Visualant has developed a revolutionary patent-pending technology providing spectral-based pattern file creation and matching.  Patterns of a light spectrum signature, from near ultra-violet through the visible spectrum and into the near infra-red, are collected from our proprietary sensing devices.  These pattern files can be created from any material or object.  Such pattern files are then matched against baseline pattern files in the Visualant database.  As a consequence, the Visualant technology can serve as:

• An authenticator to guard against and detect identity crime, forgery, counterfeiting, and other frauds


• A diagnostic device with application in medical, agricultural and environmental diagnostics


• A reliable information source

Visualant’s technology provides accurate and rapid detection for a range of critical applications, including national security, forgery/fraud prevention, brand protection, and product-tampering protection. While some of the same functions can be performed with competing technologies (e.g., facial, retinal, and fingerprint scans; placement of barcodes or holograms on the material; and examination under ultraviolet light), none offer the attractive and valuable combination of attributes provided by Visualant’s technology.

Reading full spectrum color patterns, as well as signatures just outside the visible color spectrum, means the Visualant system is more robust and accurate when compared to the competition which use black and white readings. In addition to its accuracy, it is faster, easier, and less costly to use.

Visualant technology solutions complement and enhance current biometrics and legacy security solutions - while trail-blazing new and practical applications. They offer customers easy to use, fast, accurate, voluntary and non-intrusive methods that over time provide a significant return on investment.

• Imagine being able to search a pattern database of passport photos of every U.S. citizen within seconds to confirm their identity or to confirm whether or not the driver's license being presented to a law enforcement agent is authentic or a fake. Now add that capability to multiple other forms of identity such as Government-issued identification documents, state identification cards, military identification, birth certificates, National ID Cards; virtually anything that includes a photograph and/or physical description of the holder.  


• Imagine a technology capable of identifying counterfeit currency without adding new layers of ink, watermarks, holograms, or other methods of security that sophisticated criminals always seem to beat.


• Imagine a barcode you cannot see which contains far more information than current barcode technology can deliver. Consider a single, invisible small dot carrying pieces of coded identity information, located on a security pass, passport, or shipping container.


• Imagine a technology that can help define and diagnose disease; determine the health of a plant or the environmental quality of a substance.


• Imagine a small device the size of a pen used to identify illicit substances.

The possibilities and practical applications for Visualant's transformative technology are nearly unlimited.
Visualant welcomes your ideas for other applications of our breakthrough technology.

Imagine the possibilities!

  Visualant Overview - August 2011