Automated currency validation requires a decision to be made regarding the authenticity of a banknote presented to the validation system. This decision often has to be made with little or no information regarding the characteristics of possible counterfeits as is the case for issues of new currency. A method for automated currency validation is presented which segments the whole banknote into d...

Product counterfeiting is a growing problem worldwide, threatening the health of consumers and reducing company profits. By detecting and intercepting counterfeits before they reach the customer, the problem can be mitigated. In this paper, an approach to detect counterfeit items based on their claimed history is presented. The necessary data is provided by tracking infrastructures that enable ...

AbstractVisual counterfeits (We refer to CNN-generated images as throughout this paper.) are increasingly causing an existential conundrum in mainstream media with rapid evolution neural image synthesis methods. Though detection of such has been a taxing problem the forensics community, recent class forensic detectors – universal able surprisingly spot counterfeit regardless generator architect...

This research is designed to study consumers’ purchasing attitudes to counterfeit luxury goods on electronic marketplaces (e-marketplaces). And two research hypotheses are proposed in this research. Based on data analysis of 243 samples, this study explores the dimensions of consumer attitudes (morality and law, accessibility, burden-bearing, function effectiveness, economical efficiency) and m...