EP2710564B1 - Procédé et dispositif de vérification de documents de sécurité à l'aide d'une interférométrie à lumière blanche - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif de vérification de documents de sécurité à l'aide d'une interférométrie à lumière blanche Download PDF

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EP2710564B1
EP2710564B1 EP12720181.2A EP12720181A EP2710564B1 EP 2710564 B1 EP2710564 B1 EP 2710564B1 EP 12720181 A EP12720181 A EP 12720181A EP 2710564 B1 EP2710564 B1 EP 2710564B1
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  • the invention relates to a method for the verification of security documents and a verification device for security documents which carry out and use white light interferometry in order to verify security features present in a security document.
  • Security features can thus be all features which make duplication, unauthorized production, falsification or other types of manipulation of a document or object difficult, impossible or at least make these undesirable actions detectable during a precise examination.
  • Security documents are all documents that have at least one feature that makes duplication, imitation, falsification or other manipulation difficult or impossible.
  • Security documents include, for example, passports, ID cards, driver's licenses, access cards, visas, but also labels for high-quality products, such as software, entrance tickets, but also bank cards, credit cards, phone cards or the like, as well as documents that embody a value, such as stocks, securities, banknotes, Postage stamps, customs stamps and more, to name just a few examples.
  • security features can be used as security features.
  • the material composition of a document can serve as a security feature.
  • security papers such as those used, for example, in ID or banknote printing.
  • the different printing processes which in part or in combination are difficult to imitate or rework for a forger or manipulator, can also serve as security features.
  • almost all common printing processes for example intaglio printing processes, letterpress printing processes, but also inkjet printing processes or offset printing processes, are used in their various forms. These usually show one Typical characteristic print image, which can be distinguished from the print images generated by other printing processes, at least during a microscopic examination.
  • Diffractive structures, relief structures, special colors and the like are used as further security features.
  • security documents which comprise a document body made from one or more plastic materials
  • a large number of different security features can be integrated into a security document.
  • technical progress which makes it possible to integrate new and more complex security features that are more difficult to forge, especially in security documents produced in large series, such as banknotes or identity papers
  • the ability of counterfeiters to imitate and / or falsify security elements also increases. It is therefore necessary to create ever more sophisticated methods and devices for verifying security features which enable a reliable differentiation between genuine security documents and counterfeit or falsified security documents. Such a procedure is called verification.
  • a device for validating sheets, in particular bank notes is known.
  • a self-service payment terminal is described.
  • Each bank note is individually guided along an interferometer, which is connected to a control unit.
  • the output of the control unit is used as input for a data processing device which generates a value which indicates the surface roughness of the bank note.
  • the value of the roughness is compared with at least one stored reference value for real bank notes.
  • the data processing device decides exclusively on the basis of this comparison or in connection with the output of other validity checking means whether the examined bank note is invalid.
  • an authentication device and an authentication method which authenticate an object as a function of determining whether a section of the object has one or more predetermined features.
  • the predetermined features include either the thickness of the portion of the object or the thickness of one or more layers within the portion of the object or both thicknesses, which are determined by means of an optically based measuring apparatus.
  • the examined objects can, for example, be a security document or a page of a security document.
  • Such a system comprises (a) a lighting unit for generating and sending electromagnetic radiation onto authentication tokens of the authentication object to form a number of illuminated authentication tokens; (b) a hyper-spectral imaging unit for optically detecting the affected energy or the emitted beam emanating from the illuminated authentication tokens and for generating optical shapes of hyper-spectral images of the illuminated authentication tokens; (c) a hyper-spectral image conversion unit for converting the optical forms of the hyper-spectral images into corresponding electronic forms of hyper-spectral images; and (d) a central programming and control / data information signal processing unit.
  • the US 6,584,214 B1 describes the verification of objects using three-dimensional structural features as the basis for a physical hash function.
  • a verification method that uses white light interferometry to examine a surface structure and an internal structure of documents non-destructively.
  • a verification can be carried out with a verification device which comprises a white light interferometer which is designed to create a depth profile of the security document for at least several positions on a surface of a security document. This does not necessarily have to extend over an entire extent along an examination direction of the security document. This means that a depth profile does not have to penetrate the entire document. This is for example, in the case of documents which comprise opaque layers or metallically reflective layers, it is not possible using white light interferometry.
  • Such a method can be implemented with a verification device according to claim 7.
  • any optical interferometric device which interferes with broadband light with spatial coherence and evaluates this interference is regarded as a white light interferometer. It is irrelevant here whether this light spectrum is completely or partially arranged in the visible wavelength range, infrared wavelength range or UV wavelength range.
  • Measured values of a physical variable that are assigned to different depths along an examination direction, the examination direction extending into the interior, ie the volume, of a body, for example a document, are regarded as depth profiles.
  • a depth profile begins outside or on the surface of the object into which the examination direction or route extends.
  • a depth profile is a position on a surface of the examined object, for example a security document, assigned. The position is that on the surface at which a straight line indicating the direction of examination intersects the surface.
  • Depth values are the distances along an examination direction along which a depth profile is created, based on a reference value.
  • the point of intersection of a straight line indicating the direction of examination with the surface of the document support or any other surface perpendicular to the direction of light propagation in the measuring arm can be used as the reference value.
  • the direction of examination is the direction along which the light strikes the surface of the object to be examined. Local unevenness of the surface is not taken into account.
  • the measurement information derived from the interference values assigned to a depth value is referred to as the intensity value.
  • Deriving a feature is understood to mean deriving a quantity or any abstract or mathematical object or construct, for example a vector of intensity values or a group of depth value-intensity value tuples.
  • a change in intensity value is a value that is assigned to a depth value of a depth profile and which is determined via a comparison with one or more intensity values that correspond to spatial areas of the examined object that are adjacent to the area determined by the position and the depth value (as well as the uniform examination direction) is defined for all jointly recorded depth profiles.
  • the change in intensity value is determined by a comparison with the intensity value which is or is specified for the adjacent depth value or the adjacent depth values in the same depth profile.
  • the intensity values of neighboring surface positions and the same or neighboring depth values can also be taken into account.
  • the invention offers the advantage that structures occurring on the surface or in the interior of a security document, which can occur transversely to the surface at different depths of the document, can be verified. For example, it can be determined in which plane of a document body made of transparent plastic material information that is perceptible as blackening for a human observer is stored.
  • different methods by which the information can be stored in the document body differ with regard to the spatial configuration of the information-bearing components of the security document. If the information is, for example, printed on a substrate layer which is then laminated with further substrate layers to form a document body, the information is located in the vicinity of an at least originally existing layer boundary.
  • the information is introduced via a laser marking process
  • a larger volume area is usually colored via a partial carbonization of the plastic material.
  • the depth profile shows the depth at which the information is marked, so that a printing process can be distinguished from a laser marking process.
  • Laser marking processes are sometimes also referred to as laser engraving processes.
  • the depth values at which intensity values or changes in intensity values, which are each determined by comparing an intensity value with the intensity value of an adjacent spatial area in the security document or by comparing the intensity value with the intensity values of adjacent spatial positions in the security document are above a threshold value or within a an upper threshold value and a lower threshold value of a limited range of values occur, evaluated with regard to their frequency in order to determine deviations and / or out-of-match results from one or more expected statistical distributions and to derive the verification decision therefrom. If, for example, the intensity values that characterize a certain layer transition or are typical for a certain printing process are evaluated in this way, an indication is obtained of the depths at which this type of transition or information introduced in this way by printing technology can be found. In the case of a manipulated document, such a depth value distribution is for one Layer transition, for example, broadened because the layer transition occurs at different depths due to the manipulation.
  • the security document is preferably oriented so that the direction of examination, which is determined by the white light of the white light interferometer impinging on the security document , is oriented perpendicular to a surface of the security document.
  • the surface is the examination surface, which is generally the surface of the security document that has the largest two-dimensional extent.
  • such an orientation can be achieved simply in that the document receptacle is designed in such a way that a security document arranged on or in it is automatically oriented with its surface perpendicular to the direction of examination.
  • the document receptacle can be designed as a support surface which, for example, has almost no Absorption in the wavelength range having, transparent, plane-parallel plate is formed, on which the security document is placed flat with its surface to be examined or pressed. Pressing on ensures that the security document rests optimally on the support surface along its entire or a larger partial area of its surface. This is particularly advantageous for security documents which are deformed during use.
  • a white light interferometer comprises a light source, a beam splitter, a detector, a reflector mounted on a controllable linear actuator and a control and data acquisition device, the light source generating broadband light having spatial coherence and being arranged with respect to the beam splitter in such a way that the beam splitter guides part of the light into a measuring arm in which the object holder is located, and guides part of the light into a reference arm in which the reflector is arranged in such a way that it reflects the light back onto the beam splitter and is superimposed there with the light which is reflected back to the beam splitter on a security document arranged in or on the document receptacle, the detector being arranged in such a way that it interferes with the reflected light of the reference arm when the reflected light of the measuring arm is superimposed can detect nzsignal, wherein the control and detection device is coupled to the linear actuator in order to vary a reference arm length via a linear displacement of the reflector during the detection of the interference
  • a reference arm length of the interferometer is thus varied by varying the reflector position.
  • the light in the measuring arm strikes the surface of the object to be examined, ie the security document, and also at least partially penetrates the security document. Both on the surface and along the path of propagation of the light along the direction of examination in the security document, portions of the examination light in the measuring arm are reflected back into the interferometer, depending on the nature of the security document or the features contained therein.
  • the length of the reference arm which is determined by the position of the reflector (for example a reference mirror), it is determined which portions of the light that are along the Examination direction in the security document are reflected back into the interferometer, lead to a constructive interference at the detector.
  • the reflector position in the reference arm thus determines the depth that is scanned by the resulting interference.
  • the resulting interference pattern is much more complex.
  • computing algorithms are known from the prior art which make it possible to derive a depth profile along the examination direction from the interference signals obtained one after the other, which are recorded during the variation of the reference arm length. Such algorithms are also used in optical coherence tomography (OCT).
  • OCT optical coherence tomography
  • OCT optical coherence tomography
  • OTC optical coherence tomography
  • the white light interferometer is thus preferably designed as an optical coherence tomograph.
  • the depth profiles are detected at the same time for the multiple locations that are arranged together along a route on the surface of the security document, or for the multiple locations that are arranged in a surface area of the surface of the security document.
  • a light beam of broadband, spatial coherence having light that is widened along one direction is sent to the beam splitter and illuminates the security document along a line, ie a path, on the surface of the security document and thus across the Surface, preferably perpendicular to the surface, a depth profile is recorded at the same time at the illuminated locations.
  • the detector comprises a light-sensitive detection element for each of the locations to be detected in order to be able to detect the interferences assigned to the individual locations and to be able to derive the corresponding depth profiles for the individual locations. If the light is expanded along two spatial directions, it is possible to record the depth profiles for locations in an area at the same time. In this case, the detector doesn't just need one linear array of photosensitive sensors, but a flat arrangement of photosensitive detection elements, which can each detect the interference signal for the corresponding locations in the area during the variation of the reflector position.
  • At least one cross-sectional area of the security document determined from the detected depth profiles is displayed on the display device, which is spanned by the examination direction and the route or a contour lying in the surface area.
  • the depth profiles shown next to one another in the cross-sectional area also correspond to points that are arranged spatially adjacent to one another on the surface.
  • cross-sectional area representation which for example shows a cross-section through a volume area inside the document transversely to the surface of the document
  • layers or layer transitions present in the document can be recognized, for example.
  • Modern security documents are often assembled from several substrate layers in a lamination process. It is not possible in all cases to carry out this lamination process in such a way that there is a monolithic document body in which the original layer boundaries in the solid body are no longer detectable as phase transitions, even by measurement.
  • a visual check of such a cross-sectional area representation thus enables verification personnel to easily find documents on which manipulations have been made.
  • Different printing processes can be identified in a similar way. If, for example, a letterpress process is used, pinches occurring during printing can be seen on the edge of the embossed letters or characters.
  • a pressure layer produced by means of high pressure thus shows characteristic height profile properties that can be derived from the cross-sectional profile. The same applies to printing elements produced by intaglio printing.
  • inkjet printing processes are used, the ink of which is produced on the basis of the plastic material from which the substrate layers are made to which the inkjet print is applied.
  • These printing layers have the advantage that they can also be implemented over a large area without creating a possibility of delamination on the printed area, since the ink material optimally bonds with that of the adjacent substrate layers during the lamination step.
  • the colorants used do not necessarily remain on the printed surface, depending on the specific composition of the printing ink used, but instead diffuse in a targeted manner into the substrate layer to which the print is applied. When examining the depth profile, printing areas generated by means of such an inkjet printing method can thus be clearly distinguished from other printing areas.
  • depth profiles or cross-sectional areas formed from these can be stored as specifications in a database or a memory as specifications. A verification is possible by comparing the determined depth profiles and cross-sectional profiles with the specifications.
  • the intensity values and / or intensity value changes corresponding to individual depth values or depth ranges are statistically evaluated with regard to frequency in order to determine a deviation from an expected statistical distribution as an indication of manipulation or forgery.
  • a region adjacent to a layer transition in the document can be selected as the depth region in which, in the case of a security document that has not been manipulated, no intensity values characterizing the transition and / or intensity value changes occur.
  • the layer transition or associated characteristic intensity values or changes in intensity values also occur in the case of manipulated security documents with depth values that do not exactly correspond to the depth of the layer transition, in such an evaluation, for example in a forged security document, intensity values that indicate a layer transition are generated with a greater frequency than in Original documents found. It is also possible to evaluate the depth region of the layer transition and to find an accumulation of intensity values or changes in intensity values in the region of the layer transition in a manipulated security document that do not correspond to a layer transition.
  • the depth values to which intensity values of a value range are assigned, or depth values to which intensity value changes of a value range are assigned, with respect to their assigned positions along the at least one route or curve can be approximated by a predetermined parameterized function of the position and the verification decision is made on the basis of the parameters derived during the approximation.
  • a display device which is coupled to the evaluation device, on which a cross-sectional area formed from the at least one depth profile and further depth profiles for further positions on the surface of the security document can be displayed, is preferably designed so that it offers such a colored representation. It is noted that the colors are not correlated with the colors with which the security features are possibly stored in the security document. They only serve to make it easier to distinguish between the different intensity values determined.
  • a verification device 1 is shown schematically.
  • the white light interferometer 2 includes a light source 3 which emits broadband light 4 with spatial coherence.
  • the light 4 is first expanded via an optical element 5.
  • This strikes a beam splitter 6.
  • the beam splitter allows part of the light 4r to enter a reference arm 7, at the end 8 of which a mirror 9 is located as a reflector.
  • This is movably mounted on an actuator 10.
  • the actuator 10 can displace the mirror 9 linearly so that a length I r of the reference arm can be varied.
  • a further part of the light 4m is directed into a measuring arm 11.
  • a security document 13 is arranged as a measuring object on a document receptacle 12 designed, for example, as a glass plate.
  • the light 4mR reflected back into the measuring arm 11 on the surface 15 and in the volume 16 inside the security document 13 is superimposed on the beam splitter 6 with the light 4rR reflected back by the mirror 9 from the reference arm 7 and guided to a detector 14.
  • the detector 14 has a plurality of light-sensitive sensor elements (not shown).
  • the beam guidance for three positions P1, P2, P3 on a surface 15 of the security document 13 is shown as an example.
  • the light 4mR reflected back at the surface positions P1, P2, P3 or inside the security document 13 along the directions of propagation of the light 4m of the measuring arm 11 impinging on the surface 15 is superimposed on a sensor element of the detector 14 with the corresponding light 4rR reflected back in the reference arm 7 and recorded as an interference signal.
  • the length I r of the reference arm 7 is varied during the measurement.
  • Corresponding measuring arm lengths I m of equal length extend from the surface 15 into the volume 16 of the security document 13.
  • the time-resolved interference signals are fed to a control and data acquisition device 17 which, based on the measured values of each measuring element, creates a depth profile for the corresponding position P1, P2, P3 determined along examination directions 19-1 to 19-3.
  • the examination directions 19-1 to 19-3 are determined by the direction of the light 4m at the corresponding positions P1 to P3. It goes without saying that, depending on the illumination of the document 13 and a resolution of the detector 14, depth profiles for more positions along a path 20 or, if the light 4 is widened over an area, for positions distributed over an area can be detected and evaluated at the same time.
  • the control and data acquisition device 17 controls the actuator 10 during the acquisition of the measured data, with which the mirror 9 is linearly displaced in order to vary the reference arm length I r and thus the corresponding measuring arm length I m.
  • the acquired measurement data which represent interference signals, are evaluated by the control and data acquisition device 17 in order to create the associated depth profiles for the individual positions P1 to P3. This is done according to algorithms that are known for optical coherence tomography.
  • a depth profile for a position includes the associated intensity values for the depth values along the examination direction, which represent a measure for the reflection of the area of the examined security document which is defined by the position and the corresponding depth value.
  • the depth profiles are then evaluated in an evaluation device 21.
  • the control and data acquisition device 17 can be combined with the evaluation device 21 in one device. Both can be designed individually or together as a program-controlled device. Alternatively, at least the control and detection device 17 can be implemented purely in hardware.
  • the verification device comprises 1
  • a display device 23 which comprises a freely programmable display area 24 on which, for example, a cross-sectional area 25 derived from depth profiles is displayed.
  • the verification device can include a storage device 26 in which default data, for example for certain depth profiles, statistical key figures or exemplary cross-sectional areas, are stored, which can be used for comparison with determined depth profiles, cross-sectional areas or static evaluations in order to verify the security document being examined.
  • the evaluation device can include an interface 27, via which default values can be called up from a database. It is also possible to output measurement results and / or a verification decision via the interface 27, which can be designed as a wired interface or as a radio interface, etc.
  • a section of a security document 12 is shown schematically, which is formed from three different substrate layers 31, 32, 33.
  • information is encoded by means of an inkjet printing.
  • Three printing pixels 34, 35, 36 are printed on the middle substrate layer 32.
  • part of the printing ink has diffused into the middle substrate layer 32 and the substrate layer 33 located below it.
  • the substrate layers 31 to 33 are joined together to form a document body 40, for example in a lamination process.
  • the clear expansion is perceptible not only in the lateral direction 37, but also in the perpendicular direction 38, which is oriented perpendicular to the substrate layer surface 39 of the substrate layer 32.
  • the information stored in the document body 40 can thus be differentiated from information that is applied using a different printing method in which no diffusion or a less pronounced diffusion of the colorants into the substrate layers 32, 33 takes place.
  • FIGs 3a and 3b further details of a document body 40 are shown schematically.
  • a cone-like recess 41 is first made in the document body 40.
  • the individual substrate layers 31 to 33 are preferably all made transparent and provided here by means of different hatchings merely for the sake of simplifying the illustration. The However, substrate layers can have different refractive indices.
  • the finished document body is shown in which the cone-like recess 41 is filled with a preferably likewise transparent filling material 42.
  • a refractive index of the filler material 42 preferably deviates slightly from the refractive indices of the materials from which the substrate layers 31 to 33 are made.
  • a cross-sectional area 25 formed on the basis of a plurality of depth profiles arranged next to one another is shown schematically.
  • the different positions are plotted along the X axis and the different depths are plotted along the Y axis.
  • the assigned intensity values are graded according to color or gray level.
  • the intensity values assigned to a position for the different depth values represent a depth profile. In the example shown, for the sake of simplicity, only intensity values are shown which are characteristic of transitions from one material layer to the other material layer. An intensity value of zero is assigned here to the remaining depth values at which no boundary surface is recognized.
  • the boundary layers 44 and 45 and the outer surface 15 can be clearly seen in the illustrated cross-sectional area 25 derived from the depth profiles.
  • intensity values which correspond to characteristic substrate transitions can be seen at those edges which delimit the introduced and filled recess 41.
  • cross-sectional area representation differs significantly from a cross-sectional area representation as shown in Fig. 5 is shown, in which a representation for a similar security document is shown by way of example, which does not include the filled cone-like recess.
  • the surface 15 and the two layer boundaries 44, 45, which are not modified, can be clearly seen.
  • the invention provides for statistical evaluations to be carried out. If, for example, the frequency is plotted for a selected intensity value or an intensity value range as a function of the assigned depth value, then for the document without the filled recess one obtains, for example, a view as shown in FIG Fig. 6 is shown. You can see three sharply delimited local peaks 53-55, the all have approximately the same frequency and can be assigned to the surface 15 and the layer transitions 44, 45.
  • Fig. 7 the same statistical evaluation is shown for the security document with the filled cone-like recess.
  • the three elevations 53-55 associated with the surface 15 and the layer boundaries 44, 45 can again be seen, but a finite number 57 of intensity values can also be recognized over a wide depth value range 56, which is caused by the conical walls 43 running obliquely through the document are (cf. Figure 3b ).
  • a depth value range 71 (cf. Fig. 4 ), to which intensity values or intensity value changes above a threshold value or within a value range are assigned, are plotted against the corresponding position.
  • a resulting graph is shown.
  • a parameterized function 72 of the position f (x, t1, t2, a, b, c) is adapted to the depth values.
  • the function 72 is shown as a solid line. If the function 72 is optimally adapted, the parameters t1, t2, a, b, c characterize the tip of the recess 41. b indicates the center position.
  • ⁇ t t2-t1 indicates the depth of the tip and the difference ac indicates a width of the tip at the boundary layer at depth t1. A verification is thus possible by comparing the parameter values with specifications.

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  1. Procédé de vérification d'un document de sécurité (13), comprenant les étapes :
    d'orientation du document de sécurité (13) par rapport à un interféromètre à lumière blanche (2),
    d'exécution d'un examen par interférométrie à lumière blanche sur plusieurs emplacements (P1 - P3) d'une surface (15) d'un document de sécurité (13), dans lequel est créé, sur chacun des emplacements (P1 - P3), un profil de profondeur le long d'une direction d'examen (19-1 à 19-3), laquelle est orientée de manière transversale par rapport à la surface (15) du document de sécurité (13), dans lequel sont considérées en tant que profil de profondeur des valeurs de mesure d'une grandeur physique, qui sont associées à différentes profondeurs le long de la direction d'examen, dans lequel la direction d'examen s'étend dans un intérieur du document de sécurité (13) et le profil de profondeur est associé à l'emplacement (P1 - P3) de la surface (15) du document de sécurité (13), sur lequel la direction d'examen croise la surface (15) du document de sécurité (13),
    de déduction d'une caractéristique à partir des profils de profondeur et de comparaison de l'au moins une caractéristique déduite avec une ou plusieurs spécifications pour déduire une décision de vérification,
    caractérisé en ce que
    les valeurs d'intensité et/ou variations de valeur d'intensité, correspondant à diverses valeurs de profondeur ou plages de profondeurs, de plusieurs profils de profondeur sont évaluées statistiquement quant à leur fréquence pour déterminer un écart d'une répartition statistique attendue en tant qu'indice d'une manipulation ou d'une falsification.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le document de sécurité (13) est orienté de telle sorte que la direction d'examen (19-1 à 19-3) est orientée de manière perpendiculaire par rapport à une surface (15) du document de sécurité (13).
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que des profils de profondeur sont détectés pour plusieurs emplacements (P1 à P3), qui sont disposés conjointement le long d'un trajet (20) sur la surface (15) du document de sécurité (13), ou pour plusieurs emplacements (P1 à P3), qui sont disposés dans une zone de superficie de la surface (15) du document de sécurité (13), qui comprend l'au moins un emplacement (P1), dans le même temps avec le profil de profondeur pour l'au moins un emplacement (P1).
  4. Procédé selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce qu'est affichée, sur un dispositif d'affichage (23), au moins une face de section transversale (25), déterminée à partir des profils de profondeur détectés, du document de sécurité (13), qui est formée par la direction d'examen (19-1 à 19-3) et le trajet (20) ou un contour se trouvant dans la zone de superficie.
  5. Procédé selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que les valeurs de profondeur, auxquelles sont associées des valeurs d'intensité d'une plage de valeurs, ou les valeurs de profondeur, auxquelles sont associées des variations de valeur d'intensité d'une plage de valeurs, sont estimées par approximation concernant leurs positions (P1 à P3) associées le long de l'au moins un trajet ou de l'au moins une courbe par une fonction paramétrée spécifiée de la position dans au moins une partie ou une zone de profondeur de l'au moins une face de section transversale (25) et la décision de vérification est prise à l'aide des paramètres (t1, t2, a, b, c) déduits lors de l'approximation.
  6. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que des valeurs de profondeur, sur lesquelles des valeurs d'intensité ou des variations de valeur d'intensité, lesquelles sont déterminées respectivement par l'intermédiaire d'une comparaison d'une valeur d'intensité à la valeur d'intensité d'une position spatiale adjacente dans le document de sécurité (13) ou aux valeurs d'intensité de positions spatiales adjacentes dans le document de sécurité (13), supérieures à une valeur de seuil ou à l'intérieur d'une plage de valeurs délimitée par une valeur de seuil supérieure et une valeur de seuil inférieure, sont évaluées quant à leur fréquence pour déterminer des écarts ou des concordances d'une ou de plusieurs répartitions statistiques attendues et pour en déduire la décision de vérification.
  7. Dispositif de vérification (1) pour exécuter le procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, comprenant un logement de document (12) et un interféromètre à lumière blanche (2) lequel est réalisé pour créer respectivement un profil de profondeur le long d'une direction d'examen (19-1) orientée de manière transversale par rapport à la surface (15) pour au moins plusieurs positions (P1 - P3) sur une surface (15) d'un document de sécurité (13) disposé sur ou dans le logement de document (12), dans lequel sont considérées en tant que profil de profondeur des valeurs de mesure d'une grandeur physique, qui sont associées à différentes profondeurs le long de la direction d'examen, dans lequel la direction d'examen s'étend dans un intérieur du document de sécurité (13) et le profil de profondeur est associé à l'emplacement (P1 - P3) de la surface (15) du document de sécurité (13), sur lequel la direction d'examen coupe la surface (15) du document de sécurité (13), et un dispositif d'évaluation (21) qui est réalisé pour évaluer plusieurs profils de profondeur en ce que les valeurs d'intensité et/ou variations de valeur d'intensité, correspondant à diverses valeurs de profondeur ou plages de profondeurs, de plusieurs profils de profondeur sont évaluées de manière statistique quant à leur fréquence pour déterminer un écart d'une répartition statistique attendue en tant qu'indice d'une manipulation ou d'une falsification.
  8. Dispositif de vérification (1) selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que l'interféromètre à lumière blanche (2) est réalisé en tant que tomographe à cohérence optique.
  9. Dispositif de vérification (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 7 ou 8, caractérisé en ce que l'interféromètre à lumière blanche (1) comprend une source de lumière (3), un séparateur de faisceau (6),
    un détecteur (14),
    un réflecteur (9) fixé sur un organe de réglage linéaire (10) pouvant être commandé ainsi qu'un système de commande et de détection de données (17), dans lequel la source de lumière (3) génère une lumière (4) à large bande présentant une cohérence spatiale et est disposée de telle sorte par rapport au séparateur de faisceau (6) que le séparateur de faisceau (6) achemine une partie de la lumière (4m) dans un bras de mesure (11), dans lequel se trouve le logement de document (12), et achemine une partie de la lumière (4r) dans un bras de référence (7), dans lequel le réflecteur (9) est disposé de telle sorte que celui-ci renvoie la lumière (4rR) sur le séparateur de faisceau (7) et l'y superpose à de la lumière (4mR), laquelle est renvoyée sur un document de sécurité (13) disposé dans ou sur le logement de document (12) vers le séparateur de faisceau (6), dans lequel le détecteur (14) est disposé de telle sorte que celui-ci peut détecter le signal d'interférence apparaissant lors de la superposition de la lumière réfléchie (4rR) du bras de référence (7) avec la lumière réfléchie (4mR) du bras de mesure (11), dans lequel le système de commande et de détection (17) est couplé à l'organe de réglage linéaire (10) pour faire varier pendant la détection du signal d'interférence une longueur de bras de référence (Ir) par l'intermédiaire d'un déplacement linéaire du réflecteur (9), dans lequel les longueurs de bras de référence (Ir) correspondent à des longueurs de bras de mesure (lm), qui correspondent à des espacements par rapport au séparateur de faisceau (6) le long de la direction d'examen (19-1 à 19-3), qui vont au moins vers la surface (15) du document de sécurité (13) sur ou dans le logement de document (12) et jusqu'à l'intérieur du document de sécurité (13).
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