Towards Mobile Recognition and Verification of Holograms Using Orthogonal Sampling

Although holograms provide a reasonable level of security, for lay-people, the inspection is difficult due to the inherent lack of knowledge. Mobile AR setups using off-the-shelf smartphones can provide this information and support the verification process. However, current approaches lack in accuracy or are difficult to instruct to the user. We propose a series of designs for holograms suitable for mobile verification. They support the orthogonal sampling of elements within a constrained space along with an assessment of the capture conditions. We evaluated these designs regarding their verification performance and task completion time. The associated study revealed encouraging results for robust and efficient hologram verification on mobiles using a specially designed security element.