Classifications

• • 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
• • 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
  • Y10S283/901—Concealed data

Definitions

• the invention relates to a document of value, consisting of a substrate of a predetermined area with a visually visible printed image and a marking at least partially superimposed on the printed image in the form of characters, patterns or the like, which has a predetermined law which allows manipulations of the word document to be recognized.
• value document is used as a generic term for all kinds of value documents, i.e. for vouchers, tickets, ID cards, banknotes, securities, shares and the like.
• Values or tickets that can be used for several events usually consist of a strip-shaped paper carrier that is divided into a number of likewise strip-shaped fields.
• a field corresponds to a certain amount of money.
• the fare for the use of public transport is often a multiple of this amount of money, so that the value of several fields is required for a trip.
• the fields in front of it, which are not directly canceled, are considered to be canceled. This procedure means that even with tickets that have been completely canceled, some of the individual fields are always not canceled. If you cut these fields out of different validated tickets, you can put them together into an apparently new, unused ticket.
• DE 32 16485 C1 has already proposed to subject the tickets to an additional printing process during the production, in which a continuous wavy line pattern is applied to the tickets. This happens on the pa pierbahn before it is cut into the individual tickets.
• a printing cylinder is used, the circumference of which is a non-integer multiple of the ticket length, so that the wavy line image which runs continuously within one ticket is somewhat offset from the wavy line image of the next ticket. Random rows of non-validated fields are prevented in this way, since the wavy line generally shows discontinuities at the transitions between fields that come from different tickets.
• a potential counterfeiter would have to make sure that the wavy lines of the individual fields connect seamlessly. The likelihood that a counterfeiter has the right fields is low.
• the invention is therefore based on the object of proposing a document of value, the authenticity and integrity of which can be checked relatively easily by machine.
• the solution to this problem results from the machine-readable features of the independent claims. Further training is the subject of the subclaims.
• the invention is based on the basic idea that falsifications and specific falsifications of documents can be detected if the presence and defined distribution of mechanically verifiable, preferably undetectable, characteristic substances is checked.
• the assembly of new real documents from fragments of different real documents is made even more difficult if the distribution on the document takes place in coded form and the coded information is varied from document to document in a document series and / or from section to section of a document with a sufficiently low repetition rate.
• the control information of the documents is checked either via defined mathematical relationships or on the basis of data records stored in specific databases.
• the document of value has a marking which is represented by means of a feature substance and extends over the major part of the document in order to be able to also check the completeness of the document material by machine in addition to the authenticity of the document. Because the distribution of the feature substance over the surface of the document reveals gaps or inserted partial elements of other real documents as a malfunction.
• the document of value consists of a strip-shaped paper carrier which is subdivided into also strip-like monetary partial areas which preferably run transversely to the longitudinal extent of the document of value. These sub-areas are defined by a visually visible print image.
• the document of value has a line-shaped marking made of mechanically verifiable, preferably invisible feature material when viewed, which at least partially overlaps the visual printed image and extends over the major part of the document. These marking lines preferably run obliquely with respect to the invalidable strips, given by the normal printed image, and represent a coding.
• the authenticity of the document material can be demonstrated by the presence of the correct characteristic substance.
• the coding content also allows conclusions to be drawn about the completeness of the document material. If the information read on a document to be checked does not match the specified coded information, this is an indication that parts of the original document are either completely missing or have been replaced by forgeries or parts of other real documents.
• the coding also has the advantage that a large number of testable information can be stored.
• the coding can provide information about the type or purpose of the Contain document, which can be useful for a quick mechanical processing of the documents.
• the information contained in the coding is the same for all sub-areas. According to a further embodiment, however, it is also possible to provide groups of partial areas or each individual partial area with a different coding. However, at least the codings of adjacent sub-areas are preferably in a mathematical relationship to one another. In this case, the marking is composed of several different pieces of information, which further increases the protection against forgery, since the effort that a potential forger has to make to successfully combine parts of other real documents with the document to be manipulated increases.
• the marking varies from document to document at least with a certain repetition rate.
• this can be done in a very simple manner by applying the marking or the machine-readable feature substance with the aid of a special printing roller, the scope of which corresponds to a non-integer multiple of the document size, the repetition rate being greater than the scope of the Roller can be determined.
• the content or the form of the marking is identical for all documents, but the offset creates an individualization of the location of the feature substance at least for a number of successive documents.
• the machine check of the documents of value according to the invention is preferably carried out in two stages.
• a first step it can be checked whether the visually visible printed image corresponds to that of a real value document. This can be done using known pattern recognition methods by comparing the scanned print image with a reference pattern stored in the machine. If there is no match between the printed image and the reference pattern, the document is rejected. If the comparison is positive, the value document is checked in a second step with one for the respective physical property of the
• Characteristic substance sensed sensor scanned and the distribution of the characteristic substance recorded on the document.
• the document can be scanned over the entire surface or only along a predetermined characteristic measurement track.
• the detected signal now allows conclusions to be drawn about the authenticity and completeness of the value document. Couldn't get anywhere at the
• a signal corresponding to the specified feature substance is detected, it is a total falsification, for example the color copy of an original document. Otherwise there is a document that at least partially consists of real document material.
• the measurement signal additionally reflects the specified arrangement of the feature substance, then it is a document made of real document material, which has not been manipulated. In this case there is an original document. If the measurement signal contains jumps or discontinuities, A manipulated document is available that does not match the original marking. If, for example, entire areas of the original marking pattern are completely missing, part of the value document has been replaced by a fake partial area, for example a color copy. If, on the other hand, some areas of the line pattern are missing in the scanning signal and additional signals appear at unexpected places, this is a sign that several genuine documents have been combined into an unauthorized forgery, which would have been classified as an original document when viewed purely visually.
• the visual print pattern and the machine-readable feature substance can also be checked simultaneously or as a function of one another. For example, it can be checked whether there is a predetermined correlation between certain print patterns of the visually visible print image and the distribution of the feature substance.
• Luminescent, electrically conductive, magnetic substances or substances with other mechanically testable properties can be used as characteristic substances.
• the machine-readable feature substance is preferably chosen so that it does not appear visually. That substances are used that are either transparent in the visual spectral range or have a body color corresponding to the background. In this case, the marking is advantageously arranged under the visually visible printed image.
• the machine-readable feature substance can be applied, for example, with the aid of conventional printing processes, the feature substance either alone or together with other color pigments as a dye.
• the machine-readable feature material does not necessarily have to be applied in a line.
• the machine-readable feature substance can also be distributed according to a predetermined mathematical algorithm. Alternatively, it is also possible to apply the machine-readable feature substance as a binary code or in the form of a special pattern. Alternatively, the coding or the pattern can also be arranged several times on the document.
• FIG. 2 further embodiments of an original value document according to the invention
• FIG. 1 shows a document of value according to the invention.
• This is a reusable ticket a, which consists of a paper or
• Plastic substrate in the form of a strip There is a visually visible imprint 11 on the substrate. This can include a background pattern or more information about the issuing institution.
• the imprint 11 serves to subdivide the ticket strip a in the longitudinal direction into fields 1 to 8 extending over the entire width of the card a. Fields 1 to 8 correspond to a certain amount of money and are validated according to the fare when using ticket a. A certain order of the stripes must be observed during the cancellation.
• the ticket a shown was used twice, for example. On the first trip, the fare corresponded to the amount of money in a field, so that only field 1 was canceled. The fare for the second trip was five times the amount of money represented by a field.
• the value document a has a marking 12, which is represented by means of a feature substance with a certain mechanically measurable, physical property. These can be substances with special optical, electrical or magnetic properties. Preferably, transparent and / or luminescent and / or absorbent substances are used in the visual spectral range and outside the visible spectral range.
• the marking 12 consists of equidistant strips which extend over the entire document surface and are arranged obliquely with respect to the direction of travel of the value document a.
• FIG. 3 shows a forgery c, which could result from a combination of the uncorrected strips of documents a and b.
• Strips 2 to 5, 7, 8 of document a which were not canceled, were combined with stripes 1, 6 of document b to form a complete ticket c, the visual impression of which cannot be distinguished from an original document.
• the markings 12, 13 of documents a and b do not add up to continuous, equidistant lines, so that when the document c is checked mechanically along the measurement track 15, discontinuities occur in the measurement signal. Each crossing point between the measurement track 15 and the markings 12, 13 results in a measurement signal.
• the device detects up to the strip 7 in at regular intervals a signal of the feature substance, which is marked with a full point in FIG. 3.
• strips 2 to 5 come from the document material of document a.
• field 6 which was taken from document of value b, at the point at which a signal would be expected according to the previous fields 8 and 7, no signal occurs, which is indicated by a circle. Instead, a signal appears at another point, which is represented by a full square. The same applies to field 1.
• the signal clock can be known.
• a lead area 14 of, for example, two cycles could be defined, in which the measuring cycle is set.
• the measured values must appear in a certain time window. If measured values are missing, the document is classified as "incorrect".
• the cancellation which may also be present in original documents, must be taken into account. It can be designed in such a way that it does not impair the measurement values of the markings by using a printing ink for the cancellation, which does not have the physical properties of the feature substance to be measured and does not interfere with it. If it is also to be determined in the test device which fields have been canceled or can still be canceled, this can be done with a separate sensor which responds to a specific property of the printing ink used for the cancellation. This property can also be arbitrary.
• the distance between the individual measuring cycles does not have to be constant, but can be varied as desired, for example it can be sinusoidal or in accordance with another mathematical law.
• two measuring tracks 16, 17 can also be provided, as shown in FIG. 4. Because it would be conceivable that counterfeits occur that are not based on the visual appearance of the value document, but on the additional marking. That a forger knows the course of the marking and joins the various parts of the document together so that the marking corresponds to an original document. In this case, the sensor could not detect any deviation in the measurement signal of the feature substance and the document would be classified as "real". In contrast, discrepancies and falsifications in the print pattern would result in the visually visible print image.
• the test device detects the course of the printed transverse stripes along the measuring track 17, which define the fields 1 to 8. If the stripes are at the same predetermined distance, the visual print image of the document is OK. Otherwise, the document is also classified as "false".
• This measurement result can now be logically linked to the measurement result of the measurement track 16 in order to determine whether it is actually a real or an incorrect document.
• the marking can of course also have any other shape and can be of any complexity. 5 to 7 show examples of such markings.
• FIG. 5 shows a marking 18 in the form of a bar code, which is composed of bars 30 of different widths, which are represented by means of the machine-readable feature material and are separated from one another by intermediate areas 31 free of feature substances.
• each space 31 and each machine-readable feature strip 30 contributes to the presentation of information.
• the area of the document to be provided with the marking 19 is subdivided into individual sections 32, 33 of the same size, which are or are not provided with the machine-readable feature substance according to a predetermined pattern and thus define the logical states “0” and “1” .
• the partial areas 32 represent the areas provided with the machine-readable feature substance, while the partial areas 33 remain uncoated.
• FIG. 7 schematically shows the case in which the marker 26 is composed of several pieces of information 20, 21.
• the document is divided into sections. 7 shows two adjacent sections 27, 28, which in the simplest form already produce the entire document d, but can also be part of a more extensive document.
• the partial information 20, 21 can be applied in unencrypted form and can be supplemented in terms of content to form total information, ie part 20 of the total information is arranged in a first partial area 27 of the document, while the second part 21 of the total information is provided in the adjacent partial area 28 .
• there is a predetermined law between the partial information 20, 21 According to a more complex and tamper-proof embodiment, there is a predetermined law between the partial information 20, 21.
• This relationship between the partial information 20, 21 can be arbitrarily specified and stored in a database for the check or it can be of a mathematical nature. In the latter case, one piece of information can be calculated from the other piece of information using a predetermined algorithm. Of course, several partial areas or partial information can also be combined to form total information of the type mentioned.
• the coding is finally also possible to design the coding as a code word or a simple pattern that is provided several times on the document.
• This code word or pattern is preferably arranged in a continuous sequence on the predominant part of the document.
• the marking can also vary from document to document to increase protection against counterfeiting.
• the maximum protection is of course achieved if each document in a series, for example all tickets of a particular transport association, has a different marking from document to document.
• several printing plates can be produced for this purpose, for example, which have a different marking in the area of each use.
• FIG. 8 shows a detail from a substrate sheet 40.
• Four uses d, e, f, g of a document are shown, each of which is provided with a different marking.
• the markings each consist of two pieces of information (20, 21), (22, 23), (24, 25) and (34, 35), as already explained in more detail with reference to FIG. 7.
• FIG. 9 A section of an endless substrate material 50 is shown in FIG. 9.
• the uses a, b, c shown here have the visually recognizable print image 11 in addition to the marking 12.
• the marking 12 here consists of equidistant strips which are represented by means of the machine-readable feature material.
• the machine-readable feature material was transferred here with the help of a printing roller, the size of which corresponds to a non-integer multiple of the printed image 11. For this reason, the marking 12 is offset from document to document with respect to the printed image 11 or the later edges of the individual documents a, b, c. This is indicated in FIG. 9 by the different lengths 1, 1 'and 1 ".
• the marking of a document which is composed of individual parts of these documents a, b, c, would therefore have machine-detectable jumps and discontinuities, as already shown of Fig. 3 explained.
• the marking can also be visually visible, ie the machine-readable feature substance used itself can have a body color or can be added to a visually visible printing ink.
• the marking is preferred only provided in the area of the visually visible print pattern 10 in order to additionally protect them from detection.
• the areas not provided with the machine-readable feature substance can have an additional coating which gives the same visual impression as the feature substance or has the same chemical properties, but without having the physical properties to be measured.
• a substrate material is provided either in an endless form or in an arch form in a first step.
• the marking and the visible printed image are applied to this substrate material in successive operations, the marking preferably being applied to the substrate material in front of the visible printed image.
• the substrate material is partially provided with the machine-readable feature material in a second step, so that a marking is formed which extends over the major part of the substrate material.
• the visually visible printed image is finally printed, at least overlapping with this marking, and the substrate material is broken down into separate individual documents.
• the substrate material can also be plastic or a mixture of natural and synthetic fibers.
• the document of value a to be secured can also be any other document that is to be checked by machine for authenticity and integrity. Because there is also the danger in other areas that counterfeits are in circulation, which are composed, for example, of real document parts and copied parts. Here, e.g. Checks, tickets, banknotes or the like.

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