Cryptoglyph is the only security process in the world providing an invisible marking with standard ink and standard printing processes (offset, rotogravure, flexo, laser, inkjet, etc). Therefore, Cryptoglyph can be easily integrated into any current packaging production line or any document processing workflow before printing.

Simply embed the invisible Cryptoglyph file in the prepress digital packaging image file or have it generated before printing by your document processing system.

Cryptoglyph requires no packaging design or any page template modification.

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Unlike processes that use additional elements such as special inks, holograms, taggant or special labels, Cryptoglyph (Crypto = encryption, glyph = marks) is printed with standard inks during the standard printing process. The Cryptoglyph security solution is a covert security solution. This means it is invisible to the naked eye and is only perceptible when using appropriate equipment.

As Cryptoglyph does not need any specific hardware or additional security feature elements, it is the most cost effective security solution (see figure on the left).

1. Printing of invisible micro-points over the entire surface of the primary packaging or secondary packaging, such as the blister foil or the entire document. As these dots are invisible and spread on the entire surface of the packaging or the document, it is impossible to replicate or to erase them. The figure (above right) shows the area of invisible dots depending on the size and the color of the dots as well as the printed background.

2. These invisible micro-points contain encrypted information, which can only be deciphered by using a 128 bit encryption key.

If the detection process is performed in a unique and secured place, the key is never endangered. Deciphering the information by a fraudulent party is impossible.

These micro-points are integrated into the package design before printing and are invisible to the naked eye. They are very difficult to distinguish - even under magnification - as the dots are hidden in the imperfections found in all printed material and thus completely camouflaged. The same technology is applied for both document and brand protection, as both use identical industrial printing processes.

This camouflage feature, using the imperfections of the printed material, is one of the unique aspects of AlpVision Cryptoglyph technology.
The detection software is based on advanced signal detection capabilities that have very low signal-to-noise ratios and built-in conceptual redundancies.

The AlpVision technology surpasses other technologies, such as the two dimensional matrix code because, by definition, the code requires contrasts in visible black-and-white.

The Cryptoglyph detection process uses a standard flatbed scanner or a mobile phone equipped with a digital camera (camera phone).

The authentication process may be performed locally or remotely in a safe and secured area to avoid any dissemination of the encryption key. In the case of remote authentication, results can be immediately returned to the field controller anywhere in the world via the mobile phone or PC screen.

Contact AlpVision if you need to know more or how the Cryptoglyph technology can be applied to your brand or document protection.

Cryptoglyph is a registered trademark and a patented process of AlpVision SA. It is part of the AlpVision digital imaging security solutions.