GemVision™ – the Industry’s First CDI2 Fitness Solution

Sensor and feature specialist Authentix has announced the launch of the banknote industry’s first CDI2 fitness solution – the GemVision™ Camera System, designed to help central banks lower currency management costs, combat counterfeiting, and improve the quality of circulating banknotes.

Powered by Vision Inspector software from Boulder Imaging, GemVision offers realtime processing on commercially available Windows-based servers. According to Authentix, it features high-speed, highresolution imaging sensors and an Image Evaluation Unit that supports the Common Detector Interface (CDI2) specification, agreed upon by the US Federal Reserve Bank and the European Central Bank (see sidebar), which allows for easy integration of third-party sensors into banknote processing systems.

Authentix and Boulder Imaging collaborated with the ECB and FRB specification groups, providing feedback on the standards. They implemented note image capturing techniques and image processing algorithms that assess the fitness of overt features (important for public confidence in banknote authenticity and fitness). High-resolution images confirm the presence and activity of these features, while the detection of crumples and creasing provides valuable fitness information.