Sun Chemical Corporation

Henry F McInerney

Rakesh Vig

Peter D Miller

Anthony Saglimbeni

Richard H Selinfreund

Richard P Gill

Jeffrey M Drew

J Christopher Philips

Fred J Behringer

Method and system for detecting authenticate products based upon alteration of emission characteristics due to interaction of the emissions with the product and the container.

Security imaging system

A portable authentication device and method of authenticating products or packaging by analyzing key ingredients on products or on product packaging is disclosed. Light-sensitive compounds can be used to identify the product or product packaging. The product or product package may include visible or invisible ink containing a particular light-sensitive compound. The ink may be printed in one or more locations on the product or product packaging to produce an authentication mark, such as a bar code. The device includes an assembly for providing a source of light to irradiate the ink containing the light-sensitive compound on the sample product or product package, an optical detector to detect certain spectral properties emitted or absorbed by the irradiated ink and a controller to determine the authenticity of the sample product or product package by comparing the emitted or absorbed properties to a standard.

Portable authentication device and method of authenticating products or product packaging

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Essex, CT, United States of America

Henry F McInerney