Digital and Print Interaction Papers at ODDS

The agenda of the Optical and Digital Document Security (ODDS) conference reflects increasing interest in getting cash to interact with smartphones and other devices. Four papers consider new approaches in this area.

SICPA will present a new intaglio feature which can authenticate embedded data instantly using a smartphone. The smartphone reads a secure symbology-feature that is embedded in intaglio print.

Although presented in the ID section of the conference, the Portuguese Mint and Official Printing Office (INCM) are presenting a recent technology that they have created with the University of Coimbra. Known as CodeFace, the technology is intended to allow the digital authentication of printed images such as face portraits. A secret message is encoded that is printer-proof, based on steganographic technology.