Improvements are disclosed for authentication of an object, verification of its provenance,
and certification of the object as compliant with manufacturing standards. Or, an object may …

Digital fingerprints are used to authenticate a physical item. Authentication attempts may
automatically trigger various predetermined processes. Different processes may take place …

A data store to store and access digital records is provided, and a key object record is
initialized in the data store to store data associated with a physical key object. A digital …

A physical object is scanned and a digital image of the object is generated from the scan. At
least one subset of the image, known as an “authentication region” is selected. A plurality of …

Apparatuses and methods associated with preserving authentication under item change are
disclosed herein. In embodiments, acquiring digital image data of an image of at least a …

Methods and systems for detecting changes, alterations and forgeries in documents utilize
digital fingerprinting. A set of documents of a given type that are known to be altered or …

Digital fingerprinting systems, devices, and methods are arranged to acquire image data of a
portion of a surface of a physical object, and further arranged to construct a model of the …

Methods and systems integrate digital fingerprint authentication-based identification and
location tracking into a single, continuous process in which an authentication-integrated …

Methods and systems for tracking a physical object to identify or authenticate it utilizing
digital fingerprints which are based on natural features extracted from a digital image of the …

Apparatuses and methods associated with multi-level authentication are disclosed herein. In
embodiments, a method includes authenticating a physical object of a plu rality of physical …