Sony patents method to verify physical items for metaverse use

1. A method, comprising: receiving, from a device of a user, a request to validate a real-world object that has a plurality of physical attributes defining a distinct fingerprint; capturing, using a plurality of sensors including at least one image capturing device, sensor data representing the plurality of physical attributes of the real-world object; validating the real-world object using the distinct fingerprint, the validating includes verifying ownership of the real-world object by at least: analyzing the sensor data in a multi-step process, wherein the analyzing comprises: processing the sensor data with a machine learning algorithm to identify specific physical imperfections within the plurality of physical attributes, the identified physical imperfections corresponding to unique visual data in the sensor data; determining, based on the identified physical imperfections, a margin of error for validating the real-world object, wherein the margin of error is dynamically influenced by one or more distinct characteristics of the real-world object; normalizing the sensor data by filtering out, using the machine learning algorithm, anomalous data corresponding to wear, damage, or user-specific markings to produce an attribute set; calculating, with the machine learning algorithm, statistical odds of two real-world objects having the same identified physical imperfections to confirm the real-world object is a unique instance; comparing the plurality of physical attributes with virtual attributes of a virtual object representing a digital twin to determine a match score; declaring, upon the match score being within a pre-defined threshold, the virtual object to be a match of the real-world object in possession of the user, wherein the match score being within the pre-defined threshold triggers a device notification to the user regarding the match score; unlocking the digital twin of the real-world object for use by the user in a metaverse system, upon successfully validating the real-world object, wherein the digital twin is represented by the virtual object with virtual attributes replicating the plurality of physical attributes of the real-world object, wherein the unlocking comprises associating the virtual object with the user for use in the metaverse system; and controlling, based on the unlocking, a presentation of the virtual object on a display, wherein operations of the method are implemented by a dedicated object recognition module within a secure processor a computing system, wherein the computing system dynamically adjusts computational resources based on a complexity of the sensor data, thereby reducing latency.