New Technology Automatically Authenticates Document Copies; Coded “Stamp” Verifies Copy is the Same as the Original; or, if Altered, “Stamp” Can Recreate the Original
Almost like magic, an emerging technology to confirm that a paper copy is a true and accurate depiction of the original will soon be available. This new technology scans a document and creates a unique authentication “Stamp” that is printed on either the face or the back of the document. Confirmation occurs when the document is re-scanned and the coded “Stamp” is matched to the document image.
Los Gatos, CA (PRWEB) July 8, 2005 -- A major scanner manufacturer will soon
release a powerful new tool in the fight against document fraud and deliberate
document copy alteration. The new system combines the original document image
with an “Authentication Stamp”. When printed on the document, the “Stamp”
prevents people from using scanners and image editing tools to make document
alterations.
“Authentication Stamp” software converts the document image
into a complex but tiny sub-image. This sub-image, similar but more compact than
a bar code, contains a “virtual” image of the original. Confirmation occurs when
the document is rescanned and the “Authentication Stamp” is compared to the
balance of the document.
Falsifiers who want to alter documents use the
best tools available. Up to now, they simply scan in a document and use image
editing tools to change the document. For example, a transcript could be scanned
and an “F” turned into an “A”. It would be very difficult to detect the change
in the newly printed document.
However, if a “Authentication Stamp” were
printed on the document’s original copy, the forger would not be able to change
the document without detection. A simple scan at an authentication system would
detect the forgery. The difference between the “Authentication Stamp” and the
altered document is automatically detected. In fact, the “Authentication Stamp”
could tell the authenticator exactly where the alterations were made and what
the original document looked like.
For additional information on this new
anti-fraud technology, to add your suggestions to others interested in
preventing document fraud, or to receive official notification at its’ formal
release, contact Peter Harnak or visit www.powermarketing.homestead.com .
Contact:
Peter
Harnak, New Product Development
PowerMarketing
200 S. Santa Cruz Ave.,
Suite 200
Los Gatos, CA 95030
408-395-1234
www.powermarketing.homestead.com
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/7/prweb259233.htm