710results about "Information cards" patented technology

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A polymer composite device comprises a first thermoplastic covering layer of a polymer material with a first softening temperature and a second thermoplastic covering layer of a polymer material with a second softening temperature. The polymer composite device also comprises a carrier layer, which is arranged between the first covering layer and the second covering layer. An inner layer, which comprises at least a first thermoplastic inner layer ply of a polymer material with a third softening temperature, is arranged between the first covering layer and the second covering layer. The inner layer at least partially surrounds the carrier layer in a material-bonding manner. The third softening temperature is lower than the first softening temperature and lower than the second softening temperature.

A personalizable security document (10) includes a first window (6) and at least one second window (3) formed in an opaque substrate layer (31) of a substrate (1). A laser-engravable material layer (2) is provided on another substrate layer (32) such that it overlaps the first window (6), but does not overlap the at least one second window (3). When an image (12) is laser engraved in the layer of laser-engravable material (2), this image can be seen together with a shape that is defined by an overlap region between the at least one second window (3) and the region in which the layer of laser-engravable material (2) is not provided. Accordingly, different security features can be interlocked with each other. A third window (2a) in the layer of laser-engravable material (2) is provided. A portion (1a) of the substrate is visible through the third window and the second window.

To provide a display body resistant to both alteration and forgery.SOLUTION: According to one embodiment, a display for displaying an image in color includes a color-line group in which color lines of a plurality of colors for realizing color display of the image are periodically arranged to form a line pattern, and a plurality of concealing portions for concealing some of the color lines in the color-line group, wherein an outer diameter of each of the concealing portions is smaller than a line width of each of the color lines.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

The invention relates to a security document comprising a cover layer (10), a booklet (12) comprising at least one sheet of paper, a rigid data plate, a flexible hinge (18), the security document being folded along a central axis, the fold defining a non-zero curvature zone, the assembly formed by the cover layer, the booklet of sheets and the hinge being assembled by means of a first seam (14), a security device consisting of a first element integrated into the data plate and a second element integrated into the sheet of the booklet (12).The document includes a second fastening means (22) linking the hinge (18) to the cover layer (10), extending substantially parallel to the first seam (14), at a distance from the first seam (14), and positioned between the first seam (14) and the rigid data plate, the second fastening means (22) generating a translational movement of the data plate (16) relative to the first page of the booklet (12) by changing the opening angle of the cover layer (10) of the security document. [Fig. 4].

Method for producing a film composite (11) from several material webs (14, 15, 16, 17, 18) for a valuable or security document, wherein each material web (14, 15, 16, 17, 18) is transported along at least one transport roller (21, 22, 23, 24, 25) and fed to at least one lamination device (34), wherein each surface of the material web (14, 15, 16, 17, 18) that is laminated with an adjacent material web (14, 15, 16, 17, 18) is preheated with at least one heating element (29, 30, 31, 32) after leaving the last transport roller (21, 22, 23, 24, 25) and before entering the lamination device (34), and between two In each of the adjacent material webs (14,15; 15,16; 16,17; 17,18) at least one heating element (29, 30, 31, 32) is positioned, through which the surfaces of the adjacent material webs (14,15; 15,16; 16,17; 18) to be laminated are heated.17, 18) are preheated,- wherein the preheated material webs (14, 15, 16, 17, 18) are brought together with a pair of rollers (26) and then fed to the lamination device (34) and laminated together to form the film composite (11), characterized in that two or more material webs (14, 15, 16, 17, 18) are made of a thermoplastic elastomer, and that the respective heating element (29, 30, 31, 32) is controlled with a heating power such that the surface of these material webs (14, 15, 16, 17, 18) is preheated to a temperature that corresponds to or is higher than the glass transition temperature of the respective material web (14, 15, 16, 17, 18).

The present invention relates to the technical field of security features comprising markers by means of surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) and the detection thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the field of UV-Vis curable security inks comprising SERS tags, said inks being used for printing security features on substrates, in particular security documents or articles, wherein the ink comprises i) one or more surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) tags, ii) one or more vinyl ether-containing compounds, iii) one or more cationic radiation-curable compounds different from the one or more vinyl ether-containing compounds of ii), and iv) one or more cationic photoinitiators that are hexafluorophosphates.

The disclosure provides an optical anti-counterfeiting element, an optical anti-counterfeiting product and a manufacturing method. The optical anti-counterfeiting element includes: a substrate; a micro-structure forming layer, wherein the micro-structure forming layer is arranged on a side surface of the substrate, the micro-structure forming layer has micro-structures, and a longitudinal section of each of the micro-structures has a preset shape; and a coating layer, wherein the coating layer is arranged on the micro-structure forming layer, the micro-structures are coated with the coating layer to form a coated micro-structure, and a height of each of the coated micro-structures continuously changes; wherein when shapes of the micro-structures have an abrupt-change, the coating layer has a demetallized region, and when a height of each of the micro-structures changes continuously, the coating layer has no demetallized region. The disclosure solves the problem in the related art that an optical effect actually generated by the optical anti-counterfeiting element has large deviation from an expected optical effect.

The present invention provides an IC card provided with an IC chip, and configured to enable at least one of contact communication and contactless communication, the IC card including an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor connected to the IC chip and a storage unit in which fingerprint data for matching is stored. An outer surface of the IC card is formed of synthetic resin, and the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor is covered with the synthetic resin.

The objective is to provide printed materials that allow for easy determination of whether or not they are legitimate printed materials. [Solution] The printed material according to the present invention is a printed material in which an image is printed on a substrate 11 with ink, and the image includes an image portion 13 of a two-dimensional code in which information is represented by a pattern of light and dark in a cell unit in a plurality of cells C that spread two-dimensionally and the information can be read by a predetermined optical reading device, and all or part of the cells in the image portion 13 of the two-dimensional code are formed of raised dots Db.

A method for manufacturing a card-type data carrier has a top side and a bottom side arranged parallel to one another, and a circumferential side face that connects the top side and bottom side to one another. The side face is provided with a coloured coating in such a way that the coloured coating is spaced apart from the top side and from the bottom side along the entire circumferential side face.

Item comprising microlenses and associated method of manufacturing and method of personalizing. An item (1000) comprising a front face (ff1000), and a back face (bf1000) and: - A first layer (200), the first layer (200) being at least partly transparent and being made of polycarbonate, - A multilayered structure (500), the multilayered structure (500) being at least partly transparent and including a layer (510) comprising microlenses, and a layer (530) comprising image icons. - A filler material (540), the filler material (540) being transparent and embedding the microlenses, the filler material (540), the microlenses and the image icons cooperating to generate at least one synthetic image visible when observing the front face (ff1000), - A second layer (700) of polycarbonate, - A first adhesive (300) between the first layer (200) and the multilayered structure (500), said first adhesive (300) being transparent, - A second (layer of) adhesive (600) between the multilayered structure (500) and the second layer (700).

The invention relates to a method (1000) for manufacturing a hologram security element (2000) comprising the steps: Capturing (1010) image information; Calculating (1020) a phase image that corresponds to the image information in the far field; Folding (1030) the phase image with the imaging function of at least one optical element to assign the far field image information to a different display position; Arranging a holographic recording material in front of a reflective spatial phase modulator such that one side of the holographic recording material faces the spatial phase modulator, Exposure of the recording material with coherent light (52) from the side facing away from the spatial phase modulator, such that the coherent light incident on the side facing away from the spatial phase modulator interferes in the holographic recording material with the phase-modulated light reflected from the reflecting spatial phase modulator in order to store a hologram in the recording material (1100).

A security element (10) according to one aspect of the present disclosure is provided with a laminate (12) on a substrate (11). The laminate includes: a phosphor-dispersed layer (14) in which a plurality of phosphor particles (14A) are dispersed; and a light absorption layer (13) that is disposed between the substrate and the phosphor-dispersed layer and is capable of absorbing excitation light for exciting the plurality of phosphor particles.

A method of forming a security device comprising a colour shifting element, wherein the colour shifting element provides a first optical effect, the method comprising; providing a light control layer over at least a part of the colour shifting element, the light control layer comprising a functional region and at least one non-functional region, wherein the functional region comprises a surface relief adapted to modify the angle of light from the colour shifting element so as to generate a second optical effect different from the first optical effect, and wherein the non-functional region does not substantially modify the angle of light from the colour shifting element, and; wherein the at least one non-functional region is not discernible to the naked eye.

The invention relates to a method for producing value documents (1), such as banknotes, checks, credit cards or other payment cards, identity cards or the like. A substrate body (2) having a front side (3) and a rear side (4) is provided, and a printing layer (6) is printed onto the front side (3) of the substrate body (2) using a first ink (5) and a second ink (15). The magnetically orientable pigment is orientated using a magnet device (11), and then the magnetically orientable pigment is fixed by a curing matrix in the orientated state using a curing device (13). At least the first ink (5) is printed in a digital printing process by means of a first print head (7) which releases the first ink (5) in a dot grid in the form of drops such that the printed layer (6) forms a digital printed layer at least with respect to the first ink (5), the first ink (5) and the second ink (15) having two different colors, and the magnetically orientable pigments each comprise a multi-layer composite structure comprising at least a magnetic layer.

The invention provides a magnetic watermark anti-counterfeiting element and a manufacturing method and system thereof, and a readable storage medium. The magnetic watermark anti-counterfeiting element comprises a base material layer; the micro-nano matrix structure layer comprises a micro-nano structure; the micro-nano matrix structure layer is arranged on one side of the base material layer, the micro-nano structure is a complete pattern, or the micro-nano matrix structure layer is arranged on the two sides of the base material layer, the micro-nano structure comprises a first micro-nano structure located on one side of the base material layer and a second micro-nano structure located on the other side of the base material layer, and the first micro-nano structure and the second micro-nano structure are combined to form the complete pattern; the grooves of the micro-nano matrix structure layer are filled with the magnetic layer, and the magnetic layer comprises at least one magnetic material and at least one non-magnetic material; and the colored coating is positioned above the magnetic layer. According to the technical scheme of the invention, the magnetic features and the watermark features are combined, the watermark features of the plastic currency can be solved, the concealment of the magnetic features can be improved, and the anti-counterfeiting complexity and difficulty are increased.

A synthetic image device (1) comprises an array (10) of line focusing elements (11), an image layer (20) having linear extending cells (22), and a coloured background layer assembly (25). A limited part of the image layer is visible through the array of line focusing elements. Each cell comprises at least three sub-cells (24A-C). The at least three sub-cells having individual visual- contrast creating patterns (21), forming sub-images. Composed images, associated with a set composed by one sub-image from each cell, are visible from different viewing angles. The composed images together present a movement effect. The coloured background layer assembly covers a surface facing away from the image layer. The background layer assembly has a first colouring (28A), visible through the image layer. The first colouring presents a colour varying over the extension of the background layer assembly in registry with movement effects. A producing method is also disclosed.

It is disclosed a security element for protecting valuables. The security element comprises a substantially flat substrate (2) having a surface defining a basic plane, and a printed layer (4) which is applied to the surface of the substrate (2) and comprises pigments (6, 8, 28) for generating a color-shift under white light illumination. The pigments (6, 8; 28) comprise at least one first dielectric layer (18) and at least one second dielectric layer (22) each as a spacer between two layers (14, 16), wherein the first (18) and second dielectric layers (22) have different layer thicknesses, the layer thickness of the first dielectric layer (18) is selected such that the pigments (6, 8, 28) are configured to generate a short wavelength color in reflection at a normal viewing angle (24) normal to the basic plane and under white light illumination, and the layer thickness of the second dielectric layer (22) is selected such that the pigments (6, 8, 28) are configured to generate a long wavelength color in reflection at an oblique viewing angle (26) of 60° relative to the normal of the basic plane and under the white light illumination.