Systems, methods and devices for authentication of security devices having chaosmetrics features are disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method which can be implemented on a system to perform authentication of a security device. In one embodiment, the method includes detecting a scan of the security device by a user device, identifying a rotational orientation of the user device in relation to the security device and/or generating a fingerprint of the security device specific to the user device having the rotational orientation in relation to the security device. An image similarity index of an authentication scan of the security device and the fingerprint generated for the security device can be determined and a positive authentication result can be identified for the authentication request of the security device responsive to determination that the image similarity index exceeds a threshold value.

A method and a device for banknote classification and recognition based on a Lab color space are provided for improving the denomination recognition rate. The method includes obtaining an RGB image of a banknote to be detected; calculating gray values Gray R, Gray G and Gray B of the RGB image in red (R), green (G) and blue (B) wavebands; converting the gray values Gray R, Gray G and Gray B into gray values Gray a and Gray b in the Lab color space; and substituting a product of Gray a and Gray b and a difference between the absolute value of Gray a and the absolute value of Gray b into preset formulas to determine a category of the banknote to be detected.

A value document with a carrier element and a foil element arranged in a partial region of the carrier element. The carrier element has, at least in the partial region, a luminescence marker which is adapted to give off luminescence radiation which has at least a first wavelength and a second wavelength in each case in the infrared spectral region. The foil element has a reflection layer and a spectral selection layer. The selection layer is arranged between the carrier element and the reflection layer. The reflection layer is configured to reflect infrared radiation and the selection layer is configured to spectrally selectively inhibit transmission of infrared radiation. The inhibition of the transmission of the first wavelength and the inhibition of the transmission of the second wavelength differ by at least 10%.

A method of obtaining a plurality of infrared images of a banknote that involves simultaneously illuminating the banknote with infrared light at a first wavelength and infrared light at a second wavelength, capturing an image of the banknote with an RGB camera, obtaining from both a first output channel signal and a second output channel signal of the RGB camera sensor where the intensity distribution of the infrared light at the first wavelength and the intensity distribution of the infrared light at the second wavelength uses a first calibration coefficient and a second calibration coefficient of the RGB camera sensor, producing separate infrared images of the banknote at the first wavelength and the second wavelength from the respective intensity distributions.

A security or identification device comprises a membrane laser structure configured to be optically pumped. The membrane laser structure comprises a flexible emission layer comprising a gain material; and one or more structures formed in or associated with the flexible emission layer and configured to provide optical feedback in the emission layer to produce a laser light output having at least one property representing an identifier.

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 method for classifying a banknote has at least one luminescent feature, in which the following steps are carried out: a) exciting the luminescent feature; b) recording at least a first intensity value of the excited luminescent feature at a first time and a second intensity value at a second time that is different from the first time; c) determining a decay time of the luminescent feature by approximate integration over the intensity values between the first time and the second time; d) comparing the determined decay time with a reference decay time of the luminescent feature; and e) classifying the banknote based on the comparison.

The present invention firstly relates to a security feature for a security or value document. The security feature comprises a zinc sulfide lurninophore in the form of particles. The zinc sulfide lurninophore has the general chemical formula ZnS: Cu.sub.x, M.sub.y, X.sub.z; here, M represents one or more elements from a group comprising the chemical elements Co, In and Ni; X represents one or more elements from a group comprising the halides F, Cl, Br and I; and the following applies: 0 < x < 0.002 and 0 ≤ y < 0.00015 and 0 ≤ z < 0.00050. The particles each have cubic phase portions and hexagonal phase portions. When excited by an electrical field, the zinc sulfide luminophore emits a first radiation in the range of the light spectrum between 580 nm and 780 nm. When excited by heating the luminophore to a temperature between 100° C. and 150° C., the zinc sulfide luminophore emits a second radiation in the light spectrum. Furthermore, the invention relates to a security and value document, which may for example be a bank note or a passport, an identity card, a driving license or a postage stamp. The invention also relates to a method for detecting and/or verifying the security feature according to the invention.

A composition including a first color shifting pigment having a first color shift that extends from a starting color at normal through a plurality of colors as a viewing angle is increased to a final color, wherein the first color shift rotates counterclockwise relative to, and about, an origin of the L*a*b* color space; and a color filter that transmits a portion of the first color shift of the first color shifting pigment and absorbs a remainder of the first color shift of the first color shifting pigment; wherein the composition has a second color shift different from the first color shift; and wherein the second color shift has a first portion that rotates counterclockwise relative to the origin and a second portion that rotates clockwise relative to the origin is disclosed. A security device including the composition is included. A method of making the composition and a method of authenticating the security device are also disclosed.

A method is provided for checking a substrate with a specified luminescent substance incorporated and/or applied areally. A substrate luminescent characteristic value for the substrate is ascertained, for which purpose a number N of luminescence intensity values are captured at respectively different locations on the value document, and the substrate luminescence characteristic value is ascertained in dependence on a rank order of the luminescence intensity values. It can be checked whether the substrate luminescence characteristic value meets a specified criterion.