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A system and a method for verifying authenticity of a physical copy and a digital copy of a document are disclosed. The method comprises registering a document in a repository by storing details related to the document in a location of the repository. A symbology for the document is generated. The symbology is an identifier of the location of the repository comprising the document. The symbology is associated with either a physical or a digital copy of the document. The digital copy of the document is printed to generate a printed copy. The printed copy or the physical copy of the document is scanned to generate a scanned image. The document and the details related to the document present at the location of the repository are accessed. The scanned image is compared with the document stored in the repository to determine the authenticity of either the physical copy or the digital copy of the document.

Document (100) with a security feature, comprising: a first substrate layer (103) having a first substrate layer region (105), wherein the substrate layer region (105) is impregnated with a black fluid over the entire thickness of the first substrate layer (103), the black fluid having carbon particles; a second substrate layer (107) with a second substrate layer region (109), wherein the second substrate layer (107) is arranged above the first substrate layer (103), the second substrate layer region (109) having a light reflection characteristic which differs from a light reflection characteristic of the first substrate layer region (105), wherein the first substrate layer region (105) and the second substrate layer region (109) form a composite security feature.

The invention relates to an optically variable security element (12) for securing valuables (10), having a reflective surface area (14) containing a plurality of reflective pixel elements (20) which together produce an optically variable motif representation, the appearance of which changes when the security element is tilted along a first direction (16) in the plane of the reflective surface area.According to the invention, it is provided that the pixel elements (20) along the first direction (16) each have an inclination to the reflective surface region (14) which is constant except for any isolated discontinuities, that the pixel elements (20) along a second direction (18) perpendicular to the first direction in the plane of the reflective surface region each have an inclination to the reflective surface region (14), which inclination varies in the entire surface region (14) or in two or more partial surface regions (52, 54; 60, 62, 64) visible to the naked eye, in each case except for any isolated discontinuities, within a predetermined inclination range, whereby the optically variable motif representation appears with a substantially uniform brightness in the entire surface region or in the said partial surface regions when tilted along the second direction (18).

In a general aspect, orientation information is used to generate a unique code. In some aspects, orientation information is extracted from an object. The object includes multiple elements, and the orientation information indicates the relative spatial orientations of the respective elements. The orientation information can be extracted, for instance, by a scanner system that detects the elements. A unique code is generated for the object based on the orientation information. In some examples, the elements are diamond particles that each have one or more color centers, and the orientation information is extracted by detecting the color centers.

The invention provides a dynamic polarization three-dimensional imaging system, which relates to the technical field of anti-counterfeiting encryption and comprises a light source, a polarization film and a color three-dimensional imaging module which are sequentially arranged along a light path, the light source is used for providing visible band incident light; the polarizing film is configured to transmit TM polarized light when rotating 0 degree and transmit TE polarized light when rotating 90 degrees; the color three-dimensional imaging module comprises a micro lens array, a transparent spacing layer and a micro image-text array which are sequentially arranged along a light path; the micro image-text array comprises a metal coating layer, a grating layer and a glass substrate which are stacked from top to bottom, wherein the grating layer forms a Fabry-Perot-like microcavity resonance structure; the polarization state of the incident light is switched by rotating the polarization film, so that the stereo image of the micro image-text array is dynamically switched among an appearing state, a hiding state or a color changing state. According to the invention, wide-color-gamut and dynamically-adjustable color stereo imaging is realized, and the complexity and the identifiability of anti-counterfeiting encryption are improved.

The invention relates to the technical field of cigarette package anti-counterfeiting, in particular to a multilayer body with a 3D anti-counterfeiting effect, a preparation method of the multilayer body and an anti-counterfeiting packaging material. The multilayer body comprises a base material layer, a microlens array layer arranged on the front surface of the base material layer and a miniature image-text layer arranged on the rear surface of the base material layer, the base material layer comprises a protruding part and a plane part, the front surface of the base material layer comprises a convex surface and a front plane, and the rear surface of the base material layer comprises a concave surface and a rear plane; the micro lens array layer is arranged on the convex surface, and the miniature image-text layer is arranged on the concave surface. According to the invention, the microlens array layer forms the curved surface structure, so that the optical axis directions of the microlenses in different areas are naturally changed, a wider viewing angle is covered, and an observer can see a clear and distortionless three-dimensional image even if watching the three-dimensional image from a large lateral angle; and meanwhile, the light path change is more complicated, and a larger-amplitude and smoother dynamic effect is provided.

To provide an authenticity determination program for determining the authenticity of a card medium by obtaining an image that can be used to determine the authenticity of the card medium by instructing re-photography when a defective photographing part such as whiteout or the like is detected in the image. [Solution] The authenticity determination program causes a computer to execute a poorly photographed area detection procedure, which detects whether or not there are any poorly photographed areas in the image of the card medium when it is not certain that a known image has been detected, and if it detects that there are any poorly photographed areas, instructs the computer to take a video image of the card medium again and executes a display control procedure; and a determination procedure, which determines the authenticity of the card medium based on time series information of reflected light from a specific surface of the card medium contained in video image data of the card medium photographed by the camera with a guide displayed when it is certain that a known image has been detected, or if it detects that there are no poorly photographed areas or that there are significantly fewer poorly photographed areas.

A tamperproof diamond package comprises a package body; at least one chip embedded in the package body and at least one antenna configured to enable communication with the chip; anti-counterfeiting visual impressions on the package body; a diamond pouch formed at a predetermined section within the package body; and one or more diamonds located inside the diamond pouch and an outer covering encasing the package body and configured to reveal any tampering with the one or more diamonds located in the diamond pouch. The diamond package can be credit card shaped and also contains serial number and website information and be provided in nominal dollar values. An associated diamond exchange system utilizes the diamond packages and provides a registration server which stores unique identifying information that enable interrogating the individual diamond packages and checking their authenticity with the registration server.

The invention belongs to the technical field of polymer films and anti-counterfeiting, and discloses a preparation method of a full-coverage positioning type anti-counterfeiting functional film, a base material layer, a functional layer and a protective layer are obtained at a time through three-layer synchronous extrusion forming, and step-by-step superposition errors are avoided; engraving a code alignment mark on the surface of the thin film, and accurately aligning and curing the micro-lens array and the holographic pattern by combining machine vision positioning and a nanoimprint process; and then carrying out ultraviolet crosslinking treatment to obtain the composite film which simultaneously has a visible anti-counterfeiting pattern, a microscopic optical structure and a near-infrared up-conversion luminescence function. According to the method, the technological process is simplified, the anti-counterfeiting recognition reliability is improved, and the imitation difficulty is effectively improved.

An inspection system for inspecting a game token, includes: a game token assigned with code information such that an ID mark region covered with a UV ink is partially irradiated with laser light to denature or remove the irradiated part; an ultraviolet irradiation lamp for irradiating the game token with ultraviolet light for visualizing the UV ink; a UV camera configured to shoot the game token irradiated with ultraviolet light; and an inspection device configured to recognize the code information that has been visualized by the irradiation with ultraviolet light based on an image shot by the UV camera and determine authenticity of the game token.

The invention relates to a security substrate for security documents, which is formed based on a laminated structure comprising two BOPP films with appropriate thickness and structure so as to improve durability, enhance tactile feel, and provide advantages in circulation. The security substrate according to the present invention comprises a lower surface and an upper surface. The substrate comprises a laminated structure of two BOPP films bonded together by an adhesive layer. The thickness of the BOPP film layers provides the laminated structure with improved tensile strength compared to the prior art. The coating layers may be applied to one side of the laminated structure, and are preferably applied to both sides of the laminated structure, for example, two coating layers on each side. The thickness of the coating layer, in combination with the laminated structure, provides advantages in terms of tactile feel.

According to one embodiment, there is provided an optical film (10) with a recording surface (14), the recording surface (14) including: a computation element section (16) in which a phase component of light from each reconstruction point (22) of a reconstructed image is computed, the computation element section corresponding to each reconstruction point one by one; a phase angle recording area (18) in which a phase angle computed based on the phase component is recorded; and a phase angle non-recording area (20) in which the phase angle is not recorded, the phase angle computed based on the phase component being recorded in an overlapping area where the computation element section (16) and the phase angle recording area (18) overlap each other.

A synthetic image device comprises an array of line focusing elements and an image layer (20) having linearly extending cells The image layer is positioned at a distance relative to the array of line focusing elements such that a limited part of the image layer becomes visible when the image layer is viewed through the array of line focusing elements. Each cell comprises at least two sub-cells, provided side-by-side in a transverse direction (T). The sub-cells of the image layer have individual visual-contrast creating items in patterns (21) forming sub-images. Composed images, each associated with a set composed by one sub-image from each cell, are visible from different viewing angles in the transverse direction. Within overlap areas (42E-G), an average pattern density of the visual-contrast creating items in at least two sub-cells giving rise to the overlapping composed images is less than a complete coverage.

A security device is disclosed, comprising: a substrate having opposing first and second surfaces; on the first surface of the substrate, a surface relief structure formed of one or more cured, at least semi-transparent material(s); and on the second surface of the substrate, a print layer. In at least a first region of the security device in at least part of which the substrate is transparent or translucent, the surface relief structure and the print layer are each defined in accordance with a common image and are in alignment with one another, the surface relief structure exhibiting a first set of feature(s) of the common image and the print layer exhibiting a second set of feature(s) of the common image. The common image is exhibited by the surface relief structure and the print layer in combination with one another and the surface relief structure provides tactility to the common image.

The invention relates to an image conversion method for integrating a security feature in a digital source image to generate a target image secured by the integrated security feature. The image conversion method comprises: carrying out transverse-wave-shaped distortion of the source image to generate an intermediate image; generating a target image, the intermediate image being scanned by rows of pixels in order to define, per row of pixels of the intermediate image, a sequence of successive pixels according to the scanning, and each pixel of the sequence being transformed to a corresponding pixel of the target image in that its position in the target image is defined starting from its position in the intermediate image by compensation of the distortion used in the generation of the intermediate image, so that the arrangement of the respective pixels of each sequence is a transverse-wave-shaped wave packet in the target image; wherein the integrated security feature is defined by the wave packets.

Methods and entities for securing journey data management. The invention relates to a mechanism for securing journey data management in which a journey data management entity (EGD) verifies (EG4) before processing (EG6) a command, that the processing request (RQ) has been validated (ES6) by a control entity (CTR). Figure for the abstract: Fig. 4.

The present invention relates to a system of at least two types of switchable capsule luminescent pigments, wherein the capsule luminescent pigments are polymer particles with a diameter of 0.1-1000 µm, each containing at least one luminescent substance and a photochemically switchable absorber, wherein a first type of capsule luminescent pigment comprises a first luminescent substance emitting in a first color in the VIS spectral range; a second type of capsule luminescent pigment comprises a second luminescent substance emitting in a second color in the VIS spectral range, wherein the first and the second color are different;and the two capsule luminescent pigments each comprise the same photochemically switchable absorber, wherein the photochemically switchable absorber has a first and a second switching state, and the absorption spectrum of the photochemically switchable absorber in the second switching state strongly overlaps with the excitation spectra of the first and the second luminescent substance. The present invention further relates to a switchable luminescent printing ink comprising a system of at least two types of switchable capsule luminescent pigments as described herein, and to a security document, preferably a banknote, with a switchable luminescent print comprising a system of at least two types of switchable capsule luminescent pigments as described herein.

A personalizable security document including a combination of two secure features, namely, a laser-engravable material embedded in a substrate of the security document and an embossed pattern formed in an outer surface of the substrate and overlapping the laser-engravable material. The combination of the laser-engravable material and the embossed pattern may result in a change in appearance of the embossed pattern when the security document is viewed at different observation angles. Security can be further enhanced by providing a watermark below the laser-engravable material. Further, by providing appropriate structures in the embossed pattern and the laser-engravable material, a personalized security document exhibiting a moiré effect can be obtained.

To provide an IC module and an IC card that can reduce interference between an antenna of a composite IC card and an embossed region to improve the sensitivity and gain of the antenna.SOLUTION: An IC module 20 comprises: a sheet-like substrate 21; a connection coil 23 which is provided on a reverse surface 21g of the substrate 21, and formed spirally; an IC chip 22 which is provided on the reverse surface 21g of the substrate 21, and arranged on an inner peripheral side 23i of the connection coil 23; and a resin sealing part 30 which covers the IC chip 22 and provided on the reverse surface 21g side of the substrate 21, wherein a center axis O3 of the resin sealing part 30 along a plate thickness of the substrate 21 is eccentric in an eccentric direction from a center axis O1 of the substrate 21 along the plate thickness direction.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

A tape connecting device (1) and a method for connecting a first tape to a second tape for providing a tape string. In the tape connecting device (1) when continuously conveying the first tape an end section of the first tape is connected to a start section of the second tape by an adhesive connection by a liquid (in particular water) arranged in a connecting section. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for connecting two tapes, a processing system and a use of a method. The inventive tape connecting device (1) and the method can in particular be used for a continuous provision of a security tape for a security document as a banknote.

To provide a resin card medium capable of laminating a substrate mounted with an electronic component by hot-pressing at a temperature lower than a melting point of a used resin material, and a method for manufacturing the same.SOLUTION: The resin card medium comprises: an electronic substrate mounted with the electronic component; and an upper vegetable fiber-containing resin layer that contains vegetable fibers, has a cavity for accommodating the electronic component, and is laminated on the electronic substrate on a side where the electronic component is mounted. A space is formed between a lateral face of the electronic component and an inner wall face of the cavity.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1E

The present invention relates to a capsule luminescence pigment comprising a luminescent substance and a photochemically switchable absorber as a molecular switch, wherein the luminescent substance and the photochemically switchable absorber are dissolved and / or dispersed as separate molecules in a polymer particle, the luminescent substance has an energy transfer level relevant for luminescence, the photochemically switchable absorber has a first absorption spectrum in a first switching state and a second absorption spectrum in a second switching state, wherein the energy transfer level relevant for the luminescence of the luminescent substance falls significantly into an absorption band of the photochemically switchable absorber in the second switching state, so that significantly more intense luminescence of the luminescent substance occurs in the first switching state than in the second switching state of the photochemically switchable absorber.The present invention further relates to a switchable luminescent printing ink comprising a capsule luminescent pigment as described herein and to a security document, preferably a banknote, comprising an imprint with a first switchable luminescent printing ink as described herein.

The present invention relates to the field of inkjet printing technology. The present invention provides an inkjet printer (1) for printing on cards, comprising: a printer frame comprising a base frame (2); a support carriage (5) mounted on the base frame (2) for supporting a card (19) to be printed; a printing station (9) mounted to the printer frame for inkjet printing on a top surface of the card (19), the printing station (9) comprising at least one print head (11); and an ion generator (30) mounted to the printer frame for emitting charged ions, which can be sent to the top surface of the card (19).

The invention relates to a labeling technique formed by using molecular organic crystals having non-reproducible random position, shape, color and orientation, as well as specific fluorescence emission and physicochemical properties.

An optically variable image device 1 forms an observable optically variable image / output light pattern, of light 11 scattered from a three-dimensional object / scene 7. A layer 2 of optical material has multiple pixels 3, each pixel encoded with a respective portion of the image, as a representation of scattered light 11 from the object / scene. That portion of the scattered light from the object / scene which is scattered from a respective sub-area 505,508 located on a pre-selected surface 6 of the object / scene corresponds by mapping to the respective pixel 305,308 in which its representation is encoded. Each pixel includes a respective optical structure with optical properties forming a respective phase modulated non-planar wavefront component 12 of the output light pattern. This component (i) corresponds to the respective portion of the image to be formed that is recorded in that pixel, and (ii) has a phase modulation that is characteristic of / a function of, the modulating optical properties of the respective optical structure of that pixel. The component’s shape is independent of the wavefront’s shape of the scattered light from the respective sub-area. The component formed by each pixel has at least one respective main propagation direction 1012,1015. The device may be for security / authentication.