PUBLICATIONS
AlpVision is actively developing disruptive technologies for almost 20 years, as indicated by a growing list of patents.
Our expertise stems from solid scientific background in signal processing with proven track record of active research activity.
Patents
1. F. Jordan, M. Kutter, Y. Delacretaz 
Cognitive computing methods and systems based on biological neural networks. 2019. 
Patents: WO2020049182A1
2. F. Jordan, N. Rudaz, Y. Delacretaz, M. Kutter 
Authentication machine learning from multiple digital representations. 2018. 
Patent: WO2019122271A1, CN111480167A
3. M. Kutter, F. Jordan 
Method and apparatus for authentication of a 3D structure. 2016. 
Patents: WO2017080975A1, EP3374975A1, US10789463B2, US10019627B2, CN106682912A, HK1256813A1
4. N. Rudaz, M. Kutter, F. Jordan, J. C. Gilles, P. Durant 
Method for generating a security bi-level image for a banknote. 2009. 
Patents: WO2011029845A2, EP2296362B1, AT546011T, AU2010294295B2, ES2381244T3, US9317988B2, CA2772486C, JP5520384B2
5. F. Jordan, M. Kutter, C. Di Venuto 
Method to authenticate genuine tablets manufactured by compressing powder. 2009. 
Patents WO2010072745A1, EP2379044A1, US20110262536A1
6. F. Jordan, M. Kutter, N. Rudaz 
Multimodal security feature for counterfeit detection of banknotes and security documents. 2006. 
Patents WO2006097900A1, EP1859416A1, US20080164689A1
7. F. Jordan, M. Kutter, C. Di Venuto Dayer 
Means for using microstructure of materials surface as a unique identifier. 2006. 
Patents: WO2007028799A1, EP3399462A1, EP2960830B1, EP2024899B1, DK2024899T3, ES2561058T3, US8180174B2, US9208394B2, US9390345B2, US9710902B2, US10332247B2, US20120243797A1, US20160379358A1, US20160140420A1, US20170286769A1, US20190340748A1, HK1122887A1
8. N. Rudaz, M. Kutter, F. Jordan, J. C. Gilles, P. Durant 
Banknotes with a printed security image that can be detected with one-dimensional signal processing. 2005. 
Patents: WO2006048368A1, EP1691539A1, EP1714246B1, PL1714246T3, DE602005004263T2, AT383624T, DK1714246T3, ES2301067T3, SI1714246T1, PT1714246E, NO20074145L, US7991186B2, CA2597088C, AU2005300589B2, JP5009169B2
9. F. Jordan, M. Kutter, N. Rudaz 
Method to Apply an Invisible Mark on a Media. 2005. 
Patents: WO2006087351A2, EP1690697A1, EP1849139B1, US7965862B2, CA2596103C, EA011682B1, CN101120384B, AU2006215563B2, BRPI0607163A2, MX2007009522A, ZA200706805B
10. F. Jordan, M. Kutter 
Method for robust asymmetric modulation spatial marking with spatial sub-sampling. 2002. 
Patents: WO2004028140A1, EP1433305B1, CH695718A5, DE60324516D1, DK1433305T3, AT413771T, ES2316864T3, PT1433305E, SI1433305T1, CY1109802T1, US7492920B2, AU2003260917A1
11. F. Jordan, R. Meylan, M. Kutter 
Method for preventing counterfeiting or alteration of a printed or engraved surface. 2001. 
Patents: WO2002025599A1, EP2261867B1, EP1319219B1, DE60143487D1, DK1319219T3, AT488822T, ES2356598T3, US7684088B2, CN1252653C
12. T. Ebrahimi, F. Jordan, M. Kutter 
Method for marking a compressed digital video signal 1998. 
Patents: WO1999004570A1, EP0997042B1, DE69813230T2, AT237210T, US6785332B1
13. T. Vynne, F. Jordan 
Embedding a digital signature in a video sequence. 1997. 
Patent US5960081A
Publications in scientific journals
 14. F. Jordan, M. Kutter 
Identifying counterfeit medicines with industry-suitable technologies Pharmaceutical Engineering 
The Official Magazine of ISPEMay/June 2012, Vol. 32
15. M. Kutter 
Protecting pharmaceutical products from counterfeiting using digital imaging technologies 
January 2006, Die Pharmazeutische Industrie 68(8):1005-1008
16. C. S. Lu, H. Y. M. Liao, M. Kutter 
Denoising and copy attacks resilient watermarking by exploiting prior knowledge at detector
 April 2002, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing 11(3):280 – 292 doi: 10.1109/83.988961
17. M. Kutter, S. Winkler 
A vision-based masking model for spread-spectrum image watermarking 
February 2002, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing 11(1):16-25 doi: 10.1109/83.977879
18. J. R. Hernández-Martin, M. Kutter 
Information retrieval in digital watermarking
September 2001, IEEE Communications Magazine 39(8):110 – 116 doi: 10.1109/35.940051
19. F. Kutter, F. Bossen 
Digital signature of color images using amplitude modulation 
Proc. SPIE 3022, Storage and Retrieval for Image and Video Databases V, (15 January 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.263442
20. P. Vandergheynst, M. Kutter, S. Winkler 
Wavelet-Based Contrast Computation and Application to Digital Image Watermarking 
December 2000, Proceedings of SPIE – The International Society for Optical Engineering doi: 10.1117/12.408658
21. M. Kutter, F. A. P. Petitcolas 
Fair evaluation methods for image watermarking systems 
October 2000, Journal of Electronic Imaging 9(4):445-455 doi: 10.1117/1.1287594
22. M. Kutter, S. Voloshynovskiy, A. Herrigel 
Watermark copy attack
May 2000, Proceedings of SPIE – The International Society for Optical Engineering doi: 10.1117/12.384991
23. M. Kutter S. V. Voloshynovskiy, and A Herrigel 
Watermark copy attack
Proc. SPIE 3971, Security and Watermarking of Multimedia Contents II, (9 May 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.384991
24. M. Kutter 
Performance Improvement of Spread Spectrum Based Image Watermarking Schemes Through M-ary Modulation
25. J. Puate, F. Jordan 
Using Fractal Compression Scheme to Embed a Digital Signature Into an Image 
March 2000, Proceedings of SPIE – The International Society for Optical Engineering doi: 10.1117/12.263382
26. F. Hartung, M. Kutter 
Multimedia watermarking techniques 
August 1999, Proceedings of the IEEE 87(7):1079 – 1107 doi: 10.1109/5.771066
27. L. Piron, M. Arnold, M. Kutter, W. Funk, J. M. Boucqueau, F. Craven 
OCTALIS benchmarking : comparison of four watermarking techniques 
April 1999, Proceedings of SPIE – The International Society for Optical Engineering 3657 doi: 10.1117/12.344673
28. M. Kutter 
Watermarking resisting to translation, rotation, and scaling 
January 1999, Proceedings of SPIE – The International Society for Optical Engineering doi: 10.1117/12.337432
29. M. Kutter, F. Leprevost 
Symbiose von Kryptographie und digitalen Wasserzeichen : effizienter Schutz des Urheberrechtes digitaler Medien. 
Conference Paper, Tagungsband des 6. Deutschen IT-Sicherheitskongresses des BSI (1999)
30. M. Kutter 
Digital Image Watermarking: Hiding Information in Images 
1999, PhD Thesis, EPFL, Lausanne
31. M. Kutter 
Watermarking Resisting to Translation, Rotation, and Scaling 
December 1998, Proceedings of SPIE – The International Society for Optical Engineering 3528
32. S. Horbelt, F. Jordan, T. Ebrahimi 
View-Dependent Texture Coding For Transmission Of Virtual Environment 
1997, Computer Science doi:10.1049/CP:19970931
33. F. Jordan, M. Schutz, M. Kunt 
Fast Hybrid Block/region-Based Algorithm For Object Tracking 
September 1998 ,Proceedings of SPIE – The International Society for Optical Engineering
34. H Nicolas, M. Schutz, F Jordan 
Parallel Implementation Of A 3-D Subband Decomposition Algorithm For Digital Image Sequence Compression On The Cray T3d 
September 1998, CUG 1995 Spring Proceedings, March 13-17, Denver, 1995, Cray User Group, Inc.
35. S. Horbelt, F. Jordan, T Ebrahimi 
Streaming of photo-realistic texture mapped on 3D surface Streaming of photo-realistic texture mapped on 3D surface 
Proceedings of International Conference on Image Processing, Santa Barbara, CA, 1997, pp. 390-393 vol.2, doi: 10.1109/ICIP.1997.638787.
36. C Le Buhan, S Bhattacharjee, F Bossen, F. Jordan, T Ebrahimi 
Shape representation and coding of visual objets in multimedia applications — An overview
May 1998, Annals of 10.1007/BF02997675
37. M. Kutter, F. Jordan, F. Bossen 
Digital watermarking of color images using amplitude modulation 
April 1998, Journal of Electronic Imaging 7(2):326-332 doi: 10.1117/1.482648
38. M. Kutter 
Watermarking resisting to translation, rotation and scaling
In: Proc. of SPIE Multimedia Systems and Applications, vol. 3528, pp. 423–431 (1998)Google Scholar
39. S. Horbelt, F Jordan, T. Ebrahimi 
View-dependent texture coding for transmission of virtual environment
1997 Sixth International Conference on Image Processing and Its Applications, Dublin, Ireland, 1997, pp. 433-437 vol.1, doi: 10.1049/cp:19970931.
40. H. Nicolas, F. Jordan 
Interactive optimization of video compression algorithms on the Cray T3D 
January 1996, Computer Science, Corpus ID: 17786517
41. O. Peña, F. Jordan
 Texturation and critical currents in cerium-substituted cuprates Bi2Sr2Ca1−Ce Cu2O8 + δ 
February 1995, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 140:1315-1316, doi: 10.1016/0304-8853(94)01434-5
42. H. Nicolas, M. Schutz, F Jordan 
Parallel Implementation of a 3D-subband decomposition algorithm for digital image sequence compression on the Cray T3D
1995
43. F. Jordan, O. Peña, E. Laxmi-Narsaiah 
Magnetism and superconductivity in bismuth cuprates by cationic substitution Bi2Sr2Ca1-xRExCu2O8+δ 
November 1994, Journal de Physique III
44. F. Jordan, O. Peña, E. Laxmi-Narsaiah
Magnétisme et supraconductivité par substitution cationique dans les cuprates de bismuth Bi2Sr2Ca{1-x} TRxCu2O{8+δ} : le cérium et le dysprosium
 Journal de Physique III, Volume 4, Issue 11, November 1994, pp.2235-2247 doi: 10.1051/jp3:1994275
45. F. Jordan, O. Peña 
Superconductivity in the cerium-substituted 2212 bismuth cuprate: Bi2Sr2Ca1-xCexCu2O8+δ 
October 1994, Physica C Superconductivity 231(3-4):311-318 doi: 10.1016/0921-4534(94)90638-6
46. S. Horbelt, M. Kutter, F. Jordan 
Proposal of a watermarking technique for hiding/retrieving data in compressed and decompressed video
47. S. Horbelt, F. Jordan, T. Ebrahimi 
View-dependent texture coding for transmission of virtual environment
Published 1997, Computer Science, DOI:10.1049/CP:19970931
48. F. Jordan, O. Peña, E. Laxmi-Narsaiah
Magnétisme et supraconductivité par substitution cationiquedans les cuprates de bismuth Bi2Sr2Ca1-x TRxCu2O8+: le cérium et le dysprosium
Journal dePhysique III, EDP Sciences, 1994, 4 (11), pp.2235-2247. 10.1051/jp3:1994275. jpa-00249258
49. F. Leprevost, R. Erard, M. Kutter, D. Santa-Cruz, T. Ebrahimi 
How to Bypass the Was-senaar Arrangement: A New Application for Watermarking
Conference Paper, 8th ACM International Multimedia Conference
50. F. Kutter 
Optical flow estimation based on wavelet transform 
MSc Thesis, University of Rhode Island 1996
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