Patent ID: 8818047

Claim:
A system for individual glyph inspection, comprising: a printed glyph; a true resolution imaging device configured to capture an image of the printed glyph; a registry service including a database configured to store other glyphs, parameters of the other glyphs, or combinations thereof; and an analysis system in selective communication with the registry service, the analysis system including: computer software configured to receive the captured image; an image analysis program configured to perform a forensic analysis on the received image, the image analysis program including a metric to identify at least one parameter associated with the printed glyph, the at least one parameter being selected from an unintentional printed mark that appears outside or around a boundary of the printed glyph, an unintentional void inside the printed glyph, and combinations thereof; and an image comparison program configured to i) compare the at least one parameter associated with the printed glyph with the parameters stored in the registry for the other glyphs or with parameters determined, by the image analysis program, for other glyphs stored in the registry, and ii) generate a probability that the printed glyph is authentic based upon the comparison.