EP2010398B1 - Procede de fabrication et procede de lecture d'un document de securite et/ou de valeur - Google Patents

Procede de fabrication et procede de lecture d'un document de securite et/ou de valeur Download PDF

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EP2010398B1
EP2010398B1 EP07722267.7A EP07722267A EP2010398B1 EP 2010398 B1 EP2010398 B1 EP 2010398B1 EP 07722267 A EP07722267 A EP 07722267A EP 2010398 B1 EP2010398 B1 EP 2010398B1
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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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    • B42D25/30—Identification or security features, e.g. for preventing forgery
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    • 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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    • 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
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D7/00—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency
    • G07D7/004—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency using digital security elements, e.g. information coded on a magnetic thread or strip
    • G07D7/0047—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency using digital security elements, e.g. information coded on a magnetic thread or strip using checkcodes, e.g. coded numbers derived from serial number and denomination
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  • the invention relates to a value and / or security document having a security element, which is embodied as a graphic representation formed from a plurality of lines, as well as a machine-readable security element, a method for producing such a document, and a method for reading the machine-readable security element.
  • various methods of securing a value and / or security document against counterfeiting in practice are known. These include on the one hand security features that are not or only with relatively high cost reproducible, such as graphical representations, which are formed from a variety of fine lines. These include, in particular, guilloche patterns.
  • security features are known which are exclusively machine-readable. For example, it is from the literature WO 03/051643 A1 It is known to control individual pixels in the context of an ink-jet printing with the proviso that a secret pattern of dots which can not be recognized by the naked eye is produced. This pattern can be recognized with the aid of suitable devices, such as enlargers.
  • the machine reading may be coded with the pattern Information consuming and uncertain, since an exact orientation of the pattern compared to a readout unit is required.
  • a special control of the individual nozzles of an inkjet printhead is required and probably other printing methods than inkjet printing are not or only with considerable effort applicable.
  • machine-readable codes are known from other technological contexts, which consist of a plurality of adjacent lines, the number of adjacent lines, their widths and / or their distances coding for defined characters.
  • a widely used variant of such a machine-readable code is the so-called barcode.
  • a barcode is a relatively broad line that is easily recognized by the human eye. The reading of a barcode takes place in that a scanner scans the sequence of adjacent lines in directions orthogonal to the longitudinal extent of the lines and converts the read-out optical pattern into a character string according to a predetermined algorithm.
  • the invention is therefore the technical problem of specifying a security feature, which is on the one hand equipped with high security, especially not visible to the naked eye, and on the other hand is easily readable by machine. Also, the security feature should be produced with all the usual printing techniques.
  • the invention teaches the method of claim 1.
  • a security feature is created, which on the one hand can be designed so that it is not readily apparent to the naked eye, since the graphic element is perceived as an image and not as a plurality of lines. Modulations of width and / or distance of the lines appear as differences in brightness, whereby the sequence of lines in the sub-area can be integrated into the graphic design as a whole and thus hidden from the human eye.
  • the invention is based on the finding that the smallest differences in width and / or spacing of a sequence of lines are detected by means of mechanical read-out devices with respect to the human eye and thus a modulation these quantities can be used for coding information, in particular a character or a string.
  • the invention teaches a method for reading a machine-readable first character string according to claim 7.
  • value and / or security document includes in particular identity cards, passports, ID cards, access control cards, visas, control characters, tickets, driver's licenses, motor vehicle papers, banknotes, checks, and postage stamps.
  • a substrate of a value and / or security document is a carrier structure to which information, images and the like are applied, in particular printed. After that, the surface of the substrate can be provided with a usually transparent cover layer.
  • Suitable materials for a substrate are all customary materials based on paper and / or plastic in question.
  • machine readability means that a security feature is not or not clearly perceptible to the naked eye in order to recognize information represented by the security feature. Rather, apparatus aids are required for the detection. For the detection of the by the Security feature represented or coded information may also be necessary equipment.
  • a graphic element designates a surface or partial surface on the surface of a value and / or security document, which is printed by means of printing that represents a pattern or image to the human eye.
  • Lines are substantially parallel when the angle between adjacent lines is less than 20 °, preferably less than 10 °, most preferably less than 5 °.
  • Parallel lines do not necessarily have to be rectilinear, it is even preferable if the lines are curved lines. Then it is necessary that parallelism in the above sense is guaranteed at least in the sub-area.
  • a partial area denotes a partial area of the graphic element within which the lines run essentially parallel. In this case, a number of lines that is required to code the character or the first character string fall into the subarea.
  • coding refers to a one-to-one correlation between the variables width of lines and spacing of lines with a character or a string.
  • a typical coding is the known barcode.
  • a conversion of a linestring into a character or a string occurs by means of an algorithm which comprises the one-unambiguous correlation.
  • a character can be a letter or a number.
  • a string can contain both letters and numbers.
  • a (first and / or second) string is individualizing if unique to a particular value and / or security document, i. attached to no other document.
  • a string is a spatial and / or temporal sequence of individual characters with a given reading direction.
  • strings are identical if both strings match at the beginning, in the order, and at the end; in particular, identical strings have the same number of characters.
  • a string is partially identical to another string if at least two consecutive characters of one string match a substring of the other string. Otherwise, the strings may have different lengths.
  • a guilloche pattern is a protective line entwined according to defined geometric rules.
  • the lines may be undulating, arcuate, or circular.
  • line density refers to the number of different lines that can be counted within a unit area.
  • a plurality of lines includes the numbers 2 to 10.
  • a plurality of lines includes the numbers of 11 to 10,000, particularly 50 or 100 to 10,000 lines.
  • a guilloche pattern was conventionally made by means of a guilloche machine, for example by engraving a surface.
  • the engraving tool can be moved and controlled in all three spatial directions.
  • the actual pattern is created by movements parallel to the surface.
  • the line width can be generated by movements orthogonal to the surface, since the engraving tool is typically provided with a tapered cutting edge.
  • suitable control of the guilloche machine typically by computer control, line width and / or distance in the subarea can be modulated in accordance with the characters to be coded.
  • it can be reduced and transferred to a glass or metal plate used for printing.
  • the guilloche print can be monochrome or multicolor, for example by intaglio printing.
  • the guilloche pattern is generated on a computer, whereby the width and / or spacing of the lines in the subregion are modulated in accordance with the characters to be coded.
  • the pattern can then be printed or exposed on a film, for example be, by means of which, using phototechnical etching, a transfer of the pattern takes place on the surface of a printing plate.
  • the guilloche pattern generated in the computer may be used to control a laser, moving the laser and printing plate relative to each other, thus introducing the pattern into the surface of a printing plate, eg, by the Computer to Plate Process, also called CTP Process).
  • the laser evaporates the material of the plate, creating a linear depression.
  • the width of the lines can be modulated by modulation of the focus and / or the intensity of the laser beam.
  • the width of the lines in the subregion is between 0.01 and 1 mm, in particular between 0.01 and 0.2 mm. Within these limits, the width may vary or be modulated in the above sense.
  • the line density in the partial region is between 1 line per mm 2 to 100 lines per mm 2 , in particular between 10 lines per mm 2 and 100 lines / mm 2 .
  • the partial area has a defined position and / or orientation with respect to a reference edge of the security and / or security document.
  • the value and / or security document may additionally carry a second and readable second character string, which is correlated with the character or the first character string.
  • the second string may be, for example, a serial number or another individualizing string.
  • the character or the first character string is then a checksum of a second character string attached to the value and / or security document.
  • the first string can also be identical or partially identical to the first string. Then it is further preferred if the first string for the value and / or security document is also individualizing.
  • a check can then be made for the appropriate correlation between the second string and character or first string and thus the validity or invalidity of the value and / or security document are checked, preferably automatically by means of the read-out device ,
  • the passport 1 is provided with a graphic element 2, wherein the graphic element 2 is formed from a plurality of at least in a partial region 3 substantially parallel lines 4, to which a comparative consideration with the FIG. 2 is referenced.
  • the graphic element 2 is formed with a guilloche pattern 2.
  • the guilloche pattern is oversized for reasons of clarity. In fact, the width of the lines is less than 0.1 mm maximum and the line density is higher than 10 lines per mm 2 .
  • FIG. 2 recognizes that arranged in the sub-area 3 lines 4 with respect to widths B1, B2, B3, B4 of the lines 4 are formed with the proviso that the sequence of lines 4 in the sub-area 3, viewed from bottom to top, for a Coded characters.
  • the widths B1, B2, B3, B4 of the lines 4 in the partial area 3 are modulated between 0.01 and 0.1 mm, in accordance with the character to be coded.
  • FIG. 1 It can be seen that the portion 3 with respect to two reference edge 5a, 5b of the value and / or Security document 1 has a defined position and orientation.
  • the character is a checksum of the serial number 6 attached to the value and / or security document 1.
  • Such a value and / or security document 1 can be produced by generating a character as a checksum from the serial number 6 of the value and / or security document 1 and assigning it to the value and / or security document 1. Then, the character or string is converted into the sequence of adjacent lines 4 whose width B (in the embodiment) and / or spacing for the character are coded according to a predetermined code, for example analogous to a barcode. Then, a graphical element 2 of a plurality, in particular a plurality, of lines 4 is created on a computer, wherein in a partial area 3 of the graphic element 2 the sequence of adjacent lines 4 according to 'stage b) is established. By means of the computer, the graphic element 2 is transferred to a printing plate.
  • the value and / or security document 1 or its substrate is then printed with the graphic element 2 from step c), wherein the graphic element 2 and thus the subregion 3 thereof relative to a reference edge 5 or both reference edges 5a, 5b of the value and / or security document 1 is arranged and aligned in position and orientation. This is easily done by aligning the substrate with respect to the printing plate.
  • a reading of the sign can be done by; that the value and / or security document is applied with a reference edge 5a to a stop of a read-out device and b) the sequence of adjacent lines 4 in the sub-region 3 is scanned with a scanner.
  • the sequence of adjacent lines (4) scanned in step b) is analyzed in a step c) with respect to width B of the lines 4 in an evaluation unit and converted into the character according to a predetermined algorithm, for example analogous to the barcode.
  • the character obtained in step c) is displayed in a step d) on a display unit connected to the evaluation unit and / or stored in a memory unit connected to the evaluation unit.
  • a scanner can read the serial number 6 and calculate the checksum therefrom. The result of a comparison of the checksum with the stored character can then be displayed (match / mismatch), whereby the validity is checked.

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  1. Procédé de fabrication d'un document de valeur et/ou de sécurité (1) comprenant un élément graphique (2), l'élément graphique (2) étant formé d'une pluralité de lignes (4) s'étendant essentiellement en parallèle au moins dans une zone partielle (3), les lignes (4) arrangées dans la zone partielle (3) étant configurées en vue de largeur (B1, B2, B3, B4) et/ou distance (A) à condition qu'une séquence des lignes (4) dans la zone partielle code pour un caractère ou une première séquence de caractères, comprenant les étapes suivantes:
    a) un caractère ou une séquence de caractères est associé au document de valeur et/ou de sécurité (1),
    b) le caractère ou la séquence de caractères est transformé en une séquence de lignes voisines (4), la largeur (B) et/ou la distance (A) desquelles code pour le caractère ou la séquence de caractères selon un code prédéterminé,
    caractérisé par les étapes suivantes:
    c) un guillochis (2) est créé comme élément graphique (2) à partir d'une pluralité, en particulier d'une multiplicité de lignes (4), dans une zone partielle (3) de l'élément graphique (2) la séquence de lignes voisines (4) selon l'étape b) étant prévue,
    d) le document de valeur et/ou de sécurité (1) est imprimé avec l'élément graphique (2) de l'étape c), l'élément graphique (2) et donc la zone partielle (3) de celui-ci étant arrangée dans une position et orientation définie par rapport à une arête de référence (5a) ou à deux arêtes de référence (5a, 5b) du document de valeur et/ou de sécurité (1).
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la largeur (B1, B2, B3, B4) des lignes (4) dans la zone partielle (3) est entre 0,01 et 1 mm, en particulier entre 0,01 et 0,2 mm.
  3. Procédé selon une des revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que la zone partielle (3) a une position et orientation définie par rapport à une arête de référence (5a) ou à deux arêtes de référence (5a, 5b) du document de valeur et/ou de sécurité (1).
  4. Procédé selon une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que le document de valeur et/ou de sécurité en addition porte une deuxième séquence de caractères lisible par machine et/ou personne, qui est en corrélation avec le caractère ou la première séquence de caractères.
  5. Procédé selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que le caractère ou la première séquence de caractères est une somme de contrôle d'une deuxième séquence de caractères (6) prévue sur le document de valeur et/ou de sécurité.
  6. Procédé selon une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que la première séquence de caractères est individualisée pour le document de valeur et/ou de sécurité.
  7. Procédé de lecture d'un caractère ou d'une séquence de caractères à partir d'un document de valeur et/ou de sécurité (1) comprenant un élément graphique (2), l'élément graphique (2) étant formé d'une pluralité de lignes (4) s'étendant essentiellement en parallèle au moins dans une zone partielle (3), les lignes (4) arrangées dans la zone partielle (3) étant configurées en vue de largeur (B1, B2, B3, B4) et/ou distance (A) à condition qu'une séquence des lignes (4) dans la zone partielle code pour un caractère ou une première séquence de caractères, l'élément graphique (2) étant un guillochis (2), caractérisé par les étapes suivantes:
    a) le document de valeur et/ou de sécurité est positionné avec une arête de référence (5a) contre une butée d'un dispositif de lecture,
    b) par un scanner, une séquence de lignes (4) voisines dans une zone partielle (3) d'un élément graphique (2) arrangé sur le document de valeur et/ou de sécurité (1) et configuré comme un guillochis est balayée,
    c) la séquence de lignes (4) voisines balayée dans l'étape b) est analysée en vue de largeur (B) et/ou distance (A) des lignes (4) dans une unité d'évaluation et transformée selon un algorithme prédéterminé en un caractère ou une séquence de caractères,
    d) le caractère ou la séquence de caractères obtenu dans l'étape c) est affiché sur une unité d'affichage liée à l'unité d'évaluation et/ou est sauvegardé dans une unité de mémoire liée à l'unité d'évaluation.
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