A new print-based security strategy for the protection of valuable documents and products using moiré intensity profiles

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4677, Issue , 2002, Pages 89-100

  Amidror, Isaac ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Artistic screening; Document security; Geometric transformations; Microstructure; Moir intensity profiles; Non standard color separation; Print based security features

Indexed keywords

COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; INK; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PAPER PRODUCTS; SCREENING; SECURITY OF DATA;

ARTISTIC SCREENING;

PRINTING;

BANK NOTE PAPERS; BANK NOTES; MICROSTRUCTURE; PRINTING; PRINTING INK;

EID: 0036029103     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.462738     Document Type: Conference Paper

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