Simultaneous authentication of a security article and identification of the security article user
AssigneeSicpa Holding SA
InventorsCatherine FANKHAUSER, Mehdi TALWERDI
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Abstract
Operating a security checkpoint for authenticating a security article, comprising capturing biographic information from the security article; detecting a physical property of a security feature on and/or in the security article; processing the captured biographic information and the detected physical property on and/or in the security article to determine whether the security article is genuine; and operating a gate, moveable between a closed position, to be moved from the closed to the open position depending on the determination.
Claims16
A security checkpoint for authenticating a security article, the security checkpoint comprising:
- a biographic information capturing device configured to capture biographic information from the security article;
- a security feature detector comprising an optical detector configured to detect an optical property of a security feature in the form of an image or graphic element on and/or in the security article;
- and
- a gate moveable between a closed position and an open position;
- wherein the captured biographic information and the detected optical property of the security feature on and/or in the security article are configured to be processed to determine whether the security article is genuine, and the gate is operable to be moved from the closed to the open position depending on the determination.
A method for operating a security checkpoint and for authenticating a security article, comprising the steps of:
- capturing biographic information from the security article;
- detecting an optical property of a security feature in the form of an image or graphic element on and/or in the security article;
- processing the captured biographic information and the detected optical property on and/or in the security article to determine whether the security article is genuine;
- and
- operating a gate, moveable between a closed position, to be moved from the closed to the open position depending on the determination.
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