EP0372837A2 - Identitätsnachweis - Google Patents

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EP0372837A2
EP0372837A2 EP89312506A EP89312506A EP0372837A2 EP 0372837 A2 EP0372837 A2 EP 0372837A2 EP 89312506 A EP89312506 A EP 89312506A EP 89312506 A EP89312506 A EP 89312506A EP 0372837 A2 EP0372837 A2 EP 0372837A2
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David William Miller
Keith Christopher Steele
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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
    • B42D2033/04—
    • B42D2035/50—
    • 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
    • B42D25/30—Identification or security features, e.g. for preventing forgery
    • B42D25/309—Photographs
    • 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
    • B42D25/30—Identification or security features, e.g. for preventing forgery
    • B42D25/328—Diffraction gratings; Holograms
    • 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
    • B42D25/45—Associating two or more layers
    • B42D25/465—Associating two or more layers using chemicals or adhesives
    • B42D25/47—Associating two or more layers using chemicals or adhesives using adhesives

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  • This invention relates to identification cards (I.D. cards) which comprise security features.
  • I.D. cards It is becoming increasingly important to incorporate security features in I.D. cards to prevent copying and alteration.
  • Various security features have been proposed such as water-marks and patterned lines.
  • various inks and printed images have been proposed which exhibit fluorescence under special lighting conditions or which are only visible in U.V. or infra-red light. It is the object of the present invention to provide an I.D. card which comprises a novel security feature which is easy to produce but which is very hard to copy satisfactorily and which can be seen in daylight.
  • an I.D. card which comprises an opaque base which has adhered thereto a sheet which comprises an easy to recognise representational image of the person to whom the card relates and at least one modulated image which bears a recognisable relationship to the representational image but which has been altered with respect to its density and/or colour and/or spatial characteristics.
  • the representational image of the person to whom the card relates is preferably a three colour image of the person but it may be a black and white or monochrome image.
  • the modulated image or images can for example be a single colour image of the person in a different colour to that of the representational image.
  • the representational image is a three colour image of the person and the modulated image is at least one single colour separation image which is lighter in density than the representational image. Preferably this lighter density image partially overlaps the representational image. If there is more than one modulated image preferably all the images overlap but in such a way that the representational image is clearly recognisable.
  • three colour image is meant an image which exhibits the three primary colour blue, green and red as well as the three secondary colours yellow, magenta and cyan.
  • a subtractive colour system is used and the dyes which form the three colour image are yellow, cyan and magenta.
  • the single colour separation image present in the I.D. card of the present invention may be a blue, cyan, green, yellow, red or magenta image.
  • the three colour image and the single colour separation image of the person may have been formed on the sheet by a printing process wherein three colour separation photographic negatives are prepared of the person and three printing blocks are prepared from these negatives. To prepare the three colour image each of these blocks having been treated with the appropriate coloured ink are printed in register on the sheet. To prepare the single colour separation image one of these blocks is inked and printed on the sheet.
  • the said sheet which carries both the three colour image and the single colour separation image is photographic colour paper.
  • This sheet may be exposed either from photographic negatives or via an electronic signal storage system. If it is to be imaged using photographic negatives a full-three-colour photographic negative of the person is prepared and using a light-filter a single colour separation is prepared, the appropriate light filter being chosen for the required colour of the single colour separation image. Then the colour photographic material is printed using the two negatives.
  • the image of the person is captured on a video camera, digitised and stored as the blue, red and green records of the image.
  • these records are used to form in turn the blue, green and red components of the representational image which may be produced as a black and white image or as a full three colour image.
  • one, two or all three of the blue, red and green records may be used to prepare the processed image or images.
  • the green image only may be employed and its density lightened so there is formed on the sheet a three colour clear representational image of the person and a lightish green image of the person.
  • the red image also may be employed and its density lightened so there is formed on the sheet a three colour clear representational image of the person to whom the card relates, a lightish green image of the person and a lightish red image of the person.
  • Another form of processed image may be a very small image of the person compared with the representational image or a very large enlargement of part of the image of the person as long as this enlargement can be recognised as relating to the representational image.
  • a further form of the processed image would be made at a considerably lower resolution than that of the original image.
  • the image of the subject was represented in the final security card by, say, 40,000 pixels
  • an image of noticeably lower resolution, but still bearing a resemblance to the original subject could be formed using 10,000 pixels, each pixel being 2 x the linear or 4 x the area dimension of the original pixel.
  • the sheet which carries the images in a piece of colour photographic material and the images are formed by a photographic chromogenic process or by using a silver dye bleach colour paper.
  • the images on the sheet may be formed using an ink-jet printer, a heat colour transfer printer or any other method used to form visible images from stored digital records of images.
  • the sheet which carries the images of the relevant person also carries other relevant information in alpha-numeric symbols.
  • the company's logo may also appear on the sheet.
  • a hologram which covers completely the sheet which carries the images.
  • This hologram is a reflection hologram but on a transparent base. This hologram may carry the company's logo and or/a striped pattern to render copying even more difficult.
  • the card may be embossed to enable it to carry further information.
  • the opaque base is composed of a plastics material such as pigmented polyvinyl chloride or polyester.
  • an adhesive the sheet which carries the images and to this either the film which contains the hologram or in its absence the light transparent protective overlay sheet which may be cellulose triacetate or polyester.
  • the adhesive used and the method of lamination employed should be such that the I.D. card can not become delaminated without destroying the individual sheets from which it is made.
  • the back surface of the I.D. card may carry machine readable information in either analogue or digital form.
  • this information is cross-checkable with the alpha-numeric or embossed information on the front of the card, or is cross-checkable with the information contained in the hologram if such be present.
  • FIG 1 there is shown a person 1 being photographed using a video camera 2.
  • This photographic record is stored as blue, red and green separation records of the image in a storage device 3.
  • Attached to the device 3 is a video processor 4.
  • a computer 5 can also feed information to the processor 4.
  • the output of the video processor 4 goes to a colour monitor 6 which is a T.V. screen and output from this goes to the video printer 7. Output from the printer 7 is used to form the images of the sheet 8.
  • the video camera 2 in this case uses beam splitters and filters in its interior and stores the red, green and blue records of the captured image in pixel arrays of charge coupled device in the storage device 3.
  • the computer stores the alpha-numeric data which is to be associated with each person being photographed. This may include data applicable to a large number of persons such as the name of the company and its address and personal data such as the name of the person, the birth date and position of the person in the company.
  • the electronically processed image to be used is a lightish green image of the person
  • the green record is then fed to the video processor and this record is electronically processed to lighten overall the image. This lightened record is then stored.
  • the modulated image and the alphanumeric informationand logo are fed to the video processor, together with the stored altered green record and the relevant alpha-numeric information from the computers in the approximately correct spatical relationship. These features are then viewed on the monitor 6 on which they will appear as they will be printed on the sheet 8. If the lay-out appears to be satisfactory then the signals are fed from the video processor to the video printer 7 via a digital to analogue converter. The printer 7 in this case prints by using visible light.
  • the stored red record is printed though a red filter pixel by pixel on to the photographic colour material sheet 8. This is followed by the green record and finally by the blue record.
  • the altered stored green image is printed through a green filter.
  • the representational image 10 of the person 1. This is a full three colour photographic image.
  • the processed image 11 which is a light green separation image of the three colour image 10.
  • the processed image 11 partially overlaps the representational image 10.
  • the processed image 11 is an altered image of image 10 but bears a recognisable relationship to image 10. It has been found that it is very difficult to forge a I.D. card which carries both a representational image which identifies clearly the card holder and a processed image which has been derived from the representational image.
  • Figure 3 shows an exploded view of the fully prepared card 13 which comprises a transparent cover sheet 14, a white pigmented plastics material base 15, the sheet 8 prepared as just described, a film 16 which is transparent and contains a holographic record of the relevant company, and a transparent cover sheet 17 which acts to protect the film 16 and the sheet 8.
  • a transparent cover sheet 14 which is transparent and contains a holographic record of the relevant company
  • a transparent cover sheet 17 which acts to protect the film 16 and the sheet 8.

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GB8828595A GB8828595D0 (en) 1988-12-07 1988-12-07 Identification cards
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EP0523304A1 (de) * 1991-07-15 1993-01-20 Epc Technology Co., Ltd. Pass mit einem ein graviertes Portraitfoto enthaltendem Blatt
AU649693B2 (en) * 1991-07-12 1994-06-02 Epc Technology Co., Ltd. Engraved face photograph display sheet, face photograph display sheet and certificate for use with the same sheet
WO1997010958A1 (en) * 1995-09-20 1997-03-27 De La Rue International Limited Security document and method for its manufacture
EP0772530A1 (de) * 1994-07-26 1997-05-14 International Data Matrix, Inc. Nicht veränderbare sich selbst verifizierende gegenstände
EP0829779A2 (de) * 1996-09-17 1998-03-18 Sony Electronics Inc. Bildtransformation unter Verwendung von Hologrammen
US6613481B2 (en) * 1998-03-09 2003-09-02 Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. Hologram film having identification information recorded thereon and method for manufacturing the same
WO2008055670A1 (de) 2006-11-08 2008-05-15 Giesecke & Devrient Gmbh Tragbarer datenträger
EP1935664A1 (de) * 2006-12-21 2008-06-25 Axalto SA Gesichertes Identifikationsdokument und Verfahren zur Sicherung eine solchen Dokuments
EP2004415A1 (de) * 2006-03-17 2008-12-24 Datacard Corporation Sichere identifikationsdokumente
US10688822B1 (en) 2014-12-30 2020-06-23 Morphotrust Usa, Llc Embedding 3D information in documents
DE102022105489B3 (de) 2022-03-09 2023-03-09 Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft Verfahren zum Bereitstellen eines Druckprodukts und zugehörigen Authentifikations-Informationen und Verfahren zum Authentifizieren eines Druckprodukts

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FR2611102A1 (fr) * 1987-02-12 1988-08-19 Electronique Inf System Procede et installation de fabrication de titres de securite tels que les cartes d'identite
EP0283233A2 (de) * 1987-03-14 1988-09-21 Holofax Limited Sicherheitskarte

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FR2611102A1 (fr) * 1987-02-12 1988-08-19 Electronique Inf System Procede et installation de fabrication de titres de securite tels que les cartes d'identite
EP0283233A2 (de) * 1987-03-14 1988-09-21 Holofax Limited Sicherheitskarte

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AU649693B2 (en) * 1991-07-12 1994-06-02 Epc Technology Co., Ltd. Engraved face photograph display sheet, face photograph display sheet and certificate for use with the same sheet
EP0523304A1 (de) * 1991-07-15 1993-01-20 Epc Technology Co., Ltd. Pass mit einem ein graviertes Portraitfoto enthaltendem Blatt
EP0772530A1 (de) * 1994-07-26 1997-05-14 International Data Matrix, Inc. Nicht veränderbare sich selbst verifizierende gegenstände
EP0772530A4 (de) * 1994-07-26 1997-09-24 Int Data Matrix Inc Nicht veränderbare sich selbst verifizierende gegenstände
US5984366A (en) * 1994-07-26 1999-11-16 International Data Matrix, Inc. Unalterable self-verifying articles
WO1997010958A1 (en) * 1995-09-20 1997-03-27 De La Rue International Limited Security document and method for its manufacture
EP0829779A2 (de) * 1996-09-17 1998-03-18 Sony Electronics Inc. Bildtransformation unter Verwendung von Hologrammen
EP0829779A3 (de) * 1996-09-17 1998-09-09 Sony Electronics Inc. Bildtransformation unter Verwendung von Hologrammen
US6613481B2 (en) * 1998-03-09 2003-09-02 Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. Hologram film having identification information recorded thereon and method for manufacturing the same
US7229720B2 (en) 1998-03-09 2007-06-12 Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. Hologram film having identification information recorded thereon and method for manufacturing the same
EP2004415A4 (de) * 2006-03-17 2009-11-04 Datacard Corp Sichere identifikationsdokumente
EP2004415A1 (de) * 2006-03-17 2008-12-24 Datacard Corporation Sichere identifikationsdokumente
US8448991B2 (en) 2006-03-17 2013-05-28 Datacard Corporation Secure identification documents
WO2008055670A1 (de) 2006-11-08 2008-05-15 Giesecke & Devrient Gmbh Tragbarer datenträger
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US10688822B1 (en) 2014-12-30 2020-06-23 Morphotrust Usa, Llc Embedding 3D information in documents
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EP0372837A3 (en) 1990-12-12
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EP0372837B1 (de) 1994-07-13

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