Patents by Inventor Thierry Pun

Thierry Pun has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8705873
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus for protection of various items against counterfeiting using physical unclonable features of item microstructure images. The protection is based on the proposed identification and authentication protocols coupled with portable devices. In both cases a special transform is applied to data that provides a unique representation in the secure key-dependent domain of reduced dimensionality that also simultaneously resolves performance-security-complexity and memory storage requirement trade-offs. The enrolled database needed for the identification can be stored in the public domain without any risk to be used by the counterfeiters. Additionally, it can be easily transportable to various portable devices due to its small size. Notably, the proposed transformations are chosen in such a way to guarantee the best possible performance in terms of identification accuracy with respect to the identification in the raw data domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Universite de Geneve
    Inventors: Sviatoslav Voloshynovskiy, Oleksiy Koval, Thierry Pun
  • Patent number: 8542871
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for protection of products and packaging against counterfeiting using dedicated authentication protocol coupled with portable devices. It is based on the product identification information, i.e., PIN, generated by the product manufacturer, stored in the product database and added to product or packaging in an open and/or a hidden form. The open part is directly available to the consumer before buying, opening or consuming the product or package or damaging its integrity while the hidden part is only revealed after these operations. The hidden information can also be disappearing after a predefined interval of time or number of trials or usages. Both parts are communicated to the authentication server in a predefined order to verify the product or package authenticity. The presence, absence, or multiple requests for the same product PIN, confirm or reject product authenticity or detect attempt at attacking the system or using counterfeited products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: University of Geneva
    Inventors: Sviatoslav Voloshynovskiy, Oleksiy Koval, Thierry Pun
  • Publication number: 20120298743
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for protection of products and packaging against counterfeiting using dedicated authentication protocol coupled with portable devices. It is based on the product identification information, i.e., PIN, generated by the product manufacturer, stored in the product database and added to product or packaging in an open and/or a hidden form. The open part is directly available to the consumer before buying, opening or consuming the product or package or damaging its integrity while the hidden part is only revealed after these operations. The hidden information can also be disappearing after a predefined interval of time or number of trials or usages. Both parts are communicated to the authentication server in a predefined order to verify the product or package authenticity. The presence, absence, or multiple requests for the same product PIN, confirm or reject product authenticity or detect attempt at attacking the system or using counterfeited products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: Svyatoslav Voloshynovskyy, Oleksiy Koval, Thierry Pun
  • Patent number: 8249350
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus for protection of products and packaging against counterfeiting using dedicated authentication protocol coupled with portable devices. It is based on the product identification information, i.e., PIN, generated by the product manufacturer, stored in the product database and added to product or packaging in an open and/or a hidden form. The open part is directly available to the consumer before buying, opening or consuming the product or package or damaging its integrity while the hidden part is only revealed after these operations. The hidden information can also be disappearing after a predefined interval of time or number of trials or usages. Both parts are communicated to the authentication server in a predefined order to verify the product or package authenticity. The presence, absence, or multiple requests for the same product PIN, confirm or reject product authenticity or detect attempt at attacking the system or at using counterfeited products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: University of Geneva
    Inventors: Svyatoslav Voloshynovskyy, Oleksiy Koval, Thierry Pun
  • Publication number: 20110096955
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus for protection of various items against counterfeiting using physical unclonable features of item microstructure images. The protection is based on the proposed identification and authentication protocols coupled with portable devices. In both cases a special transform is applied to data that provides a unique representation in the secure key-dependent domain of reduced dimensionality that also simultaneously resolves performance-security-complexity and memory storage requirement trade-offs. The enrolled database needed for the identification can be stored in the public domain without any risk to be used by the counterfeiters. Additionally, it can be easily transportable to various portable devices due to its small size. Notably, the proposed transformations are chosen in such a way to guarantee the best possible performance in terms of identification accuracy with respect to the identification in the raw data domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: Universite de Geneve
    Inventors: Sviatoslav Voloshynovskiy, Oleksiy Koval, Thierry Pun
  • Patent number: 7664288
    Abstract: A method of digital watermarking which can resist against local geometrical distortions such as random bending attack, global geometrical distortions as well as projective transforms, but does not necessary require the recovering of global affine transform or even the repetition of the same watermark pattern. Further, the watermark can resist common global affine transformations such as rotation, scaling, and changes of aspect ratio, cropping as well as other types of operations such as filtering, lossy compression, printing/scanning or detection of watermark in front of video, web or photo camera or any imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Universite de Geneve
    Inventors: Thierry Pun, Slava Voloshynovskiy, Frédéric Deguillaume
  • Patent number: 7644281
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus for watermarking text or vector graphics documents. It is based on character-wise or vector graphics element-wise grayscale or color modulation. At high resolution, halftone or dither modulation can also be used in addition or in place of grayscale/color modulation, for printed representation of electronic document. For the detection, the document is acquired through an acquisition device, document segmentation is performed, characters/elements are segmented, the watermark signal is estimated and the information is decoded. Although the proposed scheme mostly addresses the watermarking of hard-copy documents, it can easily be integrated into electronic document editing and acquisition tools, and the watermark is attached to the document electronic version. The invention is applicable either using expensive high-resolution printing and acquisition devices, either using common cheap low-resolution devices, depending on the application needs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Universite de Geneve
    Inventors: Frédéric Deguillaume, Sviatoslav Voloshynovskiy, Thierry Pun
  • Publication number: 20080002882
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus for protection of products and packaging against counterfeiting using dedicated authentication protocol coupled with portable devices. It is based on the product identification information, i.e., PIN, generated by the product manufacturer, stored in the product database and added to product or packaging in an open and/or a hidden form. The open part is directly available to the consumer before buying, opening or consuming the product or package or damaging its integrity while the hidden part is only revealed after these operations. The hidden information can also be disappearing after a predefined interval of time or number of trials or usages. Both parts are communicated to the authentication server in a predefined order to verify the product or package authenticity. The presence, absence, or multiple requests for the same product PIN, confirm or reject product authenticity or detect attempt at attacking the system or at using counterfeited products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Svyatoslav Voloshynovskyy, Oleksiy Koval, Thierry Pun
  • Publication number: 20060075241
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus for watermarking text or vector graphics documents. It is based on character-wise or vector graphics element-wise grayscale or color modulation. At high resolution, halftone or dither modulation can also be used in addition or in place of grayscale/color modulation, for printed representation of electronic document. For the detection, the document is acquired through an acquisition device, document segmentation is performed, characters/elements are segmented, the watermark signal is estimated and the information is decoded. Although the proposed scheme mostly addresses the watermarking of hard-copy documents, it can easily be integrated into electronic document editing and acquisition tools, and the watermark is attached to the document electronic version. The invention is applicable either using expensive high- resolution printing and acquisition devices, either using common cheap low-resolution devices, depending on the application needs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Inventors: Frederic Deguillaume, Sviatoslav Voloshynovskiy, Thierry Pun
  • Patent number: 6904151
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the methods of estimation and recovering of general affine geometrical transformations which were applied to data, extensible to any other defined class of geometrical transformations, according to the preamble of the dependent claims. The parameters of the undergone deformation are robustly estimated based on maxima given by a parametric transform such as Hough transform or Radon transform of some embedded information with periodical or any other known regular structure. The main applications of this invention are robust digital still image/video watermarking, document authentication, and detection of periodical or hidden patterns. In the case of periodical watermarks, the watermark can also be predistorted before embedding based on a key to defeat block-by-block removal attack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Inventors: Frédéric Deguillaume, Sviatoslav Voloshynovskiy, Thierry Pun
  • Publication number: 20050018871
    Abstract: A method of digital watermarking which can resist against local geometrical distortions such as random bending attack, global geometrical distortions as well as projective transforms, but does not necessary require the recovering of global affine transform or even the repetition of the same watermark pattern. Further, the watermark can resist common global affine transformations such as rotation, scaling, and changes of aspect ratio, cropping as well as other types of operations such as filtering, lossy compression, printing/scanning or detection of watermark in front of video, web or photo camera or any imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Thierry Pun, Slava Voloshynovskiy, Frederic Deguillaume
  • Publication number: 20030133589
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the methods of estimation and recovering of general affine geometrical transformations which were applied to data, extensible to any other defined class of geometrical transformations, according to the preamble of the dependent claims. The parameters of the undergone deformation are robustly estimated based on maxima given by a parametric transform such as Hough transform or Radon transform of some embedded information with periodical or any other known regular structure. The main applications of this invention are robust digital still image/video watermarking, document authentication, and detection of periodical or hidden patterns. In the case of periodical watermarks, the watermark can also be predistorted before embedding based on a key to defeat block-by-block removal attack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: Frederic Deguillaume, Sviatoslav Voloshynovskiy, Thierry Pun
  • Publication number: 20030070075
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the methods for hybrid watermarking method joining a robust and a fragile watermark, and thus combining copyright protection, authentication and tamperproofing. As a result this approach is at the same time resistant against the copy attack. In addition, the fragile information is inserted in a way which preserves the resistance and reliability of the robust part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventors: Frederic Deguillaume, Sviatoslav Voloshynovskiy, Thierry Pun