Authentication of Copy Detection Patterns via Cross-Camera Dual-Synthetic Referencing

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2605.31292v1
• Date: Fri, 29 May 2026 13:27:22 GMT
• Title: Authentication of Copy Detection Patterns via Cross-Camera Dual-Synthetic Referencing
• Abstract summary: Copy Detection Patterns (CDPs) are structures printed on physical objects to enable cost-effective authentication.<n> Verification is achieved by comparing a captured image with the digital template from which the CDP was printed.<n>We introduce an enrolment-based cross-camera dual-synthetic referencing framework.
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• Abstract: Copy Detection Patterns (CDPs) are structures printed on physical objects to enable cost-effective authentication. Verification is achieved by comparing a captured image with the digital template from which the CDP was printed. In practice, printer stochasticity and camera distortions hinder this comparison, limiting robustness against counterfeiting. Prior work addressed camera effects by synthesising reference images in the verification camera domain, but it ignored printing variability. We introduce an enrolment-based cross-camera dual-synthetic referencing framework. Each printed CDP is first captured by a controlled enrolment camera, and a deep-learning-based translator jointly exploits the digital template and the enrolled capture to generate a high-quality reference for the verification image. We provide an information-theoretic justification showing that the dual reference is more informative than template-based references. Experiments on heterogeneous mobile cameras demonstrate improved authentication performance, robustness to machine-learning-based copy attacks, and reliable verification from small CDP regions and on low-end devices.

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