing density correction on the first captured image, by predicting a density change at a time point at which the second captured image is acquired based on an elapsed time from a time point at which the first captured image is acquired, and determine a collation region for collation between the first captured image and the second captured image based on a difference image obtained by obtaining a difference between the second captured image and the corrected image for each pixel.

Claims (49)

1. An authenticity collation system comprising:

an issuing apparatus that issues an information medium by printing a collation image on a substrate based on collation image data; and

a collation apparatus that collates authenticity of the information medium based on the collation image,

wherein the issuing apparatus includes a first processor,

the first processor is configured to acquire an image obtained by capturing the collation image printed on the information medium via a camera as a first captured image,

the collation apparatus includes a second processor, and

the second processor is configured to:

acquire an image obtained by capturing a collation image printed on an information medium to be collated via a camera as a second captured image;

generate a corrected image obtained by performing density correction on the first captured image, by predicting a density change at a time point at which the second captured image is acquired based on an elapsed time from a time point at which the first captured image is acquired; and

determine a collation region for collation between the first captured image and the second captured image based on a difference image obtained by obtaining a difference between the second captured image and the corrected image for each pixel.

2. The authenticity collation system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first processor is configured to register the first captured image in a storage device, and the second processor is configured to acquire the first captured image registered in the storage device, and

the second processor is configured to perform the density correction based on an elapsed time from a time point at which the first captured image is registered in the storage device.

3. The authenticity collation system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second processor is configured to determine a region in which an absolute value of a pixel value of the difference image is less than or equal to a threshold value as the collation region.

4. The authenticity collation system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second processor is configured to perform the density correction based on a table representing a relationship between the elapsed time and the density change.

5. The authenticity collation system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second processor is configured to collate the authenticity of the information medium by comparing information included in the collation region between the first captured image and the second captured image.

6. The authenticity collation system according to claim 5 ,

wherein the information is a spatial frequency characteristic.

7. An authenticity collation method using an issuing apparatus that issues an information medium by printing a collation image on a substrate based on collation image data, and a collation apparatus that collates authenticity of the information medium based on the collation image, the authenticity collation method comprising:

causing the issuing apparatus to execute a first captured image acquisition step of acquiring an image obtained by capturing the collation image printed on the information medium via a camera as a first captured image; and

causing the collation apparatus to execute:

a second captured image acquisition step of acquiring an image obtained by capturing a collation image printed on an information medium to be collated via a camera as a second captured image;

a density correction step of generating a corrected image obtained by performing density correction on the first captured image, by predicting a density change at a time point at which the second captured image is acquired based on an elapsed time from a time point at which the first captured image is acquired; and

a collation region determination step of determining a collation region for collation between the first captured image and the second captured image based on a difference image obtained by obtaining a difference between the second captured image and the corrected image for each pixel.

8. An authenticity collation system comprising:

an issuing apparatus that issues an information medium by printing a collation image on a substrate based on collation image data; and

a collation apparatus that collates authenticity of the information medium based on the collation image,

wherein the issuing apparatus includes a first processor,

the first processor is configured to acquire an image obtained by capturing the collation image printed on the information medium via a camera as a first captured image,

the collation apparatus includes a second processor, and

the second processor is configured to:

acquire an image obtained by capturing a collation image printed on an information medium to be collated via a camera as a second captured image;

generate a divided image by either dividing pixel values of pixels in the first captured image by pixel values of pixels in the second captured image or dividing the pixel values of the pixels in the second captured image by the pixel values of the pixels in the first captured image; and

determine a collation region for collation between the first captured image and the second captured image based on the divided image.

9. The authenticity collation system according to claim 8 ,

wherein the second processor is configured to determine a region in which a pixel value of the divided image is less than or equal to a threshold value as the collation region.

10. The authenticity collation system according to claim 8 ,

wherein the second processor is configured to collate the authenticity of the information medium by comparing information included in the collation region between the first captured image and the second captured image.

11. The authenticity collation system according to claim 10 ,

wherein the information is a spatial frequency characteristic.

12. An authenticity collation method using an issuing apparatus that issues an information medium by printing a collation image on a substrate based on collation image data, and a collation apparatus that collates authenticity of the information medium based on the collation image, the authenticity collation method comprising:

causing the issuing apparatus to execute a first captured image acquisition step of acquiring an image obtained by capturing the collation image printed on the information medium via a camera as a first captured image; and

causing the collation apparatus to execute:

a second captured image acquisition step of acquiring an image obtained by capturing a collation image printed on an information medium to be collated via a camera as a second captured image;

a divided image generation step of generating a divided image by either dividing pixel values of pixels in the first captured image by pixel values of pixels in the second captured image or dividing the pixel values of the pixels in the second captured image by the pixel values of the pixels in the first captured image; and

a collation region determination step of determining a collation region for collation between the first captured image and the second captured image based on the divided image.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 4, 2023
From: MIZUNO, TOMOHIRO
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064145/0791 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-004326 · Jan 14, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2022001195 · Jan 14, 2022
Related Publication 20230351779A1 · Nov 2, 2023
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