VERIFYING THE AUTHENTICITY OF A LIGHTING DEVICE

摘要

The present invention relates to verification of the authenticity of a lighting device. There is provided a lighting device which is capable of emitting coded light. The lighting device has a challenge receiver, arranged to receive a challenge, and a response transmitter, arranged to generate and transmit a response to the challenge. The response is generated by means of the challenge and a secret key in combination. Furthermore, there is provided a corresponding verification device generating the challenge and providing it to the lighting device, and analyzing the response in order to check the authenticity of the lighting device.