IQ Structures Gets Some Help From AI

IQ Structures, a research and manufacturing organisation focused on controlled nanostructures, has started using artificial intelligence (AI) to support its creative staff during the design of its DOVIDs (diffractive optically variable image device).

IQ Structures is known to many in the hologram community for creating security features for banknotes and high security documents which combine nano-scale precision with advanced aesthetics to create optical elements that are technically complex but easy to view and authenticate (see HN May 2022). But even the design creatives at IQ Structures, which is a member of the IQS Group, have not been able to ignore the advantages that can be gained from working alongside AI.

The company has already seen the benefits from using at least five functional AI software tools in a number of areas during the design process, including: