An ATM equipped with forensic card reader identification validation is provided. The ATM may include a real ID card slot. The real ID card slot may accept real ID cards. The ATM may include a call communications module. The call communications module may communicate with a third-party network. Upon insertion of a real ID card at the ATM, the ATM may retrieve security details from the real ID card. The ATM may transmit the security details to the third-party network via the call communications module. The third-party network may verify the security details with one or more databases which are accessible by the third-party network. Upon failure to verify the security details, the third-party network may transmit a failed verification response to the ATM.

An improved system and method for reading an upconversion response from nanoparticle inks is provided. A is adapted to direct a near-infrared excitation wavelength at a readable indicia, resulting in a near-infrared emission wavelength created by the upconverting nanoparticle inks. A short pass filter may filter the near-infrared excitation wavelength. A camera is in operable communication with the short pass filter and receives the near-infrared emission wavelength of the readable indicia. The system may further include an integrated circuit adapted to receive the near-infrared emission wavelength from the camera and generate a corresponding signal. A readable application may be in operable communication with the integrated circuit. The readable application receives the corresponding signal, manipulates the signal, decodes the signal into an output, and displays and/or stores the output.

An improved system and method for reading an upconversion response from nanoparticle inks is provided. A is adapted to direct a near-infrared excitation wavelength at a readable indicia, resulting in a near-infrared emission wavelength created by the upconverting nanoparticle inks. A short pass filter may filter the near-infrared excitation wavelength. A camera is in operable communication with the short pass filter and receives the near-infrared emission wavelength of the readable indicia. The system may further include an integrated circuit adapted to receive the near-infrared emission wavelength from the camera and generate a corresponding signal. A readable application may be in operable communication with the integrated circuit. The readable application receives the corresponding signal, manipulates the signal, decodes the signal into an output, and displays and/or stores the output.

An inspection method is provided for checking the integrity of a combination of a security marking and an identification label, the security marking including at least one contrast field having a comparatively high reflectivity in a first and a second wavelength range, and a security field, having different reflection properties in the first wavelength range compared to the second wavelength range, and the identification label having at least one light background around mark components printed with dark color. The inspection method may include capturing possibly averaged gray values of the contrast field and the identification label background, comparing the gray values, and determining whether the gray value of the contrast field of the security marking deviates from the gray value of the background of the identification label by less than a predefined maximum amount.

The Counter-Terrorism Currency System is a type of currency designed to combat financial fraud and Terrorism. The Counter-Terrorism Currency System is also known as the CT Currency System

The CT Currency will be in two forms.

The CT Paper Currency and the CT Digital Currency

The CT paper Currency will be paper money with an embedded CT Code, which stands for “Counter-Terrorism Code. “This CT code allows users to scan the CT paper currency with their smartphone through the CT Currency Mobile App.

Both sides of the CT paper Currency will be embedded with the CT code. one side is for transactions, and the other is for the bank used only. The bank used the only section used by the bank whenever the paper gets lost to find the rightful owner.

High photoluminescence, high stability, inorganic perovskite compounds comprising an alkali metal selected from potassium (K), rubidium (Rb), and cesium (Cs); copper (Cu); and at least one halogen selected from chlorine (Cl), bromine (Br), and iodine (I). The perovskites may be free of lead (Pb). The inorganic perovskite compound may be used in an optoelectronic device. The optoelectronic device optionally contains a phosphor such as a blue-emitting phosphor. The inorganic perovskite compound may be used as an anti-counterfeiting nanotaggant applied on or within an object that susceptible to counterfeiting to enable confirmation of an authentic object.

A method and associated system for authentication, including irradiating an item including a polymer security thread including a polymer material and a doping material within the polymer material and configured to produce a radiation spectrum in response to the irradiating, the doping material capable of absorbing, scattering, or emitting radiation, and detecting the produced radiation spectrum to confirm the presence of the polymer security thread.

A banknote handling system includes: first and second banknote handling apparatuses, each comprising: a hopper configured to receive banknotes, a transport path along which the banknotes received in the hopper are transported, a recognition unit configured to acquire a denomination and a serial number of each banknote transported along the transport path, and a control unit programmed to generate information including the denominations and the serial numbers of the banknotes acquired by the recognition unit; and a determination unit programmed to: receive the information and determine whether or not a total monetary amount of the banknotes processed by the second banknote handling apparatus matches a total monetary amount of the banknotes processed by the first banknote handling apparatus.

A banknote handling system includes: first and second banknote handling apparatuses, each comprising: a hopper configured to receive banknotes, a transport path along which the banknotes received in the hopper are transported, a recognition unit configured to acquire a denomination and a serial number of each banknote transported along the transport path, and a control unit programmed to generate information including the denominations and the serial numbers of the banknotes acquired by the recognition unit; and a determination unit programmed to: receive the information and determine whether or not a total monetary amount of the banknotes processed by the second banknote handling apparatus matches a total monetary amount of the banknotes processed by the first banknote handling apparatus.

A collation device includes a light source unit; a camera unit that receives light emitted from the light source unit and reflected in a collation area of an object to acquire a photographed image of the collation area; a display unit; and a processor configured to, by executing a program: display a guide of a bright spot portion of the light source unit on the photographed image on the display unit so that an angle formed by the light source unit, the camera unit, and the collation area of the object is a predetermined angle.