EP0920383B1 - Imprime antifalsification - Google Patents

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EP0920383B1
EP0920383B1 EP97927076A EP97927076A EP0920383B1 EP 0920383 B1 EP0920383 B1 EP 0920383B1 EP 97927076 A EP97927076 A EP 97927076A EP 97927076 A EP97927076 A EP 97927076A EP 0920383 B1 EP0920383 B1 EP 0920383B1
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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
    • B42D25/00—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof
    • B42D25/40—Manufacture
    • B42D25/405—Marking
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
    • B41M3/00—Printing processes to produce particular kinds of printed work, e.g. patterns
    • B41M3/14—Security printing
    • 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
    • B42D25/00—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof
    • B42D25/20—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof characterised by a particular use or purpose
    • B42D25/29—Securities; Bank notes
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    • B42D2035/44—
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S283/00—Printed matter
    • Y10S283/902—Anti-photocopy

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  • the invention relates to a document with copy-protected security printing with an essentially regular background pattern from lines, dots, grid structures or the like.
  • Such security printing can be monochrome or colored his.
  • a colored security print is compared to a black and white print to be preferred because it is less easy to copy.
  • too colored security prints are deceptively real to copy.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a document with a Security printing and a method for producing such a document not specify that on a commercially available photocopier can be copied without immediately recognizing that it is a Copy acts.
  • this object is achieved with a document a copy-protected security print, in which an essentially regular background pattern of lines, dots, grid structures or the like at least one object, for example letters, Digits or the like is incorporated in that the components of the background pattern a line is split at the locations occupied by the object So split into several partial lines or a full circle to form a ring is.
  • the background is usually only perceived as "gray” when viewed briefly, The individual lines of the Background pattern recognizable as such.
  • Background pattern such as a pattern of dots, rectangles, Diamonds or a combination of such background pattern components.
  • split means that a coherent printed Area, for example a line, separated in such a way divided, i.e. "Split" is that from the contiguous area at least two sub-areas will be a coherent Line is therefore replaced by two, three or more sub-lines.
  • the total width a group of two or more sub-lines is not essential wider than the contiguous one replaced by the partial lines Line.
  • a feature size for example a line width, of less than 150 microns, preferably less than 100 microns, are according to one aspect of the invention incorporated into the background pattern Objects practically imperceptible to the naked eye.
  • a feature size for example a line width, of less than 150 microns, preferably less than 100 microns.
  • the object appears much brighter than the rest Background pattern, in some places are the partial lines, partial points and such things have not been copied at all, that is, at these points the object appears completely white, for example if you have one Black and white security print and its copy considered.
  • you will find such "objects” in the background pattern work in so that the viewer immediately realizes that it is a Copy acts, and does not assume that the "object” belongs to the original print. It is useful, for example, to use the word “copy” as "object” or to incorporate "fake” or the like into the background pattern. This word is then immediately recognizable on the copy.
  • the individual Lines at the locations occupied by the object in two partial lines split, preferably the thickness of each sub-line about the half the line width of the original line.
  • the width of each sub-line is approximately 40 to 45% of the original line width, and the distance between the partial lines in pairs is between one third and two thirds the original line width.
  • the background pattern can also have dots, that is full circles alone or in combination with lines, rectangles and other background pattern components.
  • full circles in the background pattern are split in such a way that the full circle is replaced by a ring, whereby the area of the ring corresponds to approximately 50 to 150% of the circular area, preferably between 85 and 115%.
  • the thickness of the ring that is the difference between the outer radius and the inner radius of the ring, corresponds to about half the diameter of the full circle.
  • a print template for an inventive Create security printing can also be produced of a film with the help of a film setter and subsequent transmission of the film information.
  • a memory is the for the entire area of a security print original information about the background pattern is saved.
  • the print information about the object is stored in a further memory, for example the word "FAKE", which is on a certain place or several places of the security printing incorporated shall be.
  • the memory contents are then overlaid in the Way that at the locations of the object, the print information for the Background pattern is replaced by modified print information, according to the for example contiguous lines parallel partial lines are replaced. After this incorporation of the object in the background pattern, the print template is then created.
  • the security pattern according to the invention can be different Manufacture printing processes.
  • the preparation of the print information for security printing then includes the incorporation of "objects" into the background information.
  • the desired background pattern information is first provided for the preparation of the print information, and the information about the object to be incorporated into the background pattern is also created.
  • the "object” should be a text, namely the repeatedly repeated text "BEWARE OF FORGERY".
  • the combination of the information about the printing of the background pattern and the object "BEWARE OF FORGERY” is shown clearly in FIG. 1.
  • the text "BEWARE OF FORGERY” does not actually appear in the print, but in the manner to be explained below, the text “BEWARE OF FORGERY” is incorporated into the background pattern consisting of slightly wavy lines in such a way that the text with the is practically invisible to the naked eye. This is shown at the bottom right in FIG. 1. As you can see, the "combination" of background pattern and object does not contain any information that is immediately recognizable to the naked eye.
  • Fig. 1 At the bottom left in Fig. 1 is a greatly enlarged section of the Security printing shown. In this section you can see at a closer look at the letter "B".
  • the information of the letter "B” is formed by the fact that at the relevant points of the Object "B” split the lines of the linear background pattern are in two thin lines.
  • the sub-lines each have one Thickness equal to 40% of the original line weight, with the Gap between the paired sub-lines 50% of the original Line width corresponds. If you look at the letter "B” on the left viewed from below at a distance of a few meters the "B" as such practically no longer recognizable, just like in the original size security print on the right any information can be seen at the bottom of FIG.
  • the embodiment explained with reference to FIG. 1 fulfills the task not only with black and white copiers, but also with color copiers.
  • the background pattern is a grid of dots made up of small, full circles.
  • the Object "T" is shown in Fig. 2a overlapped with the background pattern.
  • FIG. 2c shows an enlarged detail of FIG. 2b. It is shown in Fig. 2c two upper rows and a left column made of full circles. The four elements at the bottom right in Fig. 2c are parts of the in the Background pattern of incorporated object.
  • FIG. 2d shows an enlarged detail of FIG. 2c. Above in Fig. 2d the full circle 10 from FIG. 2c is shown, the bottom in FIG. 2d is the Ring 12 shown in Fig. 2c, this ring by "splitting" of the full circle.
  • the diameter d1 of the full circle 10 is approximately twice the thickness, that is to say the difference between the outer radius and the inner radius of the ring 12 (d1 ⁇ 2 • d2).
  • the area A1 of the full circle 10 corresponds approximately to the area A2 of the ring 12.
  • Fig. 3 shows part of a line L and a pair of sub-lines TL corresponding to the detail at the bottom left in Fig. 1.
  • the original Line width is w1.
  • TL sub-lines
  • split are the outer edges of the part line pair slightly offset to the outside.
  • Each sub-line has a thickness w2, the clear distance between the parallel partial lines is w3. It has proven to be useful if the two sub-lines have the same width w2 and the value of w2 is approximately 40 to 45% of the original Line width corresponds to w1.
  • FIG. 4a schematically shows once again the embodiment according to FIG. 3, in which a line is split into two parallel sub-lines.
  • Fig. 4b shows the embodiment of FIG. 2, in which a full Circle is split into a ring of approximately the same area size.
  • 4c shows a further embodiment in which the background pattern is formed by a grid of full squares. To the The full square is replaced when placing an object to be incorporated through a square ring or square frame. The area the frame corresponds approximately to that of the full square.
  • FIG. 4d shows a diamond-shaped component of a background pattern, which is split up into an object hollow rombus, here too the dimensions are chosen so that the area of the original background pattern component and split part of the background pattern about the same size are.
  • the "line width" of the split shown in Fig. 4b, 4c and 4d Elements corresponds to about half the diameter or the width / length of the original element.

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  1. Document avec une impression de sécurité protégée contre la copie, sur lequel au moins un objet, par exemple des lettres, des chiffres et similaires, est intégré dans un modèle d'arrière-plan sensiblement régulier constitué d'éléments géométriques tels que des lignes, des points, des structures de trame ou similaires, de façon que des éléments géométriques pleins sont transformés en éléments géométriques creux, donc par exemple une ligne est transformée en plusieurs lignes partielles ou un cercle plein en un anneau.
  2. Document selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les composants du modèle d'arrière-plan ont une épaisseur inférieure à 150 µm, de préférence 100 µm.
  3. Document selon la revendication 1 ou 2 avec un modèle d'arrière-plan composé d'ensembles de lignes, caractérisé en ce que les lignes sont transformées en respectivement deux lignes partielles ou plus aux endroits occupés par l'objet.
  4. Document selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que les deux lignes partielles présentent chacune environ la demi-épaisseur de ligne (d1) de la ligne d'origine.
  5. Document selon les revendications 3 et 4, caractérisé en ce que les lignes partielles présentent chacune environ 40 à 45% de l'épaisseur de la ligne d'origine.
  6. Document selon l'une quelconque des revendications 3 à 5, caractérisé en ce que la distance entre des lignes partielles disposées par paires se situe entre un tiers et deux tiers de la largeur de la ligne d'origine (w1).
  7. Document selon la revendication 1 ou 2, avec un modèle de points composé de cercles entiers comme modèle d'arrière-plan, caractérisé en ce que les cercles pleins sont réalisés sous la forme d'anneaux aux endroits occupés par l'objet, anneaux dont la surface (A2) correspond à 50... 150% de la surface (A1) d'un cercle plein, de préférence 85... 115% de la surface d'un cercle plein.
  8. Document selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que la largeur (d2) de l'anneau (12) correspond à peu près au demi-diamètre (d1) d'un cercle plein (10).
  9. Document selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce que le modèle d'arrière-plan contient des ensembles de lignes, dont l'orientation est progressive entre 0 et 360° ou varie par degrés.
  10. Procédé pour l'élaboration d'une impression de sécurité sur un document selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 9, avec lequel au moins un objet, par exemple des lettres, des chiffres ou similaires est intégré dans un modèle d'arrière-plan sensiblement régulier constitué d'éléments géométriques tels que des lignes, des points, des structures de trame,
    caractérisé par les étapes suivantes :
    a) mise à disposition d'informations sur l'impression pour le modèle d'arrière-plan ;
    b) mise à disposition d'informations sur l'emplacement pour l'objet à intégrer ;
    c) mise à disposition d'une information modifiée sur l'impression, qui est susceptible de remplacer par endroits l'information sur l'impression pour le modèle d'arrière-plan et remplace les éléments géométriques pleins du modèle d'arrière-plan par des éléments creux ; et
    d) combinaison des informations a), b) et c) de telle façon que l'information sur l'impression pour le modèle d'arrière-plan est remplacée par l'information modifiée sur l'impression aux endroits où l'objet se trouve.
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US09/252,964 US6209922B1 (en) 1996-08-21 1999-02-19 Copy protected security print

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