EP3475096A1 - Optically variable security element - Google Patents
Optically variable security elementInfo
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- the invention relates to an optically variable security element for securing valuables.
- the invention also relates to a method for producing such a security element as well as a correspondingly equipped data carrier.
- Data carriers such as valuables or identity documents, or other valuables, such as branded articles, are often provided with security elements for the purpose of security, which permit verification of the authenticity of the data carriers and at the same time serve as protection against unauthorized reproduction.
- Security elements with viewing-angle-dependent effects play a special role in the authentication of authenticity since they can not be reproduced even with the most modern copiers.
- the security elements are thereby equipped with optically variable elements that give the viewer a different image impression at different viewing angles and, for example, show a different color or brightness impression and / or another graphic motif depending on the viewing angle.
- the invention has for its object to provide an optically variable security element of the type mentioned, which avoids the disadvantages of the prior art.
- a simple and inexpensive to produce security element is to be provided, which shows visually appealing motion effects when tilting and ideally also has a small thickness and is therefore well suited for application to banknotes and other value documents.
- the invention contains an optically variable security element for safeguarding valuables, having a one-dimensional or two-dimensional relief frame comprising a plurality of raster elements which has a first raster width p below 500 ⁇ m in at least one spatial direction, and where the raster elements each comprise at least two, formed in different directions reflective relief elements, and having at least one dot and / or line grid, which is arranged vertically above or below the relief frame, and in said spatial direction has a second grid q, wherein the second grid q from the first Pitch r only slightly, in particular differs by less than a fifth, and / or the first raster width p and / or the second raster width q are modulated depending on location, so that by the interaction of Relieffraster and line grid when tilting the security element creates a movement effect, and wherein the vertical distance of the relief grid and dot and / or line grid is less than half the screen pitch p.
- the motion effect arises according to current understanding by a moire effect between two grids of similar screen ruling, in this case the relief grid and the dot and / or line grid.
- the grid widths of relief grid and dot and / or line grid differ only slightly, in particular by less than one-fifth.
- the raster width of one of the two rasters or even both rasters is suitably modulated in a location-dependent manner.
- the grid width of the dot and / or line grid can in principle also be equal to the grid width of the relief grid, since the moiré effect is already produced by the location-dependent modulation.
- the dot and / or line grid instead of “the at least one dot and / or line grid” is addressed, but it is understood that this means that there is more than one dot and / or dot Line grid should not be excluded.
- the statements made then apply to at least one, preferably even all, dot and / or line grids of the security element.
- the grid widths of the dot and / or line grids are all preferably selected such that they differ only slightly from the first screen pitch p, in particular by less than one fifth, and / or the first screen pitch p and / or the second screen ruling q are modulated in a location-dependent manner such that by the interaction of Reliefraster and the respective point and / or line grid when tilting the security element creates a movement effect.
- a second or further line screen may also have a screen width that differs from the first screen Pitch r of the further raster width p 'only slightly, in particular differs by less than a fifth and / or is modulated so location-dependent that caused by the interaction of reliefraster and the respective line grid when tilting the security element, a movement effect.
- the further raster width q ' can differ only slightly from the further raster width p' and / or one or both of the raster widths p 1 , q 1 can be modulated in a location-dependent manner so that a movement effect is created by the interaction of the relief frame and the dot matrix when the security element is tilted.
- at least one of the dot and / or line grid is formed as a line grid.
- even all dot and / or line grids are formed as line grids.
- the grid size p is advantageously even smaller than 400 ⁇ , and is in an advantageous embodiment between 200 ⁇ and 400 ⁇ , in another advantageous embodiment between 60 ⁇ and 200 ⁇ .
- the second screen width q differs only slightly from the first screen pitch p, in particular by less than one fifth or even by less than one Tenths, in particular by less than 15 ⁇ .
- the screen width p may be greater than 400 ⁇ .
- the line grid advantageously has a multiplicity of lines whose width preferably lies between 5 ⁇ m and 200 ⁇ m, but in any case is less than half the screen ruling q. Particularly preferred is the line width between 45 ⁇ and 150 ⁇ and in particular between 50 ⁇ and 120 ⁇ .
- the lines may be unmodulated, ie have a constant line width along their longitudinal extent.
- the line width can also change along the longitudinal extent of the lines, in particular increase, decrease, or can be modulated on one or two sides.
- the lines of the line grid can be present materially as positive, for example as printed or metallized lines, but they can also be free of material as a negative, ie as a recess in a surrounding material region, for example as line-shaped recesses in a printed image or metallization.
- the specified line widths relate to the widths of the material regions in the case of positive lines and to the widths of the recessed material-free regions in the case of negative lines.
- the lines of a line grid can also contain recessed areas, which are formed in particular in the form of patterns, characters or an encoding. are.
- the recessed areas are preferably arranged in the form of a grid which has a grid width in a spatial direction which differs only slightly or not at all from a grid width of the relieving grid, in particular by less than one fifth.
- the raster elements (dots) of the dot raster can have any shape and be designed in particular in the form of patterns, characters or a coding.
- the raster elements themselves can consist of several points, for example of different color, or be resolved into such points.
- At least one line grid is a printing line grid, which is preferably formed at least in a partial area from a plurality of substantially parallel printing lines with a spacing q.
- the subarea may be in the form of a pattern, a character or an encoding.
- the printing line grid can also be formed entirely from parallel printing lines.
- the printing lines may in particular be printed with a translucent color in order to ensure a partial transparency of the line screen.
- the printing line grid or lines are advantageously separated by a spacer layer from the relief frame, wherein the spacer layer preferably contains an embossing lacquer layer into which the relief elements of the relief grid are embossed.
- the embossing lacquer layer is expediently transparent or transparent in color.
- the spacer layer can in particular be formed only by the embossing lacquer layer, or can also be formed by a foil with an embossing lacquer layer present thereon.
- the relief elements of the relief raster are advantageously provided with a reflection-enhancing coating, in particular a metallization.
- the color impression of the metallization is preferably substantially metallic silvery, such as in a metallization of aluminum or silver, but it is also the use of colored metals, such as copper or gold into consideration.
- the coating can be opaque, but also semitransparent or even largely translucent, and then for example consist of a high refractive index layer of HRI (High Refractive Index) materials, for example T1O2 or ZnS.
- HRI High Refractive Index
- At least one dot or line grid is formed by a reflection-increasing coating of the relief elements of the relief grid present in point or line raster form.
- the line grid then contains alternating coated and uncoated lines, in the case of metallization therefore metallized and demetallized lines.
- the uncoated line areas reveal the layers or information below the reliefraster and therefore allow an intelligent combination of the relief grid with a background design.
- a substrate design can be formed, for example, by an offset printing layer or a non-print layer present on the substrate.
- the relief grid is combined with a background layer under the reflection-enhancing coating, in particular a full-surface color layer.
- the background layer appears in the uncoated dot and / or line areas, thus providing a dot and / or line grid perfectly matched to the relief grid with a coloration defined by the background layer.
- the underground Layer may also be multicolored and represent a pattern or other motif and may be printed or applied by any other method.
- the relief frame may be combined with a colored transparent or translucent layer lying above the reflection-enhancing coating, which layer appears in particular in the uncoated dot and / or line areas.
- the coloring of the dot grid and / or line grid produced in this way for relief raster is defined by the coloring of the transparent or translucent layer.
- the colored transparent layer is formed by the embossing lacquer layer.
- a colored embossing lacquer can determine the color of the security element or change it in the area of the embossing lacquer. Spot varnishing with two differently colored or colorless embossing lacquers is also possible.
- the embossing lacquer may be dyed yellow in a first partial area and colorless in a second partial area. If such an embossing lacquer layer is combined with a blue background, a first greenish subarea (combination blue + yellow) and a second blue subarea (combination blue + colorless) result in the security element in perfect register.
- the small vertical distance from relief grid and point and / or line grid represents a significant advantage of inventive security elements. Since the motion effect by a moiré effect between two similar grids, in this case the relief grid and the dot and / or line grid arises Unlike, for example, in focusing lens or mirror assemblies, no minimum distance between the two grids are maintained.
- the vertical distance of the relief frame and dot or line grid is therefore advantageously less than one-fifth, in particular even less than one-tenth of the screen pitch p, and is usually below 20 ⁇ , sometimes even below 10 ⁇ or even below 5 ⁇ .
- the vertical distance can even be equal to zero, namely, if the dot and / or line grid is formed in the reflection-increasing coating of the relief grid and is therefore arranged on it without being able to accommodate it and without a gap.
- the relief grid is a one-dimensional grid of a plurality of elongate grid elements, which has the said screen pitch p.
- the raster elements are advantageously each formed from at least two line-like relief elements which are directed in different directions.
- the raster elements are each formed from a multiplicity of line-type micromirrors, from a cylindrical Fresnel mirror structure or from other, preferably achromatically reflective, diffractive structures.
- the relief frame is a two-dimensional grid composed of a plurality of raster elements which has said raster width p in a first spatial direction.
- the relief raster has, in addition to the first raster width p, a further raster width p 'in a second spatial direction, which is not necessarily but advantageously also below 500 ⁇ m, in particular below 400 ⁇ m.
- the first screen pitch p and the further screen pitch p ' are the same, so that the screen elements can be square or spherical.
- the first grid width p and the further grid width p 'can also differ, preferably by a factor between 1.5 and 5, and form a grid with rectangular or elliptical grid elements.
- the raster elements of a two-dimensional grid are advantageously each formed from at least two, preferably at least three, particularly preferably at least four, each directed in different directions reflecting relief elements and are in each case in each case from a circular or elliptical arrangement of a plurality of micromirrors, from a spherical or elliptical Fresnel mirror structure or formed from other, preferably achromatically reflective diffractive structures.
- the relief elements may in particular be arranged in grid form within a raster element itself, for example n * m relief elements (n, m integers ⁇ 2) in the form of a nx m raster.
- the raster elements are arranged with a motive outline and spaced from each other.
- the raster elements may in particular be formed with a simple geometric outline, for example a circle, rectangle, ellipse, star and the like, or may also form a more complex motif, such as a coat of arms, a cloud structure, a blossom or the like.
- the raster elements are formed in each case from a multiplicity of relief elements which are directed in different directions, in particular in the case of a one-dimensional raster consisting of at least 10 line-like relief elements reflecting in different directions, and in a two-dimensional raster of at least 10 x 10, in different Directions directed reflective elements.
- the reflective relief elements have one or more reflective surfaces, which may be planar or curved, the relief elements in the former case being typically referred to as a micromirror, while in the latter case typically a zone form a Fresnel mirror structure.
- the reflective relief elements of each raster element are advantageously arranged and designed such that the raster element generates the reflection behavior of a concave or convex curvature.
- the individual relief elements can be arranged side by side, for example, with increasing or decreasing slope of their reflection surface (s), so that they locally reproduce the slope of a concave or convex curvature.
- the slopes of the reflection surfaces in two spatial directions can simulate a concave or convex curvature.
- the slopes of the reflection surfaces simulate a concave or convex curvature only in one spatial direction, while they are oriented randomly or randomly in the other spatial direction.
- the raster elements of the relief raster can all be of the same design, that is, they can all be formed with the same arrangement of relief elements.
- the relief frame can also contain two or more different raster elements, which preferably produce different movement effects when the security element is tilted.
- the relief frame may include first raster elements that produce the reflection behavior of a concave curvature and second raster elements that generate the reflection behavior of a convex curvature.
- the lines generated by the first and second raster elements then move in opposite directions due to the different curvature when tilting the security element.
- the lines of a moiré line pattern generated in interaction with a dot and / or line grid also travel in opposite directions.
- the relief frame can occupy the entire surface of the security element, but can also be present only in subregions of the security element, in particular in the form of patterns, characters or a coding.
- the dot and / or line grid advantageously comprises a multiplicity of parallel lines that run essentially perpendicular to the first spatial direction.
- the lines of further line grids can likewise run essentially vertically, but also essentially parallel to the first spatial direction.
- two or more point and / or line grids arranged vertically above or below the relieving frame may also be provided in the security element.
- the directions above or below refer to the direction to the viewer. An element closer to the observer lies “above” an element further away, this correspondingly “below” the former element.
- a plurality of dot and / or line grids are provided, at least one dot and / or line grid is advantageously arranged above the relief grid.
- the plurality of dot and / or line grids can also all be arranged above the relief grid and are in particular matched to one another.
- Several dot and / or line grids are advantageously in different, especially contrasting colors. They can be present in almost congruent areas, in partially overlapping areas or even in separate areas.
- At least one dot and / or line grid is arranged above and at least one dot and / or line grid under the relief grid.
- two-sided security elements can be realized, viewed from two opposite sides can be and each show a movement effect.
- Such two-sided security elements can for example be introduced in the form of a pendulum security thread in a data carrier or arranged over a window area or a hole of a data carrier.
- first screen pitch p is fixed and the second screen pitch q is modulated in a location-dependent manner
- second screen pitch q is fixed and the first screen pitch p is modulated in a location-dependent manner.
- first screen pitch p varies locally at a fixed second screen ruling q.
- the grid elements themselves are all advantageously of the same design. A similar effect can be achieved if the first screen pitch p is fixed, but the curvature or the pitch of the relief elements forming the screen elements varies locally.
- a location-dependent modulation of the relief grid can also be produced by using elliptical or circular micromirror arrangements or cylindrical, elliptical or circular Fresnel mirror structures with a location-dependent shift of center of gravity. Also in this way a controlled effect modulation can be achieved.
- the first and / or second raster width is modulated by location that the positions of the grid elements of the relief grid or the point and / or line grid by a phase function ⁇ ( ⁇ , ⁇ ) are given by the Position (x, y) of the raster element in the security element depends and whose function value indicates the deviation of the position of the raster element in a spatial direction from the position of a raster point in a regular grid normalized to the unit interval [0,1], and wherein the phase function ⁇ ( ⁇ , ⁇ ) varies depending on the location so that when tilting the safety A motion effect, in particular a pumping or rotation effect arises.
- the phase function ⁇ ( ⁇ , ⁇ ) depends directly, in particular linearly, on the angle between the position (x, y) of the raster element and a fixed reference point (xo, yo) of the security element, so that when the security element caps, a rotation effect around the reference point (xo, yo) arises.
- ⁇ mod ((a + k * arg ((x-xo) + i (y-yo)) / (2n), 1) with an integer k ⁇ 0 and an offset angle ⁇
- mod (x, y) represents the modulo function
- phase functions as well as further details on phase functions can be found in the publication WO 2016/020066 A2, the disclosure content of which is included in the present application in this respect.
- both the first raster width that is to say a raster width of the relief raster
- the second raster width that is to say a raster width of the dot and / or line raster
- a bar pattern may run counterclockwise on the upper or lower half of the strip to the left or right when tilting back and forth.
- the transition between the differently moving beams in the vertical direction is then always independent of the tolerances of the positioning of both rasters exactly in the middle of the overprinted area.
- ⁇ ( ⁇ , ⁇ ) ⁇ ( ⁇ , ⁇ ) + ⁇ ( ⁇ , ⁇ ).
- ⁇ ( ⁇ , ⁇ ) ⁇ ( ⁇ , ⁇ ) + ⁇ ( ⁇ , ⁇ ).
- the tolerances of the positioning are particularly critical, but also lead to particularly forgery-proof security elements.
- the security elements described herein are for banknotes of various denominations, such as 10 (10's) and 100 (100's), and assume that a counterfeiter is familiar with the technology disclosed herein and has the associated printing technology,
- the counterfeiter could in principle remove the printing screen from the security element of a printer and produce a security element of 100 by executing the invention from the security element of the printer.
- the two rasters are modulated with different phase functions, the counterfeiter would also need to know the phase function of the relief raster in order to obtain a suitable print frame. be able to generate. A simple acquisition is not possible even with knowledge of the invention.
- the security element is advantageously a security thread, in particular a window security thread or a pendulum security thread, a tear thread, a security tape, a security strip, a patch or a label for application to a security paper, document of value or the like.
- the invention also includes a data carrier with a security element of the type described, wherein in a preferred embodiment, at least one line grid of the security element in subregions covers the reliefraster and extends in subregions outside the reliefraster on the data carrier provided with the security element.
- the security element is thus secured on the data medium and integrated into its design. A possible manipulation or even removal and transfer of the security element to another medium is not readily possible because of the required registration of said subregions.
- the subarea of the line grid extending outside the relief raster on the data carrier acts with advantage like a halftone surface.
- the security element is arranged over a window area or a continuous opening of the data carrier.
- the data carrier may in particular be a value document, such as a banknote, in particular a paper banknote, a polymer banknote or a film composite banknote, a share, a bond, a certificate, a coupon, a check, a high-quality admission ticket, but also an identity card such as a credit card, a bank card, a cash card, an entitlement card, an identity card, or a pass personalization page.
- the data carrier can also be a decorative article, such as a packaging, a fan article or a clothing label, or even a leaflet for medicines. If the data carrier is a film element, this can also be a packaging film which encloses a further packaging.
- the invention further includes a method for producing an optically variable security element of the type described above, in which a one or two-dimensional relief frame of a plurality of
- Raster elements and at least one point and / or line grid are arranged vertically above the other, wherein the relief grid is formed with a first screen pitch p below 500 ⁇ in at least one spatial direction, the raster elements of the relief grid each formed from at least two, directed in different directions reflecting relief elements be formed, that at least one dot and / or line grid in said spatial direction with a second screen ruling q is formed, wherein the second raster width q of the first screen pitch p only ge slightly different, in particular by less than one fifth, and / or the first raster width p and / or the second raster width q are modulated in a location-dependent manner, so that a motion effect is produced by the interaction of the relief raster and the Listeria raster when the security element is tilted, and wherein the vertical distance from the relief grid and dot and / or line grid is less than half the grid width p.
- an embossing lacquer layer is advantageously applied to a carrier foil, embossed with a desired relief structure and provided with a reflection-enhancing coating, in particular a metallization.
- the reflection-enhancing coating is applied in the form of a dot and / or line grid, particularly preferably in the form of a line grid, or it is applied over the whole area and then removed again in partial areas in order to form a reflection-enhancing coating in the form of a dot and / or dot matrix. or line rasters, most preferably in the form of a line grid.
- the Reliefraster is in an advantageous process management with a
- Adhesive layer applied to a desired medium, such as a banknote.
- the adhesive layer can be transparent, in particular transparent or transparent, especially in the case of two-sided security elements.
- the carrier film may remain in the layer structure, but is removed in advantageous designs after application in order to keep the thickness of the security element low.
- the print grids are advantageously used in the offset mode. printing, in indirect offset printing, in flexo printing or in steel engraving.
- a printing screen can be applied in particular to the front and / or rear side of the security element in super-giant printing.
- the print patterns are printed on a data carrier after the transfer of the relief raster and, if appropriate, the removal of the carrier film.
- the security element is completed as a film element with relief grid and print grid and applied as a finished security element on a disk or, as in the case of a window or Pendelconstructionsfa- dens, embedded in a disk.
- the at least one dot and / or line grid is produced in intaglio printing. This allows not only a high printing resolution but also a tactile detectability of the dot and / or line grid.
- a combination of an intaglio printing ink with a background color offers particular advantages, since visually attractive color gradients and color cuts within a motif can be produced in this way.
- it is particularly appropriate to combine differently designed regions in order to take account of the different resolutions of the printing processes high resolution in intaglio printing, lower resolution in offset printing.
- larger raster elements for the printing in the background color and smaller raster elements for the printing in the intaglio printing ink can be provided.
- the intaglio printing ink for example, each be provided in a smaller inner field, while a larger outer field is printed with the background color.
- the said movement effect can in particular show moving lines or bars, even with several, in opposite directions moving line or bar patterns.
- the movements may, but need not be rectilinear, but may, for example, be curved and interlaced with multiple line or bar patterns.
- All movement effects are preferably colored, in particular multicolored.
- security elements according to the invention are particularly suitable for application to banknotes and other value documents.
- To produce the Reliefrasters can advantageously be used a film element containing embossed micromirror. This makes it possible to achieve a significantly higher brilliance than conventional micromirrors produced in steel engraving.
- the use of small relief elements also enables a high resolution of the relief grid.
- the orientation of the relief elements can have a great influence on the appearance and the viewing angles, and good registration between the area with Moir6 effect and possible further authenticity features of the security element is possible.
- the Relieffraster and the dot and / or line grid are not firmly connected to each other, but are present on different packaging parts and only above one another in a test position with a vertical distance of less than half the grid.
- Such an optically variable safety arrangement serves to secure packaging and contains a securing means having a one- or two-dimensional relief frame of a plurality of raster elements, which has a first screen pitch p below 500 ⁇ m in at least one spatial direction, and wherein the screen elements are each formed from at least two relief elements reflecting in different directions, and a verification means having at least one dot and / or line grid having in said spatial direction a second screen q, wherein the securing means and the verification means are formed so that when vertical superimposition of securing means and Verifying means in a verification position, the vertical distance from relief grid and dot and / or line grid is less than half the screen pitch p, and wherein the second screen r is only slightly different from the first screen pitch p, in particular by less than one fifth, and / or the first screen pitch p and / o the second screen ruling q are modulated in a location-dependent manner so that a movement effect is produced by the interaction of the relief raster and the dot and /
- relief raster and point and / or line grid correspond to the advantageous embodiments of the grid in the described security element.
- suitable packages have at least one packaging part which, in the desired checking position, has a different one
- Packing part covered For example, two packaging parts can be pushed into one another, or one packaging part represents a cover for the other packaging part.
- a packaging part can also be an outer packaging film or a banderole for the other packaging part. Securing means and / or verification means may be present in particular in a viewing window of the respective packaging part.
- Fig. L is a schematic representation of a banknote with a
- Fig. 3 for explaining the formation of the fine line grid in (a) only the reliefraster of the security element of Fig. 2, and in (b) the visual appearance of the relieving frame of (a),
- FIG. 4 shows a security element according to another embodiment of the invention in cross-section
- 5 shows a security element according to a further embodiment of the invention in cross section
- FIG. 6 shows in (a) a plan view of the relief frame of a security element according to the invention, and in (b) a plan view of the complete security element in which the relief frame of (a) is combined with two printing line screens, in (a) and ( b) top views as in FIG. 6 for a security element with a two-dimensional relief frame, in (a) and (b) top views as in FIGS. 6 and 7 for a security element with a two-dimensional relief frame with two different screen rulings,
- FIG. 13 is a plan view of the relief frame of a security element according to a further embodiment.
- the invention will now be explained using the example of security elements for banknotes.
- Fig. 1 shows a schematic representation of a banknote 10, which is provided with an optically variable security element 11 according to the invention.
- the security element 11 comprises a film strip 12 applied to the banknote substrate, which is provided in a subregion 13 with a relief frame having a plurality of directionally reflecting relief elements.
- the partial area 13 is also overprinted with a printing line grid 14, which continues on both sides of the film strip 12 over the partial area 13 on the banknote paper.
- the designs and the raster widths of the relief raster and the printing line raster 14 are matched to one another in the manner described below in more detail in the overlapping region 13 due to a moiré effect when the banknote 10 is tilted (eg a colored) movement effect.
- a moiré effect when the banknote 10 is tilted (eg a colored) movement effect e.g a colored) movement effect.
- a plurality of colored bars 15, 16 may be visible, which seem to be running up or down when the banknote 10 is tilted back and forth.
- Fig. 2 shows a security element according to the invention 20 in cross section.
- the security element 20 is arranged on a bank note substrate 10 by means of an adhesive layer 22 and contains an embossing lacquer layer 24 into which a relief frame 30 is embossed, which has been provided with a metallization 32, for example of aluminum or silver, before the application of the adhesive layer 22.
- the relief frame 30 itself consists of a plurality of adjoining elongate raster elements 34, the longitudinal axis of which extends in the illustration of FIG. 2 into the plane of the drawing.
- Each raster element 34 consists of a plurality of parallel, line-like micromirrors 36 whose mirror pitch changes in the figure from the left edge of the raster elements 34 to the right edge almost continuously from a first, negative slope to a second, positive slope.
- the pitch of a micromirror 36 may each be proportional to the signed distance x of the micromirror 36 from the center line 34-M of a raster element 34 so that the micromirrors 36 of a raster element 34 simulate the reflection behavior of a parabolic concave mirror.
- the dimension of the raster elements 34 and the micromirrors 36 in the longitudinal direction that is to say into the plane of the paper of FIG. 2, amounts to several millimeters or even centimeters, ie is considerably larger than the raster width p.
- the width of the raster elements 34 and in particular of the micromirrors 36 lies below the resolution limit of the human eye, so that the raster elements 34 and especially the micromirrors 36 can not be resolved (or only to a small extent) with the naked eye itself.
- FIG. 3 (a) showing only the relief raster of the security element 20
- FIG. 3 (b) the visual appearance of the security element Reliefrasters of (a) shows. If, for example, light 40 falls perpendicularly from above onto the relief frame 30, as in FIG 3 (a), for a viewer 42, the reflection condition "angle of incidence equal to the angle of reflection" is fulfilled only for a micromirror 36-B of a raster element 34. In the plan view 44 shown in Fig.
- this line-shaped micromirror 36-B appears as a bright, fine line 46, while the areas 48 occupied by the other micromirrors reflect the incident light 40 in other spatial directions and therefore to the viewer 42 appear dark. Since the raster elements 34 and thus the micromirrors 36-B repeat the same orientation at a distance of the raster width p, the resulting fine line raster 46 likewise has a raster width p.
- the security element 20 contains, in addition to the said relief frame 30, a printing layer in the form of a grid 50 of parallel spaced printing lines 52 with a screen width q printed on the surface of the embossing lacquer layer 24 opposite the relief frame 30 with a translucent printing ink are.
- the printing lines 52 are aligned substantially parallel to the line-shaped micromirrors 36 and the two screens are matched to one another such that the second screen width q differs only slightly from the first screen pitch p.
- the second Ras ter wide q is 10% smaller than the first screen pitch p, that is
- the grid 50 of the printing lines 52 is arranged at a small vertical distance h above the relief frame 30.
- the vertical distance h for example, only about 10 ⁇ , so only one twentieth of the screen pitch p.
- the moire line pattern 15, 16 alternately consists of red and white (light) lines.
- an optically variable security element with a one-dimensional Reliefraster of a plurality of raster elements, which are each formed of a plurality of line-like, directed in different Liehe directions reflecting micromirrors.
- the relief frame is combined with a printed grid arranged above the relief frame, and when tilted, it shows a particular colored movement effect based on a Moir6 effect. Because of its small thickness, the security element described is particularly well suited for application to banknotes and other value documents.
- the described relief frame 30 made of micromirrors 36 can be provided particularly advantageously in the form of a film element, in which the micromirrors 36 are molded into an embossing lacquer 24, for example a radiation-curing or thermoplastic lacquer applied to a carrier foil, and coated with a reflection-enhancing coating, for example a Aluminum metallization 32 are provided.
- embossing lacquer 24 for example a radiation-curing or thermoplastic lacquer applied to a carrier foil
- a reflection-enhancing coating for example a Aluminum metallization 32 are provided.
- the film element can be applied to a banknote substrate and the carrier film can be removed again after the application for thickness reduction, so that substantially the embossing lacquer layer 24, the metallization 32 and the adhesive layer 22 are present on the banknote 10, as shown in FIG.
- further layers which are not essential to the invention may be provided here, such as a protective lacquer layer, ink-accepting layer or primer layer.
- the grid 50 of the printing lines 52 is then printed in the manner described above in order to obtain the complete security element 20.
- the grid of the printing lines 50, 14 can continue beyond the edge of the relief frame 30 or the foil strip 12, as shown in FIG.
- all raster elements 34 are of similar design, with the pitches of the micromirrors 36 being selected for each raster element 34 so that the raster element 34 simulates the reflection behavior of a parabolic concave mirror. It is also possible to have two or more different raster elements in a relief raster 30.
- the embodiment of Fig. 4 shows a security element 60, which basically follows the structure described in FIG. 2, but in which not only first raster elements 34 are provided, which simulate the reflection behavior of a parabolic concave mirror, but also second raster elements 62, the Reflect reflection behavior of a parabolic camber mirror, as shown on the left edge of Figure 4.
- the pitch of the micromirrors 36 is inverted in the second raster elements 62, ie, extends from the left edge to the right edge from a first, positive slope to a second, negative slope.
- the position of the generated fine lines 46 changes in the light line raster, on the other hand the lines generated by the vault-mirror-like raster elements 62 show those generated by the hollow mirror-like raster elements 34 Lines an inverted motion behavior, since the sequence of mirror slopes is just inverted.
- the lines generated by vault-mirror-type raster elements 62 may run upwards in one direction when the security element is tilted, while the lines generated by the hollow mirror-like raster elements 34 simultaneously run downwards.
- the movements may also be curved and intertwined, such as within bands in the form of a cord or a double helix.
- FIG. 5 shows a security element 54, which basically follows the structure described in FIG. 2, but in which two pressure line grid with parallel pressure lines 52, 56 are provided.
- the printing lines 56 are printed, for example, with green, translucent ink, register-accurate between the red-glazed printing lines 52.
- the colored motion effect of the security element 54 then reveals a pattern of traveling alternating red and green bars.
- Such register-accurate printing is just at small grid width q of about 100 ⁇ in banknote printing readily possible, but very difficult to reproduce for a potential counterfeiter.
- another line grid can also create a second, different motion effect.
- a first, for example, red printing line screen may have a screen width qi which is slightly larger than the first screen pitch p, while a second, for example green printing screen grid has a screen width q 2 which is slightly smaller than the first screen pitch p.
- a further movement effect can also be generated on the opposite side of the relief raster and be visible from this side.
- the first screen pitch p can locally vary given a fixed second screen ruling q.
- interesting effects also result if the first screen pitch p and the second screen pitch q are fixed, but the curvature or the slope of the relief elements forming the screen elements is locally varied.
- the pitch of the micromirrors 36 in the middle raster element 34 could be twice as large as in the adjoining raster elements, thereby producing a modulation of the motion effect. The said variation can then be continued periodically.
- the raster elements each consisted of line-like micromirrors.
- the raster elements it is also possible for the raster elements to be formed by corresponding Fresnel mirror structures, that is to say by Fresnel lenses or Fresnel lens sections, which are provided with a reflection-increasing coating.
- the Fresnel mirror structures can be given both a concave and a convex curvature. speak, or represent a hybrid of concave and convex portions.
- FIG. 6 (a) shows a plan view of the relief frame 70 of a security element according to the invention consisting of a plurality of adjoining elongated raster elements 72 extending from left to right in the illustration of FIG. 6 (a) and FIG Connect from top to bottom.
- Each raster element 72 forms a cylindrical Fresnel mirror structure which corresponds to a concave curvature of a cylindrical Fresnel diverging lens and is provided, for example, with a reflective aluminum metallization.
- the individual relief elements 74 are not formed by linear micromirrors 36 as in FIG. 2, but by the coated linear zones of the Fresnel diverging lens and therefore generally have curved reflecting surfaces.
- Fig. 6 (b) shows a plan view of the complete security element 80, in which the relief frame 70 of Fig. 6 (a) is combined with two lines of printing lines having lines of printing 82, 84 of different colors.
- the relief frame 70 of Fig. 6 (a) is combined with two lines of printing lines having lines of printing 82, 84 of different colors.
- the relief frame is not one-dimensional, but two-dimensional.
- 7 (a) shows a plan view only of the relief frame 90 of the security element 100
- FIG. 7 (b) shows a plan view of the complete security element 100.
- the two-dimensional relief Raster 90 consists of a plurality of mutually adjoining in both spatial directions grid elements 92, wherein the screen widths pi, p 2 in the two spatial directions in the embodiment shown are the same and both amount to 200 ⁇ , for example.
- Each raster element 92 forms a spherical Fresnel mirror structure, which corresponds to a concave curvature of a spherical Fresnel diverging lens and is provided, for example, with a reflective aluminum metallization.
- the individual relief elements 94 are formed in this embodiment by the coated annular zones of the Fresnel diverging lens and have curved reflecting surfaces.
- the relief frame 90 of FIG. 7 (a) is combined with two lines of pressure lines having lines of pressure 82, 84 of different color.
- a moiré effect results from the interaction of the relief raster 90 and the raster of the printing lines 82, 84, through which the viewer sees a colored movement effect with two differently colored bars which, when the security element 100 is tilted, are in front of a moving light background up and down.
- the printing lines can also be oriented in the y direction, or a first printing line grid contains printing lines in the x direction and a second printing line grid contains printing lines in the y direction, so that both grid widths of the relief grid come into play.
- the relief frame is two-dimensional with two different screen rulings pi and p 2 in the x and y directions. 8 (b) shows a plan view of the complete security element 120.
- Each raster element 112 forms an elliptical Fresnel mirror structure which corresponds to a convex curvature of an elliptical Fresnel condenser lens and is provided, for example, with a reflective aluminum metallization.
- the individual relief demesem 114 are formed in this embodiment by the coated annular zones of the Fresnel Zer- scattering lens and have curved reflecting surfaces.
- the relief frame 110 of FIG. 8 (a) is combined with two line ridges having lines of pressure 122, 124 of different color and orientation.
- the printing lines 122 of the first printing line screen are parallel to the y-direction and have a screen width qi, which differs only slightly from the screen pitch pi.
- the printing lines 124 of the second printing line screen are parallel to the x direction and have a screen width q 2 , which differs only slightly from the screen pitch p 2 .
- different motion effects can be generated, for example the moire line screen when tilting the security element from right to left and tilting from top to bottom moved at different speeds.
- FIG. 9 shows another embodiment of the invention in which the relief frame 110 of the security element 140 is designed as described in connection with FIG. 8.
- the relief raster 110 is combined with a print dot matrix 142, the raster dots 144 of which are each formed in the exemplary embodiment in the form of the euro symbol ( €).
- the printing dot matrix 142 like the relief frame 110, is two-dimensional and has two different screen widths or q 2 in the x or y direction.
- the raster width q differs only slightly from the raster width pi and the raster width q 2 differs only slightly from the raster width p 2 .
- FIG. 10 is a modification of the embodiments of FIGS. 7 and 8.
- the relief grid 110 of the security element 150 again as described in connection with FIG. 8 already described.
- the relief frame 110 is combined with two lines of printing lines with printing lines 152, 154 of different colors.
- the rasters of the printing lines 152, 152 each have a raster width q 2 in the y direction, which differs only slightly from the raster width p 2 of the relief raster.
- the printing lines 152, 154 have additional recessed areas 156 and 158, which are formed in the form of a € symbol.
- the recessed areas 156 and 158 are arranged in the x-direction with a grid width qi, which differs at most slightly from the grid width pi of the relief raster.
- a grid width qi which differs at most slightly from the grid width pi of the relief raster.
- FIGS. 7 to 10 the grid elements do not necessarily have to adjoin one another and completely fill in the plane of the security element, but can also be arranged at a distance from one another and even be formed in the shape of a motif.
- Figure 12 (a) shows a plan view of a security element 160 with a two-dimensional relief grid 162 of a plurality of spaced-apart raster elements 164, each with a star-shaped outline. Except for the motif-shaped outline, the raster elements 164 are designed like the raster elements 92 of FIG. 7, ie they each form a spherical fresnel.
- the Relief grid 162 is combined with two printing line screens with printing lines 82, 84 of different colors, for example red printing lines 82 and yellow printing lines 84.
- the moire effect produces an enlarged moire macroinformation with the shape of the relief elements 164.
- FIG. 13 A location-dependent modulation of the relief raster 170 by location-dependent center of gravity displacement is illustrated in FIG. 13, which, similar to FIG. 7 (a), shows only the relief raster 170 of a security element according to the invention. It is understood that the relief frame 170 is combined in the described manner with at least one dot and / or line grid to form a complete security element.
- the two-dimensional relief grid 170 consists of a plurality of adjoining in both directions raster elements with spherical Fresnel mirror structures of principle in Fig. 7 (a) already described in more detail. For illustration, in Fig.
- the grid elements 172 of the upper row shown without The center of the spherical Fresnel mirror structure 176 is therefore also in the center of each raster element 172 in these elements.
- the lower line shows raster elements 174 with different center of gravity displacements, in which the center of the spherical Fresnel mirror structure 176 does not coincide the center of the raster elements 174 coincides but has a certain displacement ( ⁇ , Ay). In practice, this shift is advantageously given by a formulaic relationship to produce, for example, the effect of a pumping circuit.
- a subset of the raster elements with a shift of center of gravity by a specific shift value in order to contrast the information formed by the shape of the subset in a contrasting manner from its surroundings.
- This variant offers itself, in particular, in interaction with point and / or line grids of different color, wherein the shift value of the raster elements is advantageously matched to the spacing of the dot and / or line grids such that the information formed by the subset has maximum color contrast appears.
- the reverse color impression may result at certain tilt angles.
- the security element 130 comprises a full-surface printed layer 138 arranged on the banknote substrate 10, for example a red ink layer, a transparent hot-melt adhesive layer 22 and an embossing lacquer layer 24 into which a relief frame 30 is imprinted, which is provided with a metallization applied in the form of a line screen 132 ,
- the relief raster 30 consists of a plurality of adjoining elongated raster elements 34, which consist, for example, of a plurality of line-like micromirrors as in the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 2, or of a cylindrical Fresnel mirror structure as in the exemplary embodiment. game of Fig. 6 may exist.
- the relief frame 30 has a first screen pitch p below 500 ⁇ m.
- the line raster 132 present directly on the relief raster 30 is composed of metallic lines 134 and demetallized lines 136, and has a second raster width q, which differs only slightly, for example by 5%, from the first raster width p.
- the line grid 132 of the metallic lines 134 and the demetallized lines 136 are directly on the relief frame 30, so that the vertical distance between the relief frame 30 and the line grid 132 is zero.
- the line grid 132 can be produced, for example, by full metallization of the embossed embossing lacquer layer 24 and subsequent areawise demetallization by a suitable demetallization process, for example by the washing process known from the document WO 99/13157 A1.
- a suitable demetallization process for example by the washing process known from the document WO 99/13157 A1.
- an etching mask may also be printed and the demetallization carried out in an etching process.
- a demetalization by means of laser is conceivable.
- the relief frame 30 can also be combined with several metallic line grids, which can also have different screen widths and / or different line orientation.
- the view of the red print layer 138 is released in the demetallized line regions 136 so that they appear as red lines.
- the raster of the red lines produces a moiré effect and an enlarged moire line pattern, as already described in principle above. Since the print layer 138 appears just in the demetallized line regions 136, a perfect registration between the red lines visible there and the metallic lines 134 results.
- the print layer 138 can also be multicolored and thus produce differently colored motion effects in different subregions of the security element 130 ,
- the embossing lacquer layer 24 itself may also have a transparent color or a full-surface printing layer arranged on the embossing lacquer layer 24, for example a transparent or translucent (translucent) color layer, may be provided in order to produce a colored line screen.
- a transparent or translucent (translucent) color layer may be provided in order to produce a colored line screen.
- the colored embossing lacquer layer 24 or the colored printing layer arranged on the embossing lacquer layer 24, in particular in the demetallized line regions 136 appears as colored lines.
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