EP3344469B1 - Document de valeur et/ou de sécurité présentant une trame - Google Patents

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EP3344469B1
EP3344469B1 EP16759784.8A EP16759784A EP3344469B1 EP 3344469 B1 EP3344469 B1 EP 3344469B1 EP 16759784 A EP16759784 A EP 16759784A EP 3344469 B1 EP3344469 B1 EP 3344469B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
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  • the present invention relates to a value and / or security document with a halftone or duotone image comprising a grid comprising a multiplicity of identically or similarly shaped grid elements.
  • the invention further relates to a method for producing a value and / or security document, in which a halftone or duotone image comprising a grid is printed.
  • Raster are used in printing technology to represent images, because in printing presses for technical reasons, only a certain, limited selection of colors available. These colors can only be printed in pure form. Thus, most printing processes can not produce true halftones per se. At one point either a color point can be printed or not. To represent different shades of gray and colors, rasters are therefore used, with the help of different hues, saturations or different brightnesses can be displayed in an image. To obtain any desired color, for example, very fine printing dots in primary colors (usually cyan-magenta-yellow-black) are printed side by side in order to achieve the desired resulting color impression.
  • an amplitude-modulated dot matrix is used today to represent images, in which an image area is divided into a fixed number of raster cells (for example, 60 raster with 60 x 60 cells per square centimeter). The variation of the color impression in such a raster takes place via the size of a point in this cell (the amplitude, see FIG Fig. 4 ).
  • dot patterns are poorly suited in terms of graphics design for security technology because such dot screens are very susceptible to counterfeiting (reprint / reproduction / imitation).
  • the document US 2003/0021437 A1 discloses a value and / or security document according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the object of the present invention is therefore to provide a value and / or security document having a grid with a higher degree of security against counterfeiting. Furthermore, the object of the present invention is to provide a simple method for producing a value and / or security document with such a grid.
  • raster elements that are shaped so that they can be superimposed without scaling congruent.
  • similarly shaped raster elements are those raster elements in which at least one contour of the inner or outer surface of a first raster element of two identically or similarly shaped raster elements is imaged by scaling onto the corresponding contour line of the second identically or similarly shaped raster element leaves. That is, the shapes of such (similar) raster elements are not different only in the area of the inner surface and / or the outer surface however, in the nature of the geometric shape of the inner and outer surfaces themselves, ie, in the circular ring shape, the circular shape, the square shape, the square ring shape, the hexagonal ring shape, the circular ring portion shape, or the like.
  • the advantage of the solution according to the invention is that a clear refinement of the image structure is achieved by the inner surface of the grid, which can be reproduced only by very high-resolution output devices that are available only in security technology. Different colors or brightnesses in a halftone or duotone image can still be displayed.
  • a structured raster with an inner inner surface serves as copy protection for falsifikaten with photocopier / laser printers / inkjet printer, etc.
  • moires / interference generated indicating a forgery attempt.
  • the comparatively small inner surfaces can taper, for example, circular raster elements can no longer be represented, or fine contour lines can break away in the image represented by the raster. These effects also make imitation more difficult.
  • the displayable image content is not limited by the invention, so that a value and / or security document or a part thereof, e.g. a single image or security element, made entirely of raster elements according to the invention, which form a grid according to the invention can be constructed.
  • Amplitude modulation of the raster for displaying the image content with different colors is particularly preferably achieved by changing the surface area of the outer surface and / or the surface area of the inner surface and adapting it to the desired color and / or brightness tone.
  • either the surface area of the inner surface or the surface area of the outer surface is particularly preferably left constant and only the surface area of the respective other surface is varied.
  • the spacing of the raster elements i. For example, the distance between the centers of adjacent grid elements remains constant. For example, with a larger surface area of the outer surface, a darker halftone is achieved, while with a smaller surface area of the outer surface, a brighter halftone is displayed, when the inner surface has no color and remains constant in its surface area.
  • the raster elements are similar to one another in a geometric sense, the number of raster elements per unit area, i. their density is constant.
  • the various halftones can also be represented by means of a frequency modulation in the grid, in each case by using the same raster elements whose spacing varies. For example, with a small spacing of the raster elements and thus higher density of the raster elements per unit area a darker halftone in the image is displayed, while at a greater distance of the raster elements and thus lower density of raster elements per unit area a lighter halftone can be achieved.
  • the outer surface of the raster element may be designed as a circular ring and the inner surface as a circle arranged in the circular ring.
  • the grid element has a particularly easy to implement form. In such a form of a raster element different surface areas of the inner and outer surface for an amplitude modulation realized by different diameters of the inner circle or widths of the outer circular ring.
  • the outer surface may be formed as an oval ring and the inner surface as arranged in the oval ring oval.
  • an open grid element is formed by a section of a circular ring or an oval ring.
  • the outer surface has an opening in the region in which the outer surface does not enclose the inner surface.
  • the angle of the opening which can be measured from a center of the grid element, is preferably less than 180 °, more preferably between 120 ° and 60 °, otherwise on the one hand, the area coverage with color is too low and on the other hand, the opening angle in the print difficult to realize is. If the inner surface also carries a color, it may also have an opening in the angular range of the opening of the outer surface. In the grid according to the invention shows the
  • Opening the outer surface preferably in the same direction.
  • different opening directions can alternately the raster elements are used.
  • the use of the above-described amplitude modulation or frequency modulation for displaying different colors in the image can be carried out for open raster elements analogously to the use with closed raster elements.
  • an overlapping area between inner and outer surfaces may be created which carries a mixed color of the outer surface color and the inner surface color.
  • This overlapping area can also be varied within the scope of the amplitude modulation in its area.
  • the overlapping area can be kept constant in its surface area, in particular in the case of frequency modulation or when in the amplitude modulation only the surface area of the outer area is changed. It influences the perceived color of the image in addition to the inner surface and the outer surface.
  • a halftone or duotone image comprises a grid as described above.
  • the raster elements described above may be printed side by side in cells of the image.
  • Such a picture has a higher security against counterfeiting and can therefore serve as security element for the value and / or security document according to the invention such as banknote, passport, ID card, chip card, ticket, check or the like. It can be used advantageously in particular in safety vacuum.
  • the raster elements are arranged in such a way that an image (halftone or duotone image) is represented by the totality of all raster elements.
  • the surface area of the outer surface and / or the surface area of the inner surface are varied according to the desired color, with the raster elements having the same spacing.
  • a frequency modulation with the grid according to the invention can be realized by the distance between the same raster elements is varied with the inventive shape described above depending on the desired color.
  • the spacing of the raster elements can be determined, for example, based on the distance between the center points of the raster elements or the side edges of the raster elements. For example, distances of the centers of adjacent grid elements in the range 370 microns to 560 microns, preferably 400 microns to 450 microns.
  • the distance between the side edges of the raster elements can be, for example, 78 to 96 ⁇ m, preferably 80 to 86 ⁇ m.
  • Such rasters have a high security against counterfeiting due to the density of the raster elements and allows an appealing display of images.
  • the diameter of the inner surface of the grid elements is preferably in the range 80 microns to 140 microns, more preferably in the range 80 microns to 100 microns.
  • the width of the outer surface e.g. the ring width of the outer circular ring, is preferably in the range 40 microns to 180 microns, more preferably in the range 40 microns to 130 microns.
  • a printing original or printing form having a surface structure is achieved according to the invention, which is used for printing a grid described above for producing a printed image according to the invention.
  • the grid can also be realized by a plurality of print templates or printing forms, which are used successively for printing.
  • the outer and the inner surface of each raster element represent, for example, either elevations or depressions in the printing form.
  • Fig. 13 shows an inventive value and / or security document 100, for example, a banknote, passport, ID card, chip card, ticket, check or the like.
  • the security and / or security document has a carrier made of a paper and / or plastic material, onto which a halftone or duotone image 101 is printed or otherwise applied as a security element, for example lasered or lasered-on.
  • the halftone or duotone image may also be printed on or otherwise applied to an interior layer of a multi-layered security and / or security document.
  • the halftone or duotone image 101 in each case comprises a grid which is inserted into the FIGS. 1 to 3 and 5 to 12 is shown in various embodiments.
  • FIG. 1 shown grid 1 has a plurality of raster elements 10, wherein the grid 1 is an amplitude-modulated grid, in which exactly one raster element 10 is arranged in each grid cell.
  • Each grid element 10 is composed of an annular colored or black outer surface 11 and a non-colored or white inner surface 12 arranged in the outer surface 11, which has the shape of a circle.
  • B 1 80 ⁇ m
  • the raster element shown has a larger surface area and thus generates at a location of an image generated from the raster a region of lesser brightness or a more strongly colored region (see area) at the top of grid 1 of the Fig. 1 ) than that in Fig. 2 shown grid element 10a (see area below in the grid 1 of Fig. 1 ).
  • the different gradations, such as shades of gray are, as based on the FIGS. 2 and 3 explained, achieved by modulation of the contour thickness (area or width of the annulus) of the outer surface 12 forming the annulus.
  • the diameter d 1 of the inner surface 11 can be varied while the width B 1 or B 2 of the circular ring of the outer surface 12 remains the same.
  • An above-described frequency modulation for displaying halftones is also possible.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 An image with such gray shades by amplitude modulated raster elements in the form of a circular ring with a circular inner surface, as shown in the FIGS. 2 and 3 are shown in Fig. 5 shown.
  • the annular outer surface of the raster elements has a smaller width in the region H of the white part of the eyeball of the eyes of the person shown than in the region D on the outer dark edge of the eyelid.
  • moire structures or interference patterns are generated due to the frequency of these devices, which reveal the forgery.
  • the inner surfaces 11 run depending on the resolution of the output device, so that no inner surface 11 can be seen more, ie fine circles (eg B 1 ) are no longer displayed, or it disappear fine contour lines of the image, so that the fake, trailing representation is not the original corresponds, which can be detected for example by means of a magnifying glass.
  • square or square-ring raster elements can also be used as raster elements in analogy to the above-described circular or annular raster elements. Rectangular or rectangular ring raster elements and pentagonal or pentagonal annular raster elements are used.
  • Fig. 6 is a raster 1 ', namely a duotone raster shown.
  • the shape of the raster elements 10c is analogous to the embodiment according to FIG Fig. 1 to 3 and 5 , Unlike the one in Fig. 1 illustrated embodiment, now also has the circular inner surface 11 of the raster element 10 has a (second) color, which together with the first color of the annular outer surface 12 in an overlap region 13 results in a mixed color.
  • the color of the inner surface is, for example, PMS 185 U (red), while the color of the outer surface 12 is, for example, PMS 320 U (blue). Accordingly, the color of the overlap area 13 is a mixture of PMS 185 U and PMS 320 U.
  • the color effect or the color impression is determined in each case by the color and the surface contents of the inner surface 11, the outer surface 12 and the overlapping region 13.
  • the outer surface 12 forming circular ring here has the width B 3 of eg 65 microns.
  • FIG. 8 An example of a duotone image with such raster elements is in Fig. 8 shown.
  • Fig. 9 shows a section of the image in which the grid used and corresponding to the individual grid elements are shown in more detail.
  • such a raster for a duotone image can of course also be designed as a frequency-modulated raster.
  • Raster shown use closed raster elements.
  • a grid 1 "with open raster elements 10 is shown FIGS. 11 and 12 shown raster elements 10e, 10f the raster elements 10a and 10b of FIGS. 2 and 3 with the difference that the structure of the outer surface 12 is not completely closed or the outer surface 12 does not completely surround the inner surface 11 and forms a circular ring section.
  • He has an opening angle ⁇ of about 90 °.
  • the dimensions d1, B1, B2 correspond to the dimensions of the raster elements 10a and 10b with the same effect, namely the representation of different shades of gray. Due to the opening angle in the grid element this is even forgery-proof.
  • the grid shown always shows the opening in the outer surface 12 in the same direction, namely down.
  • different opening directions may be used, eg a first grid element may have a downwardly facing opening and the adjacent grid element may have an upwardly facing opening, etc.
  • value and / or security document is a print template or a printing plate with a surface structure created, which serves to produce a halftone or duotone image as described above.
  • a halftone or duotone image is printed on a support or an inner layer of a value and / or security document made of a paper and / or plastic material in a known manner using a printing press.
  • a printing press For this example, high-pressure or gravure printing and offset printing can be used.
  • such a halftone or duotone image may be lasered into a support or layer by known laser techniques.

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  1. Document de valeur et/ou de sécurité (100) avec une image en demi-ton ou double ton (101) présentant une trame(1, 1', 1") comprenant une pluralité d'éléments de trame (10, 10a, 10b, 10c, 10e, 10f) formés de façon uniforme ou analogue, sachant que chaque élément de trame possède une surface intérieure (11) et une surface extérieure (12), sachant que la surface extérieure (12) entoure en partie ou complètement la surface intérieure (11) et sachant que
    • la surface extérieure (12) comporte une première couleur, et
    • la surface intérieure (11) de l'élément de trame (10, 10a, 10b, 10c, 10e, 10f) ne compte aucune couleur ou compte une deuxième couleur, laquelle est différente de la première couleur de la surface extérieure (12) quant à sa luminosité, sa nuance de couleur et/ou sa saturation,
    caractérisé en ce que la surface extérieure (12) de l'élément de trame (10e, 10f) est constituée en tant que section d'un anneau de cercle ou d'un anneau ovale et la surface intérieure (11) en tant que cercle ou ovale.
  2. Document de valeur et/ou de sécurité selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'une modulation d'amplitude de la trame (1, 1', 1") existe par une modification du contenu superficiel de la surface extérieure (12) et/ou par une modification du contenu superficiel de la surface intérieure (11), sachant que les éléments de trame comportent respectivement le même intervalle.
  3. Document de valeur et/ou de sécurité selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'une modulation de fréquence de la trame (1, 1', 1") réside dans le fait que l'intervalle des éléments de trame est modifié.
  4. Document de valeur et/ou de sécurité selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'un angle d'ouverture (α) de la section de l'anneau de cercle ou de l'anneau ovale est de moins de 180°, de préférence entre 60° et 120°.
  5. Document de valeur et/ou de sécurité selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les ouvertures de la surface extérieure de tous les éléments de trames sont respectivement dirigées dans la même direction ou alternativement dans des directions différentes.
  6. Procédé de fabrication d'un document de valeur et/ou de sécurité (100), sachant qu'une image en demi-ton ou double ton (101) présentant une trame (1, 1', 1") comprenant une pluralité d'éléments de trame (10, 10a, 10b, 10c, 10e, 10f) formés de façon uniforme ou analogue est apposée, sachant que chaque élément de trame (10, 10a, 10b, 10c, 10e, 10f) comporte une surface intérieure (11) et une surface extérieure (12), sachant que la surface extérieure (12) entoure en partie ou complètement la surface intérieure (11) et sachant que
    • la surface extérieure (12) comporte une première couleur, et
    • la surface intérieure (11) de l'élément de trame (10, 10a, 10b, 10c, 10e, 10f) ne comporte aucune couleur ou comporte une deuxième couleur, laquelle est différente de la première couleur de la surface extérieure (12) quant à sa luminosité, sa nuance de couleur et/ou sa saturation,
    caractérisé en ce que la surface extérieure (12) de l'élément de trame (10e, 10f) est constituée en tant que section d'un anneau de cercle ou d'un anneau ovale et la surface intérieure (11) en tant que cercle ou ovale.
  7. Procédé selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que la trame (1, 1', 1") comporte une modulation de fréquence pour laquelle le contenu superficiel de la surface extérieure (12) et/ou le contenu superficiel de la surface intérieure (11) est modifié.
  8. Procédé selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que la trame comporte une modulation de fréquence pour laquelle l'intervalle des éléments de trame est modifié.
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