Efficient gonio-imaging of optically variable devices by compound-eye image-capturing system.

In this paper, we propose a method for efficient gonio-imaging of optically variable devices (OVDs), which are applied as a counterfeit deterrence for valuable documents. A compound-eye image-capturing system composed by a microlens array, a signal separator, and an image sensor was used to capture directionally distributed light from OVDs after being collimated by a convex lens. Multiple images corresponding to different observation angles were obtained in the individual eyes of the system, simultaneously and independently. A demonstration involving a holographic grating provided 100 gonio images that exhibited sensitive color changes of the diffracted light according to the observation angle.

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