Imagery Analysis and the Relevance of 3D Holograms
The industry of earth observation and real time mapping is booming. We want to know where our products are, what their ETA is, why are there roadblocks and how do we avoid them. At the same time businesses want to know where we can find more customers, what are they searching for, why they make their purchases and how do we get to them first. Behind the scenes, it is imagery analysis doing all the work for us.
When you look for the shortest route to a petrol pump, it’s a map you’re looking at. When you track your food, an algorithm is remote sensing multiple satellite images to give you that. When you unlock your phone, that’s a security system analyzing patterns of the smallest pixels it sees. When seismic crises occurred on the Reykjanes peninsula, satellite imagery was studied to detect shifts in the ocean bed, alerting nearby settlements to evacuate. Whatever the task at hand, imagery analysis has an important role to play.
The 3D — holograms role
3D hologram detection technology is on similar lines. Detecting a 3D hologram is doubly difficult, because if you scan and observe a hologram from different angles it will give you distinctly different features. Adding to this, if you scan the hologram, and print it, or project it onto a screen, most of the distinct features will disappear. But why is it so necessary to correctly detect a hologram?
Master forgers are getting better at counterfeiting everyday — consumer goods, luxury retail or the more dangerous currency and passports. In real time, there are millions of people falling victim to identity theft. Counterfeit goods not only rack up losses, they also have a negative impact on corporate reputations, share values, and discussions around product efficacy and safety. To add to that, companies end up paying for anti-counterfeiting measures.
Hologram Ingenuity
A cleverly designed 3D security hologram is an efficient counter measure to forgery. How accurately can a hologram be copied you ask? Their intrinsic features make them very hard to copy. It is virtually impossible to copy a well-designed security hologram 100%. Holograms also have the potential to be scanned and verified on the go. Traditionally they are detected by methods of IR scanners and interference readers, but now we need to be able to detect and distinguish an authentic hologram from a fake one on the fly.
Imagine unboxing a gorgeous pair of sneakers you ordered from overseas, and holding your breath till you’re the scanner on your phone tells you it’s an original and where it was manufactured. You just used imagery analysis by an app on your phone, scanning a 3D security hologram.
Now imagine standing at a customs booth being told your passport was just used by someone to enter Canada. A good security hologram would not have let that happen.
This is where our prowess in handling image processing comes in. We created and patented a unique solution that accurately detects 3D holograms.
What we achieved
We created a solution for detecting and differentiating a 3D-hologram from a counterfeit one. Additionally we were able to detect the hologram from a printout, or an image on a screen or projector, or even a drawing of the hologram. After capturing the holographic image through video on a mobile device, the signals are sent to a server for verification. We were able to provide a level of security by encrypting these images after they are captured.
Yet, the benefit of detection software is incomplete till it can be visualized and interpreted by the layman. We created a platform for authenticating 3D — holograms on portable devices, and relaying the information stored in them on the go.
Infinite Potential
Considering innate complexity of a 3D security hologram, we are now able to detect counterfeits from a simple image of it. Imagine the limitless potential of imagery analysis from satellites and drones.
Imagery analysis combined with geospatial applications have become reliable tools in multiple sectors. In the advent of COVID-19 pandemic, remote sensing is quickly becoming the go-to solution to everyone’s problems. Geospoc recently partnered with UNICEF to map schools in rural territories to provide national agencies with the data to improve school infrastructure and education systems.When a cyclone hit Myrtle Beach, we helped government and private agencies assess the damage by visualizing the extent of it down to size of individual blocks of buildings, using satellite images. With agriculture rapidly moving towards precision farming, we are working towards finding new ways of using drone images to predict the quality of produce, estimate the input of fertilizers and other agri inputs, and digitization of farm machinery for automated area assignment and harvesting.
We are definitely not the only innovation driven solutions providers who work with AI, but we are one of the few who created our own and patented it.
Reach out to our experts today — Find out how imagery analysis can help your organisation capitalize data analytics to transform your industry.
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