Verification method, verification system, verification apparatus, and program therefor

Abstract

The present invention addresses the problem of providing technology that makes it possible to perform verification for the purposes of distribution management, authenticity assessment, and the like of merchandise without building an RFID chip into each of a plurality of fasteners. The present invention is characterized in that image characteristics of a component of a product to be verified are acquired and the product to be verified is verified on the basis of the acquired image characteristics of the component.

1 . A method of an authenticity assessment comprising:
 receiving a brand name of a product from a mobile device, wherein the product is a leather product;   receiving an image of a metal part attached to the product;   determining whether the product is authentic based on the received image of metal part, and the received brand name of the product; and   outputting a determination of authenticity of the product.   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the metal part comprises at least one of a fastener, a clamp or a decorative part. 
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the product is determined as not authentic in cases where the product is at least one of an imitation product, a false description, an imitation product using another component fabricated by a regular components dealer, or another product which have potential of camouflaged product. 
     
     
         4 . A system for authenticity assessment comprising:
 a non-transitory computer readable medium configured to store instructions thereon; and   a processor connected to the non-transitory computer readable medium, wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions for:
 receiving a brand name of a product from a mobile device, wherein the product is a leather product; 
 receiving an image of a metal part attached to the product; 
 determining whether the product is authentic based on the received image of metal part, and the received brand name of the product; and 
 outputting a determination of authenticity of the product. 
   
     
     
         5 . The system according to  claim 4 , wherein the metal part comprises at least one of a fastener, a clamp or a decorative part. 
     
     
         6 . The system according to  claim 4 , wherein the product is determined as not authentic in cases where the product is at least one of an imitation product, a false description, an imitation product using another component fabricated by a regular components dealer, or another product which have potential of camouflaged product. 
     
     
         7 . The system according to  claim 4 , further comprising a camera configured to capture the image of the metal part. 
     
     
         8 . The system according to  claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to receive the image of the metal part from the camera. 
     
     
         9 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium recording thereon a program causing a computer to perform a method of an authenticity assessment, the method comprising:
 receiving a brand name of a product from a mobile device, wherein the product is a leather product;   receiving an image of a metal part attached to the product;   determining whether the product is authentic based on the received image of metal part, and the received brand name of the product; and   outputting a determination of authenticity of the product.