Nicola Ranieri

US Patent:

20120013734, Jan 19, 2012

Filed:

Mar 31, 2010

Appl. No.:

13/262371

Inventors:

Nicola Ranieri - Maineville OH, US
Mark R. Witkowski - West Chester OH, US
William G. Fateley - Green Valley AZ, US
Robert Hammaker - Manhattan KS, US

International Classification:

H04N 7/18

US Classification:

348125, 348E07085

Abstract:

Featured are a device () and method for the detection of counterfeit pharmaceuticals and/or packaging therefore. Counterfeit pharmaceuticals are detected by visual inspection upon exposing a suspected counterfeit pharmaceutical to one or more light sources having different wavelengths, and observing the differences in color and/or brightness between the suspected counterfeit and a genuine pharmaceutical/packaging. In further embodiments, a image acquisition device acquires an image showing color and/or other visual effect (s) brightness of the suspect counterfeit and this image is compared to an image of a authentic pharmaceutical/packaging.