EP2643161A1 - Document de valeur et/ou de sécurité présentant une caractéristique de sécurité colorée transparente, ainsi que son procédé de fabrication - Google Patents
Document de valeur et/ou de sécurité présentant une caractéristique de sécurité colorée transparente, ainsi que son procédé de fabricationInfo
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to a value and / or security document which has a plurality of document layers and patterns formed in or on the document layers from picture elements and a method for the production thereof.
- Value and / or security documents are used in many ways.
- they are identification documents, such as a passport or identity card, which generally consist, at least in part, of a multilayer laminate of plastic.
- identification documents such as a passport or identity card, which generally consist, at least in part, of a multilayer laminate of plastic.
- Such documents are known, for example, from DE 10 2008 008 044 A1.
- card-shaped data carriers, in particular security and / or value documents for example, by lamination of a plurality of individual layers (foils) can be produced or executed in one layer.
- the individual layers can be made, for example, of polycarbonate (PC), of thermoplastic polyurethane-based (TPU), acrylonitrile / butadiene / styrene copolymer (ABS), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyethylene, of a composite of PC and TPU or paper, cardboard or fabric or consist of a composite of individual of these materials.
- PC polycarbonate
- TPU thermoplastic polyurethane-based
- ABS acrylonitrile / butadiene / styrene copolymer
- PET polyethylene terephthalate
- polyethylene polyethylene
- the core of the cards may for example consist of a light-absorbing material, such as paper or filled with plastic, while the outer layers are made of a transparent material.
- Other security and / or security documents include, for example, a driver's license, a check or credit card, a company ID card, ID card or membership card, generally provided in the form of a ID-1 card, also laminated and made of plastic , Even banknotes, checks, gift and shopping vouchers can at least partially consist of plastics.
- the documents mentioned each consist of at least one document. At least some of the document layers of said ID-1 cards are made wholly or at least partly of plastics.
- the security features used in the security and / or security documents can only serve to ensure the authenticity of the documents, regardless of their nature or by their user.
- Such security elements are, for example, mottled fibers, guilloches, the special paper of banknotes and the like.
- Personalizing or individualizing security elements also contain, in coded form or also in plain text, information about the type of document, the user of this document or an object to which the document is uniquely assigned. In the latter cases are individualizing security elements, in the case of assignment to a person to personalizing security elements.
- Such information may be a photograph of the user, his personal information such as name, birthday, birthplace, signature or a personal identifier such as a member number.
- Another security element that individualizes the document can be, for example, a serial number of the document.
- a security or value document with an individualizing security element is given, for example, in DE 10 2008 012 423 A1.
- This security or value document is designed as a polymer layer composite, which is produced by lamination of several substrate layers and in which at least one individualizing information is stored by printing technology.
- the information is decomposed in the composite into at least two print separations, each of which comprises a partial information of the information.
- the at least two pressure separations are arranged in at least two spaced-apart planes such that the printed pressure separations in the composite lie exactly above one another and together reproduce the information at a first viewing angle and at least one color change of the reproduced information occurs at a second viewing angle.
- a printed image embodied by the information is decomposed into pixels and each pixel is assigned to exactly one of the at least two print separations, so that after stacking the substrate layers, on which the print separations are respectively applied, along a Layering direction is arranged above a deposited on a substrate layer pixel in no further arranged above the substrate layer, a pixel of the information.
- individual or all of the print separations are printed multiple times, but with registration accuracy, on different substrate layers spaced apart from one another in order, for example, to obtain better opacity.
- the print can reproduce a facial image.
- the print separations on the substrate layers printed. After lamination of the printed substrate layers, the printed surfaces are inside the document.
- Such a structure of a value and / or security document is very secure because a manipulation, for example, an exchange of personal information by another information, only by delamination of the document is possible. This is very difficult. Therefore, such manipulation is often readily apparent.
- the production of such documents is also expensive. In particular, it is appropriate for logistical reasons not to have the personalization of the document carried out by a central supplier, but by manufacturers located in the vicinity of a document issuing the document, or by the issuing agency itself. For this, document blanks must be used by these decentralized manufacturers or the issuing office, which requires a considerable amount of additional security measures to prevent the blanks from being stolen.
- a security element which is perceptible in the backlight. For example, a transparency viewer is described.
- the polymer layers are all, at least in a region in which one of the substrate layer surfaces is printed with one of the printing extracts, or at least in a region in which one of the substrate layers arranged in the polymer layer composite above or below is printed with one of the printing extracts or is provided as transparent and / or translucent polymer layers, wherein at least one, preferably exactly one, polymer layer which is arranged between two of the at least two pressure separations, as translucent polymer layer is provided.
- the remaining polymer layers are preferably all transparent.
- the security feature should be located in a secure counterfeiting or falsification inner document layer and appear in a preferably colored, possibly colorful, representation, which thus has an improved visual appearance and additionally has a greater information content.
- the invention is based on the idea of forming in a security document a first pattern formed from first pattern elements, preferably inside the document blank, and to superimpose this pattern in register with a second pattern comprising second pattern elements.
- first pattern elements preferably inside the document blank
- second pattern elements are introduced by means of a laser action in the document blank. This is or is at least in the region of the first pattern elements with respect to a viewing axis for a transparency of the security document transparent and / or translucent formed including the first pattern elements. When viewed in transmitted light, the pattern of the blank can thus be recognized.
- the second pattern elements which are formed by means of a laser engraving, lead to the result that in the transmitted light due to superposition of the first pattern with the second pattern in transmitted light, a modified representation.
- a transparency and / or Translucency of the first pattern elements, which are superimposed registration by second pattern elements, is or is thereby changed, so that the changed representation results.
- pattern element Insofar as the term "pattern element" is used in the description of the invention and in the claims, it is to be understood as meaning a component of the pattern in and / or on a document layer which serves as the smallest structural element for forming the pattern, with all the pattern elements forming the pattern
- the pattern forming material may be either transparent, translucent or opaque, and may also have a certain brightness (absorption, remission), ie it may, for example, be blackening , Gray tint or whitening, and / or it may have a (spectral) coloring and again a certain brightness in it
- the pattern elements may have a circular (dot-shaped), rectangular, square, hexagonal or even other shape.
- Pattern elements may be picture elements which smallest elements of a perceptible Representation are to which one of the color values or shades can be assigned in a colorful color space (gamut).
- the color shades of a full-color gamut perceived by a human being can usually be generated by a few colors, generally three to eight primary colors (base colors).
- a picture element can thus comprise a plurality of picture elements which have fixed primary colors of a color system.
- Each picture element can thus be composed again of picture elements in order to form a color of the picture element generated from a plurality of primary colors of a color space.
- a picture element can be formed by three closely juxtaposed pixels with the primary colors of an additive color system red, green, blue (RGB color space).
- the pixels may have a circular (dot-shaped), rectangular, square, hexagonal or even other shape.
- the areal proportions of the pixels in a picture element are chosen in a suitable manner in order to achieve a desired color and / or image impression.
- the pixels are each contained in the same arrangement in the picture elements. It follows that the pattern elements can also be pixels in the sense of the above definition.
- screened or “screening” are used in the description of the invention and in the claims, this includes a decomposition of an image into individual ones Understand picture elements that are typically arranged regularly, for example in lines or in another regular arrangement.
- the picture elements may, for example, be arranged in a honeycomb arrangement, in particular if they have a hexagonal shape.
- the picture elements can also merge, for example line by line, when the pattern is created using anti-aliasing.
- raster is used in this description of the invention for a regular two-dimensional arrangement of elements.
- pattern is used in the description of the invention and in the claims, it is to be understood as meaning a two-dimensional structure which is produced, for example, by applying a material to a document layer and / or by introducing the material into the document layer or by changing the document layer
- a pattern is composed of picture elements or pixels, which, however, can typically no longer be resolved with the naked eye.
- the pattern can have any abstract form and in this case, for example, lines, surfaces, also in any combination, or alternatively consist of characters, such as alphanumeric characters, or represent images, such as the photo of the document holder or representations of certain objects.Any other information can be displayed graphically.
- the picture elements or pixels or, more generally, pattern elements which are located in different planes, ie in or on the same document layer or on different document layers, corresponding to the screening in which the pixels or pixels, ie the pattern elements are arranged, are arranged directly above one another with respect to a fixed viewing direction.
- color in the description of the invention and in the claims, it includes the property “monochrome”, not white, not gray and blue also not black, ie in one of the primary colors or a combination of the primary colors of a color space, reproduced, or also "multi-colored", ie composed of several colors to understand.
- An object is considered to be colored if it is suitable for producing several different color impressions in it at the same time as viewed by a human observer.
- Laser marking is understood to mean a process which causes a visually perceptible change on or in an object.
- some laser marking methods are also sometimes referred to as laser engraving, without the need for material removal or other mechanical deformation, in particular a surface.
- a laser engraving is always to be understood here only as laser marking, in which an optical change is triggered, in particular a blackening of a plastic material is caused.
- a possibly additionally occurring mechanical change or an additional material removal are only a side effect.
- the value and / or security document according to the invention preferably comprises at least one document layer.
- the document may contain a carrier layer and outer layers (overlay films) in addition to a first document layer.
- the document comprises a first pattern arranged in one or more first planes and formed of first pattern elements, for example picture elements, which is preferably located in and / or on at least a first of the at least one document layer, this first pattern being either completely on each of a plurality of first document layers can occur or else disassembled into first partial patterns, which can each be arranged on a surface of one or more first document layers.
- the document comprises a second pattern formed in one or more second planes and by second pattern elements, for example picture elements, and arranged in register with the first pattern elements of the first pattern, preferably in the at least one first document layer and / or in at least one second of the first at least one document layer is located.
- the second picture elements are located from one of the outer sides, which are generally oriented substantially parallel to the at least one first plane, which are usually visible sides of the document, as seen in front of the first picture elements, so that they are the underlying first pattern elements (when viewing) either obscure or at least modify their visual appearance.
- the first sample elements Te are transparent and / or translucent formed and the second pattern elements are formed by means of laser action, such as laser engraving.
- the value and / or security document is designed to be transparent and / or translucent, at least as far as the second pattern elements, with respect to a predefined viewing direction for transparent viewing.
- the second pattern is formed in such a way that only one of the second pattern elements formed by laser action is arranged for a part of the first pattern elements between them and one of the outer sides, so that a representation or information determined by the combination of the patterns can be perceived in transmitted light ,
- an object is considered to be transparent if it is possible to image it in accordance with the laws of geometric optics assuming a sufficient areal extent, at least in a wavelength range of the visible light.
- objects are considered to be transparent, although they may have, for example, a color filter property, through which, however, it is possible to perceive characters of suitable color, adapted to the filter properties that may be present. Transmission of a transparent article will also be less than 100% in the one wavelength range, as a rule.
- translucent An object through which a passage of light takes place, at least in a wavelength range of the visible light through which, however, a perception of writing or an optical image according to geometric optics is not possible, is referred to as translucent. Also, a translucent article may have a color filter property.
- Colorless is an article which has a constant, preferably almost 100%, transmission or a transmission for visible light independent of the wavelength for the entire visible wavelength range. Transmitted colorless objects are often perceived as milky or milky white.
- a preferably individualizing, including personalizing, information according to the invention generated by the fact that only a part of the first pattern elements in each case a second pattern element is arranged, ie the at least one second level in which the second pixels are located, of the Au joseite (which also a visible side) of the document as seen in front of the at least one first level in which the first pattern elements are located.
- the visible in the transmitted light impression of the first pattern is changed so that results from the combination of the first and second pattern elements information.
- the change in the pictorial impression of the first pattern by the second pattern therefore results in a visual overall impression produced by both patterns.
- the document is changed by generating the second pattern in its optical characteristics, in particular with regard to viewing in transmitted light.
- first pattern elements of the first pattern for a viewer of second pattern elements of the second pattern that are in registration above them, thereby possibly becoming invisible or, alternatively, simply changing them, so that a new pattern is created.
- the visibility and / or the appearance of the first pattern elements are modified by the second pattern elements.
- a colored image impression is created.
- a suitable pattern which is formed by optically transparent or translucent structures (for example colored picture elements), is introduced into at least one first level and / or into at least one document position, which is generally parallel to the at least one of the outer sides are oriented to a first level below the second pattern elements in the document.
- those first pattern elements which are not required for the generation of the information are then switched off in the transmitted light by the register-accurate introduction of the second pattern elements by means of a marking brought about by a laser effect, for example blackening or gray coloration. Accordingly, the overall picture results from a "deletion" of structures and not by application as in printing.
- the reduction of the pattern elements "participating" in the first pattern can thus be achieved by using transparent and / or translucent first pattern elements and a transparent and / or translucent design of the security document in a lateral pattern area in which the perceptible image impression is generated to be compensated.
- the method according to the invention is used which comprises the following method steps:
- step (b) generating a second pattern arranged in one or more second planes and formed from second picture elements and accurately aligned with the first picture elements of the first pattern in the at least one first document layer and / or in at least one second of the at least one document layer
- the second pattern elements are generated by means of laser action and the first pattern elements are formed transparent and / or translucent in method step (a) and the value and / or security document at least in a region of the first pattern elements at least up to the second pattern elements with respect to a is formed transparently and / or translucently, wherein in the method step (b) only a part of the first pattern elements between these and one of the outer sides each formed a second pattern element by means of laser action et, so that in transmitted light a representation determined by the combination of the patterns is perceptible.
- the defined presentation comprises information which is ne value and / or security documents having the same first pattern, each determined by the second pattern.
- One advantage is that the formation of the second pattern of otherwise finished document blanks can be made.
- This information can be defined individually for each value and / or security document and thus, for example, individualize or even personalize the value and / or security document.
- the at least one first and optionally also the at least one second document layer can be located in the interior of a multilayered document, which is designed, for example, as a layer composite, preferably as a laminated layer composite.
- a multilayered document which is designed, for example, as a layer composite, preferably as a laminated layer composite.
- the at least one first document layer after method step (a) and before method step (b) is combined with further document layers to form a laminate so that the at least one first document layer is integrated between the further document layers.
- At least one of the further document layers forms the at least one second document layer. This ensures that a forgery or falsification of the document, for example by an exchange of, for example, individualizing, including personalizing, information or manipulation of this information, is prevented or at least made more difficult.
- the second pattern can be formed when one Document blank is present, which already contains all relevant documents, in particular the document (s) on which the second pattern in which the information is embodied should be formed when this document (s) is / are embedded in a document ,
- the document layer which is formed, for example, from a plastic film, is specially prepared for laser marking.
- pigments or other substances can be or are added to the plastic material, which increase or promote an absorption of laser light in the document layer, so that an energy input for effecting a blackening is facilitated.
- the additives are chosen so that they affect the other optical properties as little as possible, in particular not lead to a perceptible coloring or the like. Accordingly prepared for a laser marking materials are referred to as laser-capable.
- laser action can also bring in markers in plastics that are not specially prepared for laser marking.
- short-pulse lasers can be blackened using non-linear effects and transparent, colorless plastics.
- a degree of blackening can be selected via the energy input per volume.
- the first pattern and the second pattern may be matched to one another so as to conjointly create a visual impression when embodying the document that embodies the desired information.
- the second pattern in and / or on the at least one first and / or at least one second document layer is preferably designed in a customizable manner, in each case as a security element of the document.
- the first pattern located in and / or on the at least one first document layer can be identical, for example, for all documents of the same type.
- all identity cards may have an identical first pattern, such as a two-dimensional array of printed pixels in predetermined colors. Only by introducing a second pattern into the document can then an individualizing information be created, which is embodied by the visual impression jointly produced by the first and the second pattern.
- picture elements are created for the generation of the first pattern, which each produce a colored impression, then a generation of, for example, a monochrome second pattern in and / or on the at least one first and / or at least one second document In this way, a colored overall impression can be created that embodies the preferably individualizing information.
- the selected colors of the first picture elements or first pixels forming them, their areal distribution and arrangement, and the optical properties of the selected second picture elements or pixels forming them, their areal distribution and arrangement are decisive for the desired image impression and therefore must be carefully matched be matched.
- the first picture elements are colored.
- the first pattern may comprise a regular grid of pattern elements in primary colors of an additive color system.
- the first picture elements can be formed, for example, in each case in one of the primary colors or the base colors of an additive color space, for example of an RGB color system or color space. R stands for red, G for green and B for blue.
- the first picture elements are colored.
- the first pattern may comprise a regular grid of pattern elements in primary colors of an additive color system.
- the first picture elements can be formed, for example, in each case in one of the primary colors or the base colors of an additive color space, for example of an RGB color system or color space. R stands for red, G for green and B for blue.
- the first color space for example of an RGB color system or color space.
- Picture elements can also be black, white or include other color combinations.
- the first pattern is preferably to be identical for all types of a document, it can for example consist of a regular arrangement of picture elements of the respective colors, wherein the primary colors in the arrangement also repeat regularly.
- the first picture elements can be arranged in a cell shape, preferably in the sequence ABABAB..., With successive rows (honeycomb arrangement), wherein the colors in turn repeat regularly, for example according to RGBRGB ....
- the first pattern formed as a regular grid of pattern elements in the form of translucent and / or transparent color filters in the primary colors of an additive color system. It is also possible on the basis of a colored first pattern by suitable design of the second pattern to produce a white, gray or black color impression.
- the first pattern consists of first pattern elements of the colors red, green and blue
- a suitable color arrangement results in a white color impression in the viewer.
- gray tones can be achieved by suitable arrangement of second pattern elements and / or selection of suitable colors of the color elements of the first pattern.
- the first picture elements are printed on the at least one first document layer.
- suitable printing inks or printer inks are used. This makes it very easy to form a suitable first pattern that does not yet embody the information.
- the second pattern above the first pattern is then generated, for example, such that a combination of the first and the second picture elements results in a colored representation.
- This is possible when the first picture elements are selectively "turned off" by means of the second picture elements, for example by blackening or by another change of the material into an opaque state or a lower transmission state, for example a gray level, above the corresponding first picture elements
- an arbitrary color tone can be generated at each point of the destination pattern, in which the respective complementary colors in the corresponding area
- a color cast for the target pattern can also be generated.
- the second picture elements are formed by blackening at least one document layer, in particular the at least one first and / or at least one second document layer.
- the second picture elements can be generated under laser action in at least one document layer, preferably the at least one first and / or at least one second document layer.
- Such methods are known. Such a method makes use, for example, of the principle that materials containing the laser radiation absorb, pyrolyze so that black residue forms at the spots hit by the laser beam.
- a method using such a principle is described in DE 29 07 004 C2, which is incorporated by reference into the present application.
- a document layer that does not absorb the laser radiation per se can be rendered laser-sensitive by additionally introduced substances.
- the document layer (s) By irradiating laser light, the document layer (s) can then be darkened more or less strongly in the desired areas, resulting in a gray or black tint of the material.
- a laser beam is guided in a suitable manner over the document blank and changed in intensity, so that the optical properties of exactly the locations above the first picture elements in the document changed, for example, blackened, which are not needed for the construction of the individualizing information become.
- a suitable positioning of the laser beam can be achieved, for example, by a high accuracy of the printing process and by means of a suitable imaging system which actively positions the laser beam.
- reaction conditions are set in a carrier body in localized subregions which cause starting materials contained in the carrier body to undergo a synthesis reaction.
- This can also be used to create colored patterns, such as blue, green, yellow, red and also colored fluorescent patterns. This method is also included in the disclosure of the present application.
- a photosensitive sheet material may be used for the document layer.
- Such materials are used in photolithography and form depending on the structure of the materials, patterns in different brightness and optionally different colors with appropriate exposure, for example, with a working in the visible and / or in the UV laser device.
- the second pattern can be exclusively in black / gray / white with different brightnesses or colored.
- the document material may be transparent or translucent (translucent, but light-scattering) in the area of the second picture elements.
- the document may be opaque or semitransparent in the region of the second picture elements.
- An opaque state of the document for forming a second picture element can be achieved by lowering the light transmittance and / or by increasing the scattering of the material.
- the opaque state may be due to blackening, whitening, coloring with an absorbing colorant or pigment, by a color change of a material already dyed in itself, or by any other method.
- the materials forming the second picture elements of the document can have different tints and / or colorations. Their color and / or translucency may vary depending on the requirements.
- suitable arrangement and design of the second picture elements in each case different image impressions of the underlying first picture elements and thus the target pattern are generated.
- a first picture element located below the second picture element correspondingly formed can still be recognized, so that the first picture element in this case co-impresses the image impression in this case.
- This is different in the case of second picture elements formed by an opaque material.
- the overall image impression is therefore significantly influenced by the brightness, color and transparency of the material areas that form the second picture elements.
- opaque red second picture elements will result in a red overall appearance in plan view in reflected light of the target pattern.
- a body color of the second pattern elements is of little importance for the resulting color impression.
- the suppression of the first pattern elements is of concern.
- the second pattern elements are designed to be translucent, for example by forming the second pattern elements in grayscale or other translucent colors, adazzlingness of the second pattern elements influences the overall impression in transmitted light. Grayscale results in a weakened "turn off" or "fade out" of a first pattern element underlying or above it when viewed in transmitted light.
- the material forming the respective second picture elements is to be characterized in terms of different optical properties, namely by the absorption and / or remission, which may optionally each have a spectral dependence, in particular in the visible spectral range.
- the first and the second pattern elements may each be arranged in one or more planes.
- the first pattern elements may be printed on the at least one first document layer and only on one surface of the first Document layer or on both surfaces of the at least one first document layer.
- the first pattern elements can also be produced by suitable methods within the at least one first document layer, for instance by a photolithographic method, for example when the first document layer (s) is / are formed from a photopolymer. If there are a plurality of first document layers, the first pattern elements in one embodiment may lie directly against one another in the document, for example if the first pattern elements are respectively applied to the surfaces of two first document layers and these surfaces abut one another in the document.
- the first pattern elements in the document may be formed spaced apart, such as when the first pattern elements are respectively applied to the surfaces of two document layers and these surfaces are spaced apart in the document.
- the first pattern elements may be formed on one or more first document layers each on one or both surfaces and / or within these document layers.
- a first group of the first pattern elements in a first plane for example on a first surface of the first document layer
- the respective groups may differ with regard to an optical property, for example by their color.
- all the first pattern elements formed with the color R (red) in a first plane, all the first pattern elements formed with the color G (green) in a second plane, all the first pattern elements formed with the color B (blue) in a third plane are located. If the respective planes are spaced apart from each other, a tilting of the document relative to the viewing direction can result in a varying overall visual impression of the security feature because the second pattern elements partially modifying the view of the first pattern elements then may only cover a portion of the respective first pattern elements cover, but another laterally still visible above.
- colorless pattern elements can be provided. These are places in the document blank where all document layers have no color-changing property. However, diffuse scattering or reduced transmission (though wavelength independent) may be present. The colorless pattern elements effect in the Review, provided that they are not hidden by a second pattern element also in transmitted light brightening the presentation.
- the second pattern elements can also be produced in several planes in the document, for example on a surface of the first document layer, within the first document layer and / or on one or both surfaces of one or more second document layers and / or within one or more second ones documents documents.
- one or more layers can be additionally applied to the first and / or second document layer which are, for example, laser-sensitive or photosensitive active.
- different groups of second pattern elements can in principle be located in different levels in the document.
- the second pattern elements can also be formed in different planes.
- the second pattern elements each have an almost constant distance to the first pattern element, which is modified by them for the overall impression. This usually results in a structure in which the planes of the first and second pattern elements can not be clearly separated from each other.
- the second pattern elements may be formed in one or more planes different from the at least one first plane in which the first pattern elements are arranged.
- a printing method is used in a particularly preferred embodiment according to the invention.
- a method is used in which the second pattern elements are produced by means of laser irradiation, preferably by means of laser inscription. This requires highly accurate positioning and modulation of the laser beam over the document.
- reference points with predefined information in the document blank can be used, by means of which the laser required for the formation of the second pattern elements can be precisely positioned.
- a high-precision beam guiding be provided for the laser beam component with which a very accurate guidance of the beam is possible. With the help of the positions of the reference points, the laser unit can then be calibrated.
- the laser beam is guided over the reference points and the scattered or transmitted radiation is measured so that the exact position of the reference points and thus of the document can be determined.
- the position of the reference points is transmitted to a control unit which controls the beam-guiding component.
- the reference points can-in contrast to an otherwise realized, for example, the same uniform distribution of the colors of the first pattern elements (picture elements / pixels) - for example, consist of an accumulation of rasterized first pattern elements (pixels / pixels) of a single color, which are determined during calibration.
- the beam guiding component is located downstream of the laser source. It comprises on the one hand a beam splitter component and downstream of this one deflection unit, for example one or more mirrors, for the laser beam.
- the partial beam decoupled from the beam splitter component originates from the laser radiation reflected back from the document blank. This sub-beam is directed to a detector component, with which the intensity of the sub-beam is detected.
- An embodiment of the invention thus provides that the document blank is detected by means of an imaging method in order to determine a positioning and / or orientation of the document blank relative to a laser radiation, by means of which the second pattern elements are generated, and optionally the relative positioning and / or Orientation is changed to ensure the register-accurate generation of the second pattern elements relative to the first pattern elements.
- reference marks are alternatively or additionally introduced by means of the laser radiation into the document blank. These are then detected by means of an imaging process together with constituents of the first pattern or further reference markings whose position and orientation relative to the first pattern are known. It is thus possible to determine the position of the laser or of the laser radiation relative to the pattern elements of the first pattern and to subsequently position the laser radiation such that the second pattern elements are produced in register with the first pattern elements as intended.
- the reference marks generated by means of the laser radiation are preferably generated in the region of the first pattern in such a way that they selectively conceal individual pattern elements with an already correct alignment of the laser radiation with respect to the document blank. visibly influence perception in the overall pattern.
- reference marks can be easily checked whether a reference mark is generated at the desired location in the document blank, and if necessary corrections can be derived based on the deviation of the actual position and / or orientation of the reference mark from the desired position and / or orientation.
- reference marks may serve in some embodiments, second pattern elements.
- second pattern elements are suitable which cover a first pattern element whose immediately adjacent first pattern elements are likewise to be covered by an associated second pattern element. If the positioning / orientation of document blank to the generating laser radiation when forming the reference marks is not yet perfect, this is generally not recognized in the finished overall pattern.
- Yet another embodiment of the invention provides that between the document blank and the laser or a beam guiding device of the laser radiation, a mask is arranged, which has openings adapted to the first pattern elements.
- the apertures and the distance of the mask from the document blank are selected such that the laser radiation when passing at a predetermined angle relative to a surface normal of the document blank through one of the apertures accurately creates a second pattern element in register with a first pattern element.
- the first pattern elements are arranged in a regular grid, for example arranged as in a densest sphere packing.
- a plurality of pattern elements are each assigned to a picture element to be generated.
- the mask is then preferably designed such that an opening is provided for each picture element to be generated.
- the arrangement relative to the document blank takes place such that in each case only one of the pattern elements, which represents a pixel of the pixel to be generated, is influenced by the second pattern element, which is generated by laser action by laser radiation which passes through the opening of the mask associated with the pixel ,
- the plurality of openings of the mask are formed so that with a selected orientation of the mask to the document blank to each pixel to be generated each exactly one of the first pattern elements, which represents one of the associated pixels, registering a second pattern element by laser irradiation by a laser Orientation can be generated, which occurs through the corresponding opening associated with the picture element.
- the picture elements are each assigned identical first pattern elements, they are preferably arranged in a regular grid.
- the mask is preferably formed adapted to this grid, so that when the mask is aligned with the first pattern, in each case second pattern elements similar to the first pattern elements can be produced. In order to be able to modify the different first pattern elements via second pattern elements for a transmitted light view, multiple alignments of the mask relative to the document blank are thus necessary.
- An embodiment of the invention provides that a mask with openings is arranged between the document blank and a laser radiation source and / or a beam guiding device, through which only a part of the first pattern elements a second pattern element in a fixed positioning of the mask relative to the document blank for a laser beam orientation can be generated. If the laser radiation is tilted with respect to a normal of the mask, second pattern elements can be produced with sufficient distance of the mask from the document blank to other pattern elements through the openings.
- the alignment of the mask relative to the document blank may be accomplished by positioning the mask next to relative to the document blank and then creating a few second marks by the laser radiation through a few apertures. It can then be examined via an imaging process whether the second pattern elements are generated as intended relative to the first pattern elements, and if this is not the case, the alignment of the mask relative to the blank is corrected.
- An advantage of using a mask is that second pattern elements can be produced whose lateral extent is essentially due to the openings and not due to the laser beam. However, its extent must be smaller than the distance between adjacent openings in the mask.
- the pattern area is provided with an opaque, for example white, mask or a frame to surround.
- an opaque for example white, mask or a frame to surround.
- This can be applied by means of a printing process on one of the document layers, in particular one of the surfaces of the document layers, which is arranged in the finished document blank and security and / or security document in the interior, so none of the Au . lake represent.
- the embodiment is chosen such that thereby a lamination of individual document layers to the document blank is not impaired.
- the overall impression created by combining the first pattern with the second pattern when viewed in transmitted light may be any of graphically representable symbols, characters, letters, images, geometric shapes or the like and combinations thereof can.
- the first pattern may comprise a regular, in particular periodic arrangement of first pattern elements.
- the first pattern elements different geometric shapes, such as triangles, circles, Dashes, angles, squares, such as rectangles, diamonds or squares, polygons or any other geometric shapes.
- Different pattern elements may have the same or different shapes.
- the first pattern elements are irregular with respect to their arrangement and / or shape and / or color. Nevertheless, it is possible, even with a suitable embodiment of an "irregular" first pattern with appropriate design of the second pattern, to create an overall impression for viewing in transmitted light, in which the irregularity of the first pattern is imperceptible to the viewer.
- the second pattern elements are arranged in front of the first pattern elements in the document blank with respect to a viewing direction.
- the second pattern elements are arranged behind the first pattern elements with respect to a viewing direction.
- a portion of the second pattern elements are located behind the first pattern elements with respect to the viewing direction in front of the first pattern elements and another portion of the second pattern elements.
- an arrangement of the second pattern elements is preferred with respect to the viewing direction in front of the first pattern elements, since in a reflection in transmitted light possible body color impressions due to incident light portions of the first pattern elements play a minor role, since the second pattern elements facing the viewer and quasi the first pattern elements obscure, hide or modify as desired.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic representation of a laser engraving device for producing the second pattern
- FIG. 2 shows a view of a document and an associated structure in a schematic representation
- FIG. 3 shows a section through a document with first and second pattern elements in a first embodiment according to the invention in a cutout
- FIG. 4 shows a detail view of an individualization zone of a document with first and second pattern elements in a second embodiment according to the invention before and after the formation of the second pattern elements;
- FIG. 5 shows a section as in FIG. 3, but with an additional document layer between the first document layer and the second document layer, in a third embodiment
- FIG. 6 shows a section through a document with first and second pattern elements in a section in a fourth embodiment according to the invention
- Fig. 8 Ansicht of a document with a passport photograph for a consideration in
- FIG. 9 is a schematic sectional view through a section of a security document
- 10a to 10f are schematic views of a first pattern (10a) and combinations of the first pattern with different second patterns (10b to 10f);
- Fig. 1 1 a and 1 1 b are schematic representations of embodiments of a first pattern.
- the laser engraving device shown schematically in FIG. 1 is suitable for generating a second pattern of second picture elements in a document blank 1, which already contains a first pattern.
- the device comprises a laser 2, a beam splitter 3, a mirror 4, a detector 5 and a control unit 6 with which the mirror is controlled, ie calibrated.
- the laser beam emitted by the laser passes through the beam splitter, strikes the mirror and is deflected by it onto the document blank. directs.
- the laser beam returning from the document blank is diverted to the detector after being deflected by the mirror in the beam splitter, where it generates a signal.
- the device When the reference points on the document blank are actuated, their determined actual positions can be compared with the positions stored in the control unit so that the exact position of the document blank can be determined with the control unit. With this data, the device can be controlled to generate the second picture elements in the document blank to complete the document.
- a high resolution camera unit may be coupled to the laser and capture and evaluate the first pattern. It is necessary that a resolution of the camera be higher than that of the first pattern to allow for a detection with precision, which then enables a register-accurate generation of the second pattern elements relative to the first pattern elements.
- the result is a pixel resolution of 150dpi for full color, i. any colors within the color space spanned by the primary colors, picture elements.
- a few second pattern elements are generated relative to the first pattern elements in order to check a correct alignment of the laser radiation during the generation of the second pattern elements relative to the first pattern.
- the changed document blank is detected in high-resolution by means of an imaging method and the orientation of the second pattern elements relative to the first pattern elements is evaluated. If the second pattern elements are not correctly aligned in register with the first pattern elements, a correction is carried out. The check may be repeated during the generation of the second pattern elements or carried out continuously.
- a mask (not shown) with openings is disposed between the mirror 4 as the beam guiding device and the document blank 1.
- a second pattern element can be generated precisely in register with one of the first pattern elements.
- the mask must be repositioned one or more times in order to be able to generate all the desired second pattern elements.
- sizes of the openings essentially determine the sizes of the second pattern elements.
- the openings are configured identically. A number of the openings of a mask is usually selected smaller than a number of the first pattern elements. It is also possible to use several different masks successively to generate the second pattern elements.
- FIG. 2 shows in the upper part a view of a value and / or security document 10, for example an identity card document.
- the document has a zone 1 1, which is referred to as a pattern area, for a colored personalization.
- the lower part shows the layers within the colored personalization zone in a schematic representation.
- the arrow indicates the visual axis S.
- a transparent layer (overlay film) 12 is disposed on the outside. This layer is insensitive to laser radiation.
- a second document layer 13 which is blackened by laser radiation and are generated in the blackening to form second picture elements.
- a first document layer 14 which is provided with a suitable first pattern, for example a print image, which embodies first picture elements.
- a document blank is present before the second picture elements are formed in the second document layer 13 by means of the laser radiation.
- This document blank already contains the first document layer 14 provided with the first pattern.
- the personalized document is produced by generating the second pattern in the first document layer.
- the security feature produced in this way is, for example, a face image of the person to whom the identity card document is assigned.
- the pattern area all document layers 12 to 15 are transparent and / or translucent prior to the introduction of the second pattern.
- a document blank may also be formed from a different number of layers, i. more or less layers, can be made or produced.
- FIG. 3 shows a first embodiment of a value and / or security document 10 provided with first and second picture elements in accordance with the invention in a sectional view.
- Seen from the visible side are in the laminate of the document 10, a transparent and insensitive to laser radiation overlay layer 12, a second document layer 13, in which white opaque areas are formed by means of laser radiation, which correspond to second pattern elements 13.1, including a first document layer 14 on which a print image of printing pixels printed in different colors is located, the first pattern elements 14.1, 14.2, 14.3,
- the printing pixels are printed with printing inks on the first document layer, specifically with the primary colors of the RGB color space (R pattern element 14.1, G pattern element 14.2, B pattern element 14.3).
- the pattern elements are each made translucent and / or transparent and thus form translucent and / or transparent color filters. In this case, the pattern elements of a primary or base color can all be made transparent or all translucent.
- individual pattern elements of a primary color are translucent and other pattern elements of the same primary color are transparent or are formed.
- any combinations are possible for the other primary colors and between the individual primary colors.
- red pattern elements may be transparent
- blue pattern elements may be partially transparent and partially translucent
- the green pattern elements may all be translucent.
- colorless so no color impression in the transmitted light changing K-pattern elements 14.4 are provided.
- the colorless pattern elements are all translucent.
- the white or black second pattern elements 13.1 cover the G pattern elements 14.2, 14.2 ', the B pattern elements 14.3, 14.3' and the K pattern elements 14.4, 14.4 ', so that only the R pattern elements 14.1, 14.1' and hidden and transparent or translucent.
- the second pattern elements 13 are aligned in registration with the first pattern elements and each disposed between the first pattern elements 14 and an outer surface 17.
- FIG. 4 shows a view of an individualization zone of a value and / or security document 10 in a section before the formation of the second picture elements in the document blank (top) and after the formation of the second picture elements (bottom).
- the first pattern elements 14.5 configured as picture elements are printed on the first document layer with a translucent color in transmitted light. Otherwise the document layer is opaque, for example black, printed.
- This first print pattern is regularly in the form of bars, which are arranged in a matrix.
- opaque blacks are formed at individual points which are located above the individual first picture elements.
- FIG. 5 shows, like FIG. 3, a sectional view through the personalization zone of the security document 10.
- a further transparent document layer 16 which has a greater distance between them generated first pixels 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4 printing pixels on the first document layer and the opaque second pattern elements 13.1 in the second document layer. Due to the larger distance between the first and the second document layer, different visual effects result when viewing the document when tilting: When viewed along the viewing axis S, only the R pattern elements 14.1 are visible in transmitted light, while only the K pattern elements 14.4 are visible Viewing along the visual axis S 'are visible, ie, the color impression is changed.
- Fig. 6 shows another embodiment.
- the second pattern elements 13.1 are formed in the first document layer 14 in this case.
- the printing pixels which form the first pattern elements 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4 are printed on the underside of the first document layer. This puts them under the second pattern elements. As a result, no additional document layer for generating the second pattern elements is required.
- Both types of pattern elements are formed exclusively by means of the first document layer 14.
- the second pattern elements hide the R, G and B print pixels of the first picture elements in this case, resulting in a black or gray image impression.
- FIG. 8 shows schematically a top view of a security document 10, which has a face image 21 of a person for reflected-light viewing and another face image 22 for transmitted-light viewing.
- FIG. 9 shows a schematic sectional view of a security document 10 in the region of a laterally extended pattern area.
- the security document 10 comprises 4 document layers 12 to 15, all of which are transparent at least in the pattern area.
- first pattern elements 14.1 to 14.3 in the colors red, green and blue, for example, printed by ink jet printing. Other printing methods may alternatively be used.
- the resulting pattern elements are translucent.
- the first pattern elements 14.1 to 14.3 are arranged in a regular repeating grid. In this grid also colorless pattern elements 14.4 are provided. After laminating the document layers 12 to 15, a document blank has been produced.
- the security document 10 is thus transparent or translucent prior to introduction of the second pattern elements 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4.
- second pattern elements 13.1, 13.2 in the document layer 13, which is provided for a laser marking are generated in register with the first pattern elements 14.1, 14.2 by means of laser action. This determines the transmitted light information.
- Fig. 10a a section of a first pattern is shown.
- the first pattern elements 14 repeat periodically with the colors red 14.1, green 14.2, blue 14.3 and colorless 14.4, the pattern elements arranged in lines being repeated with respect to their arrangement in FIG adjacent lines are offset by two pattern elements. In transmitted light results in a white color impression.
- the green 14.2 and blue pattern elements 14.3 are opaque covered by second pattern elements 13.1, which are circular.
- the transmitted light results in a bright reddish surface.
- the blue 14.3 and colorless pattern elements 14.4 are opaque covered by second pattern elements 13.3, 13.4, which are circular in shape. In transmitted light, a yellowish color impression results.
- first pattern elements 14 are partially opaque covered by second pattern elements 13, which are circular in shape but dimensioned to be smaller than the areas of the first pattern elements.
- the transmitted light results in a gray color impression.
- Fig. 1 1 a and 1 1 1 b two alternative embodiments of a first pattern are shown.
- the pattern in 11a is similar to that of Fig. 10a.
- the embodiment according to FIG. 1b differs in that the pattern elements 14.1 to 14.4 are not square but circular in shape and are offset from each other as in the densest sphere packing.
- this embodiment is better adapted to the generally resulting geometric shape of the second Muter elements which are generated with a laser action.
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