Fingerprinting Physical Items to Mint NFT's

Abstract

Fingerprinting physical items to mint NFTs is described. One or more features of a physical item are captured using a fingerprint capture system of a client device, and a fingerprint of the physical item is generated using the captured features of the physical item. The fingerprint of the physical item is provided to an authentication service to verify that the physical item corresponds to an authentic physical item by matching the fingerprint of the physical item to distinguishing features of the authentic physical item. Responsive to verification by the authentication service, a digital twin NFT is minted on a blockchain using the matched fingerprint. A combined listing for the physical item and the digital twin NET is then generated on a listing platform.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 generating a fingerprint of a physical item using one or more features of the physical item captured using one or more sensors of a client device;   verifying that the physical item corresponds to an authentic physical item by matching the fingerprint of the physical item to distinguishing features of the authentic physical item;   minting a digital twin non-fungible token (NFT) of the physical item on a blockchain by creating the digital twin NFT on the blockchain and programmatically encoding an association of metadata with the digital twin NFT, the metadata including at least the matched fingerprint and a condition of the physical item; and   generating a combined listing for the physical item and the digital twin NET.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the fingerprint of the physical item is unique to the physical item and does not change over time. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the condition of the physical item can change over time. 
     
     
         4 . The method as described in  claim 1 , wherein the condition of the physical item is generated based on the one or more features of the physical item. 
     
     
         5 . The method as described in  claim 4 , further comprising:
 capturing one or more additional features of the physical item;   determining that the condition of the physical item has changed based on a comparison of the one or more additional features to the condition of the physical item included with the metadata of the digital twin NFT; and   updating the metadata of the digital twin NFT with the changed condition of the physical item.   
     
     
         6 . The method as described in  claim 1 , wherein the one or more features of the physical item include one or more high-resolution image features of the physical item. 
     
     
         7 . The method as described in  claim 1 , wherein the one or more features of the physical item include a LIDAR scan of the physical item. 
     
     
         8 . The method as described in  claim 1 , wherein the metadata of the digital twin NET further includes an indication that the physical item corresponds to the authentic physical item. 
     
     
         9 . The method as described in  claim 1 , wherein the metadata of the digital twin NFT further includes digital content of the physical item. 
     
     
         10 . The method as described in  claim 9 , wherein the digital content of the physical item comprises at least one of an image of the physical item, a video of the physical item, or a 3D model of the physical item. 
     
     
         11 . The method as described in  claim 1 , wherein the metadata of the digital twin NFT further includes a location where the digital twin NFT was minted. 
     
     
         12 . The method as described in  claim 1 , wherein the physical item comprises a used item. 
     
     
         13 . The method as described in  claim 1 , wherein the condition of the physical item comprises an indication that the physical item is new or used. 
     
     
         14 . The method as described in  claim 1 , wherein the condition of the physical item comprises an amount of time that the physical item has been used or an age of the physical item. 
     
     
         15 . A computing device comprising:
 a fingerprint capture system to capture one or more features of a physical item; and   at least a memory and a processor to perform operations comprising:
 generating a fingerprint of a physical item using the one or more features of the physical item captured using the fingerprint capture system; 
 verifying that the physical item corresponds to an authentic physical item by matching the fingerprint of the physical item to distinguishing features of the authentic physical item; 
 minting a digital twin non-fungible token (NET) of the physical item on a blockchain by creating the digital twin NET on the blockchain and programmatically encoding an association of metadata with the digital twin NET, the metadata including at least the matched fingerprint and a condition of the physical item; and 
 generating a combined listing for the physical item and the digital twin NFT. 
   
     
     
         16 . The computing device as described in  claim 15 , wherein the fingerprint capture system includes a high-resolution digital camera, and wherein the one or more features of the physical item include high-resolution image features of the physical item. 
     
     
         17 . The computing device as described in  claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise comprising outputting a fingerprinting interface that includes instructions for capturing the one or more features of the physical item, and wherein the one or more features of the physical item are captured using the fingerprint capture system according to the instructions included in the fingerprinting interface. 
     
     
         18 . The computing device as described in  claim 17 , wherein the instructions comprise textual instructions for capturing the one or more features of the physical item that are displayed in the fingerprinting interface. 
     
     
         19 . The computing device as described in  claim 15 , wherein the condition of the physical item can change over time but the fingerprint of the physical item does not change over time. 
     
     
         20 . One or more computer-readable storage devices, having instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution by one or more processors perform operations comprising:
 generating a fingerprint of a physical item using one or more features of the physical item;   verifying that the physical item corresponds to an authentic physical item by matching the fingerprint of the physical item to distinguishing features of the authentic physical item;   minting a digital twin non-fungible token (NFT) of the physical item on a blockchain by creating the digital twin NFT on the blockchain and programmatically encoding an association of metadata with the digital twin NFT, the metadata including at least the matched fingerprint and a condition of the physical item; and   generating a combined listing for the physical item and the digital twin NET.