Authentix Begins Production of CDI2 Compliant Detectors for Fed

Authentix has announced that it is now in commercial production of the world’s first CDI2 compliant banknote detectors including GemVision™, a CDI2 compliant fitness solution for the determination of banknote quality.

The Common Detector Interface 2 (CDI2) is a banknote sorting machine and detector standard jointly established by the US Federal Reserve and European Central Bank. The new CDI2 banknote sorting machine and detectors platform will, Authentix says, provide unprecedented accuracy and speed for feature detection and fitness assessment of banknotes. Suspect banknotes and those not meeting fitness standards will be sorted for additional inspection or destruction, respectively.

In 2018, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, on behalf of what is now Federal Reserve Financial Services, contracted with Authentix to design, develop, and manufacture CDI2 compliant detectors, including a Camera System and Fitness solution, some of which have now moved into commercial manufacturing.

GemVision is described as a high-speed, high-resolution imaging sensor that offers a combined or separate camera and image evaluation. Claimed attributes include the detection of denomination, series and orientation; multi-angle illumination and full colour analysis for human-like fitness evaluation; and industry-leading accuracy and repeatability for banknote evaluation results. CDI2 compliant image/data streaming can also be used by other sensors and for the storage of combined data for research, analysis and system enhancements over time.

Authentix, along with its primary development partner, Boulder Imaging, a Colorado based company specialising in machine vision and inspection solutions, has delivered the project on schedule and says it is looking forward to deployment of the GemVision technology in all of the Fed’s cash processing centres throughout the US.

‘This new CDI2 banknote detector standard provides unprecedented access to banknote data and images acquired during high-speed banknote processing. This is significant to Federal Reserve Financial Services as it will help to reduce the number of notes taken out of circulation prematurely’ said Authentix, adding that more intelligent banknote processing simultaneously reduces the cost of cash as well as its carbon footprint.

The CDI2 standard also makes it easier for central banks to optimise processing environments by selecting their detectors from multiple suppliers. The new standard is further projected to be adopted industry wide by most central banks over the next several years, providing far greater control for the processing of banknotes and making it easier to select best in breed detection platforms in the future.