Arjo Solutions launches Safe app for authentication based on Signoptic technology

Safe, an abbreviation of Signoptic Authentication for Everyone, is based on Arjo Solutions’ Signoptic technology that uses the material structure as a fingerprint. Signoptic uses a vision system to convert the texture of a product into a unique signature via a proprietary algorithm. Because the signature is generated from non-duplicable aspects of the product itself, Signoptic allows both identification and authentication. Signoptic can be used applied to primary packaging, secondary packaging and labels. It allows verification without the addition of codes, RFID chip or printing a specific pattern on the product.

Signoptic has been available for around a decade, with multiple means to detect and read the signature of the material for authentication. A tool using a smartphone has previously been available, but requiring an app and add-on shell that is fitted to the device and adapts the phone’s optics to the technology.

To make its material biometrics technology accessible to consumers, Arjo Solutions has developed the Safe app to enable the use of Signoptic technology on smartphones, without any accessory or specific reader.

Arjo Solutions quotes figures from International Chamber of Commerce that estimates counterfeiting and illicit trade is with 1.7 billion USD, and is a global issue with economic, health and social repercussions.

‘With Safe, brands now have a powerful and easy-to-use solution for their customers,’ Arjo Solutions proclaimed in a statement. ‘This means verifying the authenticity of their products, in any place and at any time will strengthen consumers' confidence in their brand.’

Safe also incorporates a marketing platform enabling brands to use this new tool to propose new services to their customers, such as product information, promotions and traceability.