Inspiration
In Pakistan especially there is every basic product available in pretty much plenty of standards and
copies; there is no way to tell where the products in markets are substandard or counterfeit.
Especially substandard medicines are products whose composition and ingredients do not meet the
correct scientific specifications and which are consequently ineffective and often dangerous to the
patient. Thus a system like this, which provide a platform to verify the products is necessary and a
need.
The impact of this project on the industry is that its users will reject the substandard products and
the industries behind those products will have to stop it and be more ethical in their business and
provide genuine stuff rather than counterfeit.
It will bring a positive change in society and people can get what they will pay for, instead of getting
copied and fake products. Existing solutions to check the validity of the products is to check the product labels, packaging and
trademarks but somehow this is not an accurate way. For illiterate people this method doesn’t work
at all, and there is no much information on the packaging nor do the labels etc. show if they are valid
and genuine products. The other existing solution is to call the helpline of the product manufacturer
and verify the product, but that is time consuming and requires high resources.
What it does
For identifying the validity of counterfeit products we proposed the PRODUCT VALIDATION SYSTEM. The goal of
this system is to create an item verification software which will offer to approve only the valid and genuine
products. This framework will safeguard whether the item is counterfeit or not.
The presence of mobile phones is in abundance, even in low income, developing or third world countries, so this
system will provides an opportunity to consumers to check the authenticity of product using SMS text
messaging or via GPRS services.
This SMS-based product verification method relies on printing a unique one-time identification code having a
series of numbers on product packs, in form of bar code or QR code. SMS is sent which consist of code to server;
a message is sent almost instantly received specifying whether the product is authentic or fake.
This SMS based user friendly system which will also provide some critical information related to the product i.e.
ingredients, manufacturing date, expire date, details about manufacturer, certification of that product, warning
and health hazards related to that product. There will be two major modules of this project:
Web based application
Smart phone android based application User interface of Android application
Interface of this Android application will allow user to scan the BAR/QR code or enter the code to validate the
product. Camera will scan the code and OCR will process the code from it. It will also provide user will more
detail related to product upon user demand.
Validation of products
Android Smart phone Application that scans the product’s ID from its Bar Code or QR Code, and sends the
product unique code to server to validate the product and also retrieve product’s related information upon user
demand.
Object character reader (OCR)
Android application will also use OBJECT CHARACTER READER (OCR). Camera of android phone will scan the
Bar/QR code and OCR will extract code from that picture. That code will be sent to server to validate the
product.
SMS via GPRS
If internet connection is available, the application directly fetches data from server, in case of no internet
connectivity, the app sends product ID via SMS, and receives the relevant information via SMS.
IVR:
For ill literate users there will the option of IVR .Interactive voice response is an innovative terminology that
permit computer to interact and respond accordingly through the use of voice. users can check the validation of
the product by receiving a voice message that whether the product is valid or not.
How we built it
we will built it using php..it will secure the lifes of others.
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