Bellevue, Washington-based start-up Alitheon has raised $2.8m in seed funding to develop its machine perception technology, which scans the surface of an object and creates a metadata set of identifiable points, according to a report filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. It’s meant to help computers identify objects and stop counterfeits using digital fingerprints, without having to rely on barcodes, watermarks or security tags.. The technology then transforms that metadata into a cloud-stored "featureprint" that can be used to identify and authenticate objects in logistics chains just by taking a picture of them with a smartphone or connected camera. In addition to being able to scan items for their unique features, such as size, weight, color, shape, texture and other attributes, the system will also have the ability to detect whether they are made from natural materials
Bellevue, Washington-based start-up Alitheon has raised $2.8m in seed funding to develop its machine perception technology, which scans the surface of an object and creates a metadata set of identifiable points, according to a report filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The technology then transforms that metadata into a cloud-stored "featureprint" that can be used to identify and authenticate objects in logistics chains just by taking a picture of them with a smartphone or connected camera. In addition to being able to scan items for their unique features, such as size, weight, color, shape, texture and other attributes, the system will also have the ability to detect whether they are made from natural materials