JP2015199267A - System for manufacturing coupon with forgery preventing pattern - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system in which processes are consistently executed from a printing step for printing coupons to a step for processing a forgery preventing pattern composed of multiple fine holes onto the coupons.SOLUTION: A system 1 for manufacturing coupons having a forgery preventing pattern comprises: variable printing means 2 for printing coupons to be distributed to consumers; scanner means 3 for optically reading a recognition object pattern, which forms a basis of the forgery preventing pattern composed of multiple fine holes, from the coupons printed by the variable printing means 2; laser processing means 4 for processing the forgery preventing pattern onto the coupons by irradiating the coupons with a laser beam and processing fine holes in the coupons; and control means 5 for generating the forgery preventing pattern in accordance with the recognition object pattern which has been optically read from the coupons by the scanner means, and instructing the laser processing means 4 to process the forgery preventing pattern in accordance with the recognition object pattern.

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for processing a simple anti-counterfeit picture into a coupon.

  In recent years, coupons such as coupon tickets that can be used separately by consumers by using direct mail, discount coupons that allow consumers to get a prescribed discount, or free service tickets that allow consumers to receive services for free ( Increasingly, companies are trying to improve consumers' desire to return to the store and purchase.

From consumers who do not use coupons, coupons may be just advertising media, but from the side of companies that issue coupons, coupons are positioned as quasi-money vouchers, so coupons are printed from companies that issue coupons. There is a request from the printing company that they can put a simple anti-counterfeiting pattern on the coupon.

Conventionally, as a technique for preventing counterfeiting of paper media such as cash vouchers, it is common to provide a forgery prevention layer formed on a special material such as hologram or pearl printing after printing a printed pattern on the base material. Is. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a hologram laminate that can be used as a forgery prevention layer. Further, in Patent Document 2, a color change printing layer whose color changes depending on the viewing angle by pearl printing or the like is formed on a base material, and furthermore, a part of the color change printing layer is concealed so as to be invisible. An anti-counterfeit print medium having a layer for forming a genuine product discrimination information that can be visually checked is disclosed.

  In addition, the technique for preventing counterfeiting of paper media such as gold vouchers is not only a technique for providing a forgery prevention layer formed of a special material such as hologram or pearl printing on a base material. An anti-counterfeit sheet is disclosed in which an anti-counterfeiting pattern (identification mark in Patent Document 3) configured by a plurality of aggregates composed of minute holes at different angles processed by irradiation with light is provided on a base material.

  In the method of providing a forgery prevention layer formed on a special material such as hologram or pearl printing on the base material, a special material such as hologram or pearl ink is used to form the anti-counterfeit layer. The method of providing a base material with anti-counterfeiting patterns composed of a plurality of micro-holes processed by irradiating with laser light does not require a high manufacturing cost. However, because it is necessary to set it in the laser processing machine in advance, it was not possible to process the counterfeit prevention pattern according to the consumer to whom the coupon is distributed into a coupon.

JP 2000-194265 A JP 2000-6564 A JP 2003-11558 A

  Therefore, the present invention provides a system capable of consistently performing a process of processing a counterfeit-preventing pattern composed of a plurality of pores by laser processing into a coupon from a printing process of printing coupons having different contents for each consumer. The purpose is to do.

  According to a first invention for solving the above-described problem, the variable printing unit includes a variable printing unit that replaces and prints a coupon, and a recognition target pattern that is a basis of a forgery-preventing pattern composed of a plurality of pores. Scanner means for optically reading from the printed coupon, Laser processing means for processing the forgery prevention pattern into the coupon by irradiating laser light, and the recognition target pattern optically read from the coupon by the scanner means A counterfeit-preventing pattern-equipped coupon, comprising: control means for generating the anti-counterfeiting pattern according to the image and instructing the laser processing means to process the anti-counterfeiting pattern according to the recognition target pattern It is a manufacturing system. According to the first invention, the scanner means optically reads the recognition object pattern from which the counterfeit prevention pattern is based from the coupon, and the control means optically reads the scanner means from the coupon. In addition, by generating the forgery-preventing pattern according to the recognition target pattern, the counterfeit-preventing pattern is processed into the coupon by laser processing even when the print contents of the coupon printed by the variable printing unit are different. Will be able to.

  Furthermore, the second invention is a coupon manufacturing system with a forgery-preventing pattern described in the first invention, wherein the coupon amount printed on the coupon is used as the recognition target pattern. Since the coupon amount printed on the coupon is often different for each consumer to whom the coupon is distributed, from the viewpoint of prevention of forgery, the recognition target pattern that is the basis of the forgery prevention pattern is used as the coupon amount. Is preferred.

  Furthermore, the third invention is a coupon manufacturing system with a forgery-preventing pattern described in the second invention, wherein the scanner means optically uses a character string related to a coupon amount printed on the coupon as the recognition target pattern. The control means is characterized in that the control means generates, as the forgery-preventing picture, a picture representing the character string related to the coupon amount optically read from the coupon by the scanner means. As in the third aspect of the present invention, a forgery-preventing pattern can be a pattern in which a character string related to a coupon amount is expressed with fine holes.

  Furthermore, the fourth invention is a coupon manufacturing system with a forgery-preventing pattern described in the third invention, wherein the variable printing means prints a barcode on which at least a coupon amount is encoded on the coupon, and the scanner means. Is a means for optically reading the bar code. When the pattern that represents the character string related to the coupon amount as a fine pattern is used as the forgery-preventing pattern, as in the fourth aspect, if the coupon amount is printed on the coupon in the barcode state, Read errors can be reduced.

  Further, the fifth invention is the coupon manufacturing system with a forgery-preventing pattern described in the second invention, wherein the scanner means optically uses an image relating to the coupon amount printed on the coupon as the recognition target pattern. The control means generates, as the forgery-preventing pattern, a pattern that borders a coupon amount printed on the coupon with a pore. As another form of the forgery-preventing pattern, as in the fifth aspect, a pattern in which a character string related to a coupon amount is expressed by a fine hole can be used as the forgery-preventing pattern.

  Further, a sixth invention is the invention according to any one of the first to fifth inventions, wherein the laser beam irradiated by the laser processing means is obliquely directed to the surface of the coupon It is characterized by being irradiated. As in the sixth invention, the laser beam irradiated by the laser processing means is irradiated obliquely with respect to the surface of the coupon, so that the pores are inclined with respect to the coupon. Can be more difficult.

  As described above, according to the present invention described above, from the printing process of printing coupons having different contents for each consumer, the process of processing the anti-counterfeit pattern composed of a plurality of pores into a coupon by laser processing is performed consistently. Can provide a system that can.

The figure explaining the structure of the coupon manufacturing system with a forgery prevention pattern. The figure explaining operation | movement of the coupon manufacturing system with a forgery prevention pattern. The figure explaining the coupon which processed the forgery prevention pattern. The figure explaining a forgery prevention picture. The figure explaining the other form of a forgery prevention pattern.

  From here, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described. The following description is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, but is provided to aid understanding.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a coupon manufacturing system 1 with a forgery-preventing pattern according to the present embodiment. The coupon manufacturing system 1 with a forgery-preventing pattern according to the present embodiment is a system developed so that a simple forgery-preventing pattern can be processed into a coupon distributed to consumers by direct mail or the like. In order to be able to print coupons, it is provided with variable printing means 2 for printing coupons to be distributed to consumers, and a plurality of pores are provided so that a simple anti-counterfeit pattern can be processed on the coupons printed by variable printing means 2. Anti-counterfeiting by means of scanner means 3 for optically reading a recognition target pattern, which is a basis of anti-counterfeiting pattern composed of the above, from a coupon printed by variable printing means 2, and processing the pores in the coupon by irradiating laser light The laser processing means 4 for processing the pattern into a coupon, and the scanner means 3 responds to the recognition target pattern optically read from the coupon. To produce a forgery prevention pattern, a control means 5 for instructing the processing of the anti-counterfeit pattern corresponding to the recognition target pattern in the laser processing means 4.

  Specifically, the variable printing unit 2 is a digital printer. The variable printing means 2 stores coupon print data for each consumer who distributes coupons, and uses this print data to continuously print coupons having different contents for each consumer. The coupon printed by the variable printing means 2 includes a recognition target pattern (characters or figures) that is the basis of the forgery-preventing pattern, and the variable printing means 2 prints other than the coupon distributed to the consumer (for example, an address) (Mounting paper) may be printed.

The laser processing means 4 for processing a forgery-preventing pattern into a coupon by processing the pores in the coupon by irradiating laser light is specifically a laser processing machine equipped with a CO ₂ laser oscillator, a beam expander, or the like. is there. When performing laser processing, the irradiation angle of laser light is generally perpendicular to the object to be processed, but in FIG. 1, irradiation of laser light is performed by providing an angle to the paper passing through the laser processing means 4. The angle is diagonal rather than perpendicular to the coupon.

  The specific form of the scanner unit 3 that optically reads the recognition target pattern from the coupon printed by the variable printing unit 2 depends on the form of the recognition target pattern printed by the variable printing unit 2. For example, when the pattern to be recognized is a barcode obtained by encoding the amount of a coupon, the scanner unit 3 becomes a barcode reader. When the pattern to be recognized is an image with a coupon amount, the scanner unit 3 is provided with a CCD camera and recognizes an image with a coupon amount printed in the image recognition area.

  Specifically, the control means 5 is a general-purpose server or personal computer. The control means 5 is implemented with a computer program for controlling at least the laser processing means 4 and performing at least processing for processing the anti-counterfeiting pattern according to the recognition target pattern optically read from the coupon by the scanner means 3 into a coupon. Has been.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the coupon manufacturing system 1 with a forgery-preventing pattern according to the present embodiment. When the variable printing unit 2 receives a print instruction (S1), the variable printing unit 2 reads the coupon print data and prints the coupon (S2).

When the coupon printed by the variable printing means 2 is conveyed to the scanner means 3, the scanner means 3 optically scans the surface of the coupon printed by the variable printing means 2 so that the recognition target printed on the coupon is recognized. The pattern is optically read, and the data related to the recognized pattern to be recognized is transmitted to the control means 5 (S3). For example, when a two-dimensional barcode encoded with a coupon amount or the like is used as a recognition target pattern, the data related to the recognition target pattern is a coupon amount or the like encoded into a two-dimensional barcode.

  When the data related to the recognition target pattern is transmitted from the scanner unit 3, the control unit 5 generates a forgery-preventing pattern corresponding to the recognition target pattern (S4), and then a coupon obtained by optically reading the recognition target pattern is displayed on the laser. When transported to the processing means 4, the laser processing means 4 is instructed to process the forgery prevention pattern (S5), the laser processing means 4 processes the forgery prevention pattern on the coupon (S6), and this procedure is completed. To do.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the coupon 6 in which the forgery prevention pattern is processed. The coupon 6 illustrated in FIG. 3 includes a coupon 6 as a recognition pattern to be authenticated, in addition to the characters 6a indicating the coupon and the coupon amount 6b as a printed pattern to be printed on the coupon 6 by the variable printing unit 2. A two-dimensional barcode 6c encoded with the serial number and coupon amount is included. In addition, the coupon 6 illustrated in FIG. 3 includes a forgery prevention design 7 in which a character string (here, “¥ 1,000”) related to a coupon amount encoded in a two-dimensional barcode is expressed by a fine hole. Processed in the upper right corner and upper left corner.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the forgery prevention design 7 in FIG. When the forgery-preventing pattern 7 in which the character string related to the coupon amount is expressed by a small hole is processed into a coupon, a dot matrix corresponding to the character is prepared for each character used in the coupon amount, and the control means 5 relates to the coupon amount. The counterfeit prevention picture 7 is generated by arranging dot matrices corresponding to characters included in the character string in the order of the character strings. Further, as can be seen from the cross-sectional view taken along the line AB, in this embodiment, since the irradiation angle of the laser beam is inclined, the pores 7a are also inclined, which makes it difficult to perform with a blade or a punching machine. ing.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining another form of the forgery prevention pattern. In the coupon manufacturing system 1 with a forgery-preventing pattern according to this embodiment, in order to process the forgery-preventing pattern by opening a hole in the coupon by laser processing, by changing the computer program that opens the hole, various forms of It is possible to process the anti-counterfeit pattern into a coupon.

  Fig.5 (a) is a figure explaining the forgery prevention pattern 8a of the form which changed the shape of the pore. In the coupon manufacturing system 1 with a forgery-preventing pattern according to the present embodiment, since the forgery-preventing pattern is processed by opening a hole in the coupon by laser processing, the shape of the pore can be changed with one coupon. In the anti-counterfeiting picture 8a of FIG. 5A, the shape of the pore is changed for each character included in the anti-counterfeiting picture 8a. However, the shape of the pore is changed within one character included in the anti-counterfeiting picture 8a. It can also be done.

  FIG. 5B is a diagram for explaining a forgery-preventing pattern 8b in which a recognition target pattern printed on a coupon is trimmed with fine holes. When using the pattern that borders the recognition target design printed on the coupon with the pores as the forgery prevention design, the scanner unit 3 becomes a unit for recognizing the recognition target design printed on the coupon, and the scanner unit 3 controls the control unit 5. The data related to the recognition target pattern transmitted to the image data is image data of the recognition target pattern (here, a black character image). In this case, the control unit 5 uses the image data of the recognition target pattern transmitted from the scanner unit 3 and determines the arrangement of the pores so as to frame the recognition target pattern with the pores, thereby generating the forgery prevention pattern 8b. To do. In FIG. 5B, the pores are indicated by black circles.

  In the present embodiment, the counterfeit prevention pattern formed by the pores is processed into a coupon in order to prevent illegal copying of the coupon by a copying machine. The pores processed by laser processing cannot be duplicated by a copy machine, and illegal coupons copied by a copy machine and genuine coupons can be identified at a glance. Compared to holograms, the anti-counterfeiting pattern formed by the pores is a simple anti-counterfeiting measure, but this level of anti-counterfeiting measure is sufficient for coupons distributed to consumers using direct mail etc. Think.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Coupon manufacturing system with a forgery prevention pattern 2 Variable printing means 3 Scanner means 4 Laser processing means 5 Control means

Claims (6)

Variable printing means for printing a printed pattern of a coupon, scanner means for optically reading a recognition target pattern based on a forgery-preventing pattern composed of a plurality of pores from the coupon printed by the variable printing means, and a laser Laser processing means for irradiating light to process the anti-counterfeit pattern into the coupon, and generating the anti-counterfeit pattern according to the recognition target pattern optically read from the coupon by the scanner means, and the laser processing Control means for instructing the means to process the forgery-preventing pattern according to the recognition target pattern;
A coupon manufacturing system with anti-counterfeiting patterns, characterized by comprising:   The coupon manufacturing system with a forgery-preventing pattern according to claim 1, wherein a coupon amount printed on the coupon is used as the recognition target pattern.   The scanner means is a means for optically reading a character string relating to a coupon amount printed on the coupon as the recognition target pattern, and the control means is configured to convert the coupon amount optically read from the coupon by the scanner means. The coupon manufacturing system with a forgery-preventing pattern according to claim 2, wherein a pattern in which the character string is represented by a fine hole is generated as the forgery-preventing pattern.   The counterfeit according to claim 3, wherein the variable printing means prints a barcode on which at least a coupon amount is encoded on the coupon, and the scanner means is means for optically reading the barcode. Coupon manufacturing system with prevention pattern.   The scanner unit is a unit that optically reads an image related to a coupon amount printed on the coupon as the recognition target pattern, and the control unit is a pattern that borders the coupon amount printed on the coupon with a pore. The forgery-prevention pattern-added coupon manufacturing system according to claim 2, wherein the counterfeit-prevention picture is generated.   The forgery prevention according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the laser beam irradiated by the laser processing means is irradiated obliquely with respect to the surface of the coupon. Coupon manufacturing system with a picture.

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