EP1431062B1 - Sicherheitsdokument mit elektronischem Sicherheitsmittel - Google Patents

Sicherheitsdokument mit elektronischem Sicherheitsmittel Download PDF

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EP1431062B1
EP1431062B1 EP02028535A EP02028535A EP1431062B1 EP 1431062 B1 EP1431062 B1 EP 1431062B1 EP 02028535 A EP02028535 A EP 02028535A EP 02028535 A EP02028535 A EP 02028535A EP 1431062 B1 EP1431062 B1 EP 1431062B1
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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
    • B42D25/20—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
    • 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
    • B42D25/30—Identification or security features, e.g. for preventing forgery
    • B42D25/355—Security threads
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  • the present invention relates to a security document, particularly a banknote comprising on-board electric power supply means for driving a new class of electronic security means utilizing on-board power supply.
  • banknotes for example banknotes, passports, identity cards, checks, stocks, bonds etc.
  • banknotes for example banknotes, passports, identity cards, checks, stocks, bonds etc.
  • banknotes The identification and authentication of banknotes is a long-standing problem.
  • security means for banknotes have been developed and are being developed to allow users and/or machines to discriminate between genuine and forged banknotes and/or to discriminate among different values of banknotes.
  • Photovoltaic cells have been known since the 19 th Century and found numerous applications in a wide field of electric devices, particularly consumer products such as electronic calculators, watches etc, as well as aerospace applications, notably in satellites for instrument power.
  • WO 00/07151 describes a safety paper with an embedded electronic circuit and an on-board electrical power supply.
  • a carrier-frequency signal is transmitted to the electronic circuit and an output signal representing an authenticating feature is emitted from the circuit in response to the input signal.
  • the electric power for emitting the output signal is produced by the energy of the input signal.
  • the document also takes into consideration the use of a photovoltaic area as a possibility for providing opto-electronic means for displaying predetermined data with electric energy.
  • the security document particularly the banknote, comprises an on-board electrical power supply.
  • the advantage of having an on-board power supply is that all means using an on-board power supply can be considered as new electronic security means, which have appropriate functions allowing users and/or machines to discriminate between genuine and counterfeited banknotes and/or to discriminate among different values of banknotes.
  • electronic security means are defined as electronic means using electric energy provided by an on-board power supply, without utilizing an external power supply, and allowing users and/or machines to discriminate between genuine and counterfeited banknotes and/or to discriminate among different values of banknotes without utilizing an external power supply.
  • the new class of electronic security means using electric energy of an on-board power supply basically allows an identification and/or authentication of the banknote by the user without utilizing an external apparatus.
  • the electronic security means comprises opto-electronic means for displaying predetermined data allowing users an identification and/or authentication of the banknote without utilizing an external reader device.
  • the on-board power supply means is a photovoltaic (PV) cell means.
  • Photovoltage may be defined as the conversion of light energy to electrical voltage by a material.
  • the photovoltaic cell can function under normal white light of the electromagnetic spectrum but can also be tailor-made to work apart from normal white light at some other specific wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum.
  • photovoltaic cells are not only capable as suitable power supply means for electric and electronic devices, such as electronic calculators etc., but that also a security document, particularly a banknote, can be provided with a photovoltaic cell as an on-board power supply to have the above advantages.
  • the photovoltaic cell enables generation and supply of electrical power, which is self-generating and self-sustaining.
  • the photovoltaic cell composition can be prepared by those skilled in the art of PV cell research, development and production.
  • the photovoltaic cells can be made of single crystalline or multicrystalline silicon, amorphous silicon, CuInSe2 and its alloys, CdTe and its alloys, polymer sandwiched between different contacts (e.g. Al and ITO) for collecting a short-circuit photocurrent, etc., for example, in "thin-film" PV cell technology.
  • a thin-film photovoltaic cell is incorporated into the banknote, which is thinner and lighter than other PV cells since they require less semiconductor material.
  • Thin-film PV cells have been commercially available for many years. An important advantage of thin-film PV cells is that they can be created on flexible surfaces. Therefore, in the case that the banknote itself is made of flexible material, even a relative large surface of the banknote can be provided with the PV cell without decreasing the flexible properties of the banknote.
  • the photovoltaic cell is integrated into a graphical design printing of the substrate means of the banknote so that the cell does not become apparent at once.
  • the photovoltaic cell means can be directly applied on the surface of the front and/or reverse side of the security document, for example by hot stamping as a stripe or a patch.
  • Hot stamping is a generally known dry printing method in which a heated die and foil are used to apply graphics to a part.
  • the photovoltaic cell can also be applied by other printing technology (e. g. inkjet, offset, screen, etc.) onto the banknote surfaces as a solid area.
  • Screen printing is a known method to produce plastic PV cells (Shaheen, S.
  • the photovoltaic cell means is embedded into a substrate means of the banknote, which has transparency properties.
  • Substrate means having transparent properties are, for example, polymer substrate means.
  • the photovoltaic cell can be part of or integrated into the security thread or the hologram of the banknote.
  • the electronic security means is a means, particularly an integrated circuit (IC) capable storing and emitting predetermined data in a non-contacting manner for the identification and/or authentication of the banknote.
  • IC integrated circuit
  • chips to be integrated into the banknote are described in DE-A-196 30 648 and DE-A-196 01 358. These chips, however, make use of an external reader/writer device, but only for communication and not for energising.
  • Some examples of electronic security means that can be used in combination with the on-board power supply means are means comprising a microchip, electroluminescent material, electro-active polymers/materials, light-emitting diodes, light-emitting polymers and polymeric electronic displays.
  • the banknote substrate can be produced of paper, plastic/polymer, elemental metallic/metallic alloy foils or a mix composite of two or more of the mentioned substrate-type materials.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic view of the front side of a banknote according to the invention.
  • the banknote comprises a substrate 1 made of flexible material.
  • a graphical design printing 2 is provided on the front and reverse side of the substrate.
  • the banknote comprises a security thread 3 made of a metal strip and a hologram 4.
  • an electronic security device for providing predetermined data in a non-contacting manner for example an integrated circuit (IC)
  • a display means for indicating predetermined data for example a LCD display
  • a security device which can be integrated is, for example, described in EP-A-0 905 657.
  • the security device and display means using electric energy are designated with the reference numbers 5 and 6.
  • the on-board power supply 7 for both the IC 5 and the LCD display 6 is also applied on the front side of the substrate.
  • the on-board power supply is a photovoltaic cell 7, preferably a thin-film PV cell created on a flexible carrier.
  • the LCD display 6 should also be created on a flexible carrier.
  • the photovoltaic cell and the LCD display are attached to the substrate preferably via flexible adhesive layers 8.
  • the cell and/or the display are provided on non-flexible carriers and the substrate of the banknote is made of flexible material the cell and the display should be attached on non-flexible adhesive layers, respectively.
  • FIG. 3 is an alternative embodiment of the banknote comprising the security device 5, the display means 6 and the on-board power supply 7 for driving the security device and the display means as well, which is a photovoltaic cell.
  • This embodiment differs form the embodiment of FIG. 1 and 2 in that the substrate 1 of the banknote is made of transparent material and the photovoltaic cell and the LCD display means are integrated into the substrate to protect these devices from mechanical and chemical attacks.

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  1. Sicherheitsdokument mit Substratmitteln (1), elektronischen Sicherheitsmitteln (5, 6), die opto-elektronische Mittel (6) zum Anzeigen bestimmter Daten aufweisen, und fotovoltaischen Bauelementen (7) zur Erzeugung von elektrischer Energie für die elektronischen Sicherheitsmittel (5, 6), dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Substratmittel (1) Transparenzeigenschaften aufweisen, wobei die fotovoltaischen Bauelemente (7) in den Substratmitteln eingebettet sind.
  2. Sicherheitsdokument mit Substratmitteln (1), elektronischen Sicherheitsmitteln (5, 6), die opto-elektronische Mittel (6) zum Anzeigen bestimmter Daten aufweisen, und fotovoltaischen Bauelementen (7) zur Erzeugung von elektrischer Energie für die elektronischen Sicherheitsmittel (5, 6), dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Substratmittel (1) ein Hologramm (4) aufweisen, wobei die fotovoltaischen Bauelemente (7) in dem Hologramm integriert sind.
  3. Sicherheitsdokument mit Substratmitteln (1), elektronischen Sicherheitsmitteln (5, 6), die opto-elektronische Mittel (6) zum Anzeigen bestimmter Daten aufweisen, und fotovoltaischen Bauelementen (7) zur Erzeugung von elektrischer Energie für die elektronischen Sicherheitsmittel (5, 6), dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Substratmittel (1) einen Sicherheitsfaden (3) aufweisen, wobei die fotovoltaischen Bauelemente (7) in den Sicherheitsfaden integriert sind.
  4. Sicherheitsdokument mit Substratmitteln (1), elektronischen Sicherheitsmitteln (5, 6), die opto-elektronische Mittel (6) zum Anzeigen bestimmter Daten aufweisen, und fotovoltaischen Bauelementen (7) zur Erzeugung von elektrischer Energie für die elektronischen Sicherheitsmittel (5, 6), dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Substratmittel (1) einen graphischen Aufdruck (2) aufweisen, wobei die fotovoltaischen Bauelemente in dem Aufdruck integriert sind.
  5. Sicherheitsdokument nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Sicherheitsdokument eine Banknote ist.
  6. Sicherheitsdokument nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die elektrische Energie nutzenden elektronischen Sicherheitsmittel einen integrierten Schaltkreis (5) aufweisen.
  7. Sicherheitsdokument nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der integrierte Schaltkreis (5) bestimmte Daten kontaktlos aussenden kann.
  8. Sicherheitsdokument nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Substratmittel (1) ein oder mehrere Materialien aufweisen, die aus der Gruppe ausgewählt werden, die aus Papier, Kunststoff, Polymer, elementare metallische Folien und legierte metallische Folien besteht.
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ES02028535T ES2283502T3 (es) 2002-12-20 2002-12-20 Documento de seguridad que comprende medios de seguridad electronicos.
EP02028535A EP1431062B1 (de) 2002-12-20 2002-12-20 Sicherheitsdokument mit elektronischem Sicherheitsmittel
DE60218499T DE60218499T2 (de) 2002-12-20 2002-12-20 Sicherheitsdokument mit elektronischem Sicherheitsmittel
AT02028535T ATE355185T1 (de) 2002-12-20 2002-12-20 Sicherheitsdokument mit elektronischem sicherheitsmittel
PCT/EP2003/014478 WO2004056583A1 (en) 2002-12-20 2003-12-18 Security document comprising electronic security means
AU2003298201A AU2003298201A1 (en) 2002-12-20 2003-12-18 Security document comprising electronic security means

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