title: Forgery detection and value identification of Euro banknotes.
abstract: This paper describes both hardware and software components to detect counterfeits of Euro banknotes. The proposed system is also able to recognize the banknote values. Differently than other state-of-the-art methods, the proposed approach makes use of banknote images acquired with a near infrared camera to perform recognition and authentication. This allows one to build a system that can effectively deal with real forgeries, which are usually not detectable with visible light. The hardware does not use any mechanical parts, so the overall system is low-cost. The proposed solution is reliable for ambient light and banknote positioning. Users should simply lean the banknote to be analyzed on a flat glass, and the system detects forgery, as well as recognizes the banknote value. The effectiveness of the proposed solution has been properly tested on a dataset composed by genuine and fake Euro banknotes provided by Italy's central bank.
authors: Image Processing Laboratory, University of Catania, Catania 95125, Italy. bruna@dmi.unict.it
authors: Arcangelo
authors: A
authors: Bruna
authors: Giovanni Maria
authors: GM
authors: Farinella
authors: Giuseppe Claudio
authors: GC
authors: Guarnera
authors: Sebastiano
authors: S
authors: Battiato