Sicpa Holding Sa

Gatien Chevallier

Andrea Callegari

Yves Berthier

Mathieu Gillieron

Eric Estermann

Huu Duc Christophe Pham

Aamir Qayoom

Yves Brodard

A method of authenticating a product by taking an image of the product and comparing the image with a reference image of a genuine product taken previously to determine if the products in the two images are the same. The two images are captured under substantially similar conditions so that the two images are as similar as possible prior to the comparison. The two images are processed in order to calculate for each of them a list of significant points. The significant points are compared to determine a degree of correspondence between the significant points. An answer is output indicating the authenticity of the product based on the degree of correspondence. Some of the matching significant points may be used to define a common coordinate system for the two images. The two lists of significant points may be compared in this common coordinate system.

Image analysis for authenticating a product

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Corcelles-Cormondreche, Switzerland

Gatien Chevallier