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US 2018/0018837 A1Published application
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
Authenticating a security article comprises 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 of the security feature to determine whether the security article is genuine, and outputting a signal indicative of the determination.
Claims16
An apparatus for authenticating a security article, said apparatus 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
- an output device,
- 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 wherein the output device is configured to output a signal indicative of the determination.
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A method 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 of the security feature on and/or in the security article to determine whether the security article is genuine;
- and
- outputting a signal indicative of the determination.
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