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Method of reading an optically readable security element

  • Phillip Speed (Inventor)
  • , David Howarth (Inventor)
  • , Robert Young (Inventor)
  • , Hugo Barrellon-Kendall (Inventor)

Research output: Patent

Abstract

There is described a method of reading an optically readable security element using an image capturing device. The method comprises, by the image capturing device, reading the optically readable security element, optically determining a physical characteristic proximal to the optically readable security element, the determining being distinct from the reading, comparing the determined physical characteristic to an expected physical characteristic and calculating a correspondence between the determined physical characteristic and the expected physical characteristic.
Original languageEnglish
Patent numberGB2633332B
Priority date30/06/23
Filing date30/06/23
Publication statusPublished - 18/03/2026

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