EP1741067B1 - Systeme de verification en temps reel et de marquage de papiers-valeurs ou de documents de securite - Google Patents

Systeme de verification en temps reel et de marquage de papiers-valeurs ou de documents de securite Download PDF

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EP1741067B1
EP1741067B1 EP05716222.4A EP05716222A EP1741067B1 EP 1741067 B1 EP1741067 B1 EP 1741067B1 EP 05716222 A EP05716222 A EP 05716222A EP 1741067 B1 EP1741067 B1 EP 1741067B1
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    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D7/00—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency
    • G07D7/06—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency using wave or particle radiation
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  • the invention relates to a system for authenticity verification and for marking value or security documents with the features of claim 1.
  • a system for authenticating and marking value or security documents is known.
  • logistics applications such as in the postal service with cargo or letters, in which the franking is done by means of affixed stamps, the requirement is made that the stamp irreversibly marked as security and value document after completion of service and thus devalued.
  • This validation should be machine-readable in order to automatically detect and prevent an attempt to re-use the stamp and obtain a new transport service that is unpaid.
  • Stamps are conventionally made of a paper or plastic substrate with a backside adhesive coating and a graphic high quality designed front. This front side also has security features that are used for mechanical authenticity verification (verification).
  • stamping is conventionally done by stamping.
  • Inks for the stamping ink must be as light-fast as possible and not be removed from the document of value.
  • safety-relevant additives such as fluorescent substances or biochemical substances have been added to the inks used for this purpose.
  • these security inks provide a high level of protection against counterfeiting, the stampings can only be verified with optical image recognition methods and special sensors aligned with the respective security material, whereby manipulations and forgeries can only be recognized to a limited extent.
  • the invention therefore proposes a verification and validation system with a high degree of automation, which offers adequate protection against counterfeiting and manipulation.
  • the system according to the invention for checking the authenticity and for marking value or security documents relates to value or security documents which contain at least one security feature and one marking feature.
  • the value or security document is mounted on a carrier, for example a mail piece or a document, which is moved by means of a transport system relative to a verification sensor, which checks the authenticity of the security feature, and in the case that the authenticity is detected, a signal to marking to a marking system, whereby the marking feature undergoes a visually detectable and physically detectable irreversible change.
  • the system thus includes materials for value and security documents which can be irreversibly changed without contact by means of excitation sources, for example laser sources which are contained in a sensor system for authenticity checking and marking.
  • excitation sources for example laser sources which are contained in a sensor system for authenticity checking and marking.
  • the changes consist both in information visible to the human eye and in physically detectable characteristics of the marking feature.
  • the marking and devaluation is preferably carried out by means of electromagnetic radiation, in particular in the wavelength range from 200 nm to 1500 nm, wherein the irreversible change in a color change and in a change in electrical conductivity.
  • Suitable marking features are formed on the basis of poly (organylheteroacetylene) or based on a mixture of poly (organylheteroacetylene) with other polymers.
  • the verification sensor and the marking system form one and the same device or one and the same unit. This results in advantages in terms of construction costs.
  • a further advantageous embodiment consists in the fact that the marking feature based on microencapsulated pigments is formed in a polymer matrix with near infrared (NIR) -sensitive and irreversibly changeable color and / or conductivity properties, or that bacteriorhodopsin-mediating changes in the pH or a combination of irreversible NIR-active photochromic substances are based on a substance which changes the electrical conductivity and / or the magnetic properties.
  • NIR near infrared
  • the marking feature on the value or security document is graphically designed such that the visually detectable and physically detectable change is limited to local areas of the document, in particular that the marking feature a margin closed frame around the value or security document. This makes it possible to determine visually at a glance whether the devaluation has taken place properly.
  • the marking feature on the value or security document For the attachment of the marking feature on the value or security document, a number of embodiments result: For example, further, at least semi-translucent and transparent, in particular NIR-transparent printed layers can be arranged above the marking feature, or the marking feature can be attached to the value or security document a bottom-side adhesive coating to be integrated, wherein the value or security document must be designed so that a color change from the top is clearly noticeable.
  • the marking feature can advantageously be applied to the surface of the value or security document over the entire surface by means of suitable coating techniques, in particular by brushing, or incorporated into a reporting graphical representation.
  • suitable coating techniques in particular by brushing, or incorporated into a reporting graphical representation.
  • Offset, Letterset, Flexo, screen printing, intaglio printing, gravure printing, inkjet us. be applied.
  • a particularly tamper-proof and well detectable development of the invention is that the marking feature is designed as a circular path, which forms an induction loop after NIR irradiation.
  • the security feature is preferably formed on the basis of a light-resistant luminescent phosphor which is admixable with a printing ink for graphic design of the security document and detectable by means of the verification sensor, wherein the luminescent phosphor is formed from an anti-Stokes phosphor, which by means of NIR Radiation can be excited, and its emission bands in the visible and / or NIR wavelength range intensity and / or time resolved for authenticity verification.
  • a line-shaped verification system on the basis of a sensor IC line or a series arrangement of laser diodes according to the simultaneously filed invention B81941DE, to which reference is expressly made, are used.
  • the marking system of the validation and verification system preferably comprises a line-shaped NIR light source which emits electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range from about 200 nm to about 1400 nm.
  • the marking system can consist of one or more rows of NIR LEDs or NIR laser diodes.
  • the system includes a control sensor with which the visually detectable and physically detectable change is checked.
  • the control sensor preferably contains a color sensor which controls the optical change of the marking feature and a sensor for checking the physical change of the marking feature, in particular a sensor for checking the electrical conductivity of the marking feature, preferably a sensor which metrologically evaluates one or more induction loops.
  • the system according to the invention for checking the authenticity and for marking value or security documents preferably relates to franked letters, in particular large letters or maximum letters, the document of value consisting of a letter bank which automatically opens Presence and authenticity checked and then irreversibly canceled.
  • the security feature substance may be contained in the printing ink of a graphically designed token or may be applied over the entire surface, locally (piecewise) or bounding before printing or between individual prints.
  • Fig. 1 an embodiment of the device for verification, marking and control of value or security documents is shown schematically.
  • the carrier 3 With the conveyor belt 6, the carrier 3 is moved under a line-shaped Verificationssensor 7, a line-shaped marking system 8 and optionally under a control sensor 9.
  • the speed can be up to 4 m / sec and above.
  • the verification sensor 7 checks whether the security feature 4 is present on the value document 2. He also determines the number of vom This information is transmitted to a master computer and from there or directly, in the form of a control signal to the marking system 8.
  • the marking system 8 is activated by the control signal for a short time in the area of the value documents. This causes an irreversible color change and the increase in the conductivity in the marking feature 5.
  • the marking system 8 is preferably formed as a line in the form of bars and for rapid switching on and off. The latter arises not only from the point of view of energy consumption but also for safety considerations, so that in case of congestion of carriers their damage and possibly a fire can be avoided.
  • the marking system 8 therefore includes NIR LED arrays or laser diodes because they can be operated with extremely short pulses.
  • the arrow indicates the transport direction.
  • Fig. 2 an embodiment is shown that according to Fig. 1 is similar, with the difference that the marking unit is omitted.
  • the laser beam of the verification unit 7 provokes both luminescence and photochemically induced conversion of the marking feature 5.
  • the prerequisite for this is:
  • the time constant of the verification / luminescence (eg a few ⁇ s) is orders of magnitude smaller than the time constant of the photochemical reaction (eg a few ms).
  • the arrow indicates the transport direction.
  • Fig. 3 shows the conveyor belt 6 in plan view, with the carrier 3 in the form of a Maxibriefs, on which at not exactly predetermined location a stamp 2 is applied.
  • the letter salary contains a security feature 4, which is shown here graphically in the outline of a house, and a marker 5, which is shown as an outer closed frame.
  • the Verificationssensor 7 must be able to do that with a very low degree of filling in the ink of the contour ("house") included Security feature to detect very quickly, because immediately after the marking system 8 requires a release signal to trigger the marking and validation process.
  • the arrangement can also be embodied such that a switch for rejected carriers is set up between the verification sensor 7 and the marking system 8 and the marking system 8 is automatically activated upon sensory recognition of a value document.
  • a heat-absorbent layer in particular based on aluminum-coated mica platelets, can be incorporated inside or below the marking feature.
  • all initiators customary for laser marking at 1064 nm can be used in a polymeric matrix.
  • mica platelets with an NIR absorber and a polymer encapsulation in a correspondingly higher meltable polymer matrix are used in these systems.
  • the marking feature is preferably on certain local areas of the value document, for example the in Fig. 2 limited limits.
  • the condition of the cancellation can then be determined with a brief inspection.
  • the marking can also be integrated in other graphic elements or in a rapporting printed image.
  • the marking can also be applied over the entire surface of the document substrate with suitable coating methods, such as brushing or painting, whereby this process can take place both before and after the graphic design of the stamp. It is also possible to integrate the marking back into the adhesive layer, wherein the front of the stamp is graphically designed so that after the devaluation a correspondingly clear color change from the front can be seen.

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  1. Système de vérification en temps réel et de marquage de documents de valeur ou de sécurité (2), dans lequel le document de valeur ou de sécurité (2) contient au moins une caractéristique de sécurité (4) et est appliqué sur un support (3), dans lequel la caractéristique de sécurité (4) comprend au moins une caractéristique de marquage (5), comportant un capteur de vérification (7), dans lequel, dans le cas où le capteur de vérification (7) reconnaît l'authenticité de la caractéristique de sécurité (4), il délivre un signal destiné à réduire la valeur de marquage à un système de marquage (8), cela ayant pour résultat que la caractéristique de marquage (5) subit une modification irréversible pouvant être reconnue visuellement qui consiste en une modification de la couleur, et subit une modification irréversible pouvant être détectée physiquement, et dans lequel il est prévu un capteur de contrôle (9) au moyen duquel la modification pouvant être reconnue visuellement et détectée physiquement peut être vérifiée, dans lequel le capteur de contrôle (9) comporte un capteur de couleur qui contrôle la modification optique de la caractéristique de marquage (5) et comprend un autre capteur destiné à vérifier la modification physique de la caractéristique de marquage (5),
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    - en ce que le support (3) est déplacé au moyen d'un système de transport (6) par rapport au capteur de vérification (7) avec le document de valeur ou de sécurité (2) qui est appliqué sur celui-ci,
    - en ce que la caractéristique de marquage (4) est formée à partir de pigments micro-encapsulés dans une matrice polymère ayant des propriétés de couleur et de conductivité pouvant être modifiées de manière sensible au NIR (rayonnement IR proche) et irréversible, dans lequel les pigments micro-encapsulés contiennent des plaquettes de mica revêtues d'aluminium,
    - en ce que la modification irréversible pouvant être détectée physiquement consiste en une modification de la conductivité électrique, et
    - en ce que le capteur de contrôle (9) vérifie la conductivité électrique de la caractéristique de marquage (5).
  2. Système selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la modification pouvant être reconnue visuellement et détectée physiquement est effectuée par exposition à un rayonnement électromagnétique, se situant notamment dans le domaine de longueurs d'onde de 200 nm à 1500 nm.
  3. Système selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel le capteur de vérification (7) et le système de marquage (8) forment une seule et même unité.
  4. Système selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, dans lequel la caractéristique de marquage (5) est réalisée de manière graphique sur le document de valeur ou de sécurité (2) de telle sorte que la modification pouvant être reconnue visuellement et détectée physiquement est limitée à des zones locales du document, notamment en ce que la caractéristique de marquage (5) forme un cadre fermé du côté du bord, autour du document de valeur ou de sécurité.
  5. Système selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, dans lequel la caractéristique de marquage (5) est intégrée au document de valeur ou de sécurité (2) dans un revêtement adhésif inférieur et dans lequel le document de valeur ou de sécurité (2) est réalisé de manière à ce qu'un changement de couleur soit visible depuis la face supérieure.
  6. Système selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, dans lequel la caractéristique de marquage (5) est appliquée par enduction sur la totalité de la surface supérieure du document de valeur ou de sécurité.
  7. Système selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, dans lequel la caractéristique de marquage (5) est réalisée sous la forme d'une représentation graphique de rapport.
  8. Système selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, dans lequel la caractéristique de marquage (5) est réalisée sous la forme d'une bande circulaire qui forme une boucle d'induction après exposition à un rayonnement NIR.
  9. Système selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 8, dans lequel la caractéristique de sécurité (4) est formée à partir d'un matériau luminescent résistant à la lumière qui peut être mélangé à une encre pour une configuration graphique du document de valeur ou de sécurité (2) et peut être détectée au moyen du capteur de vérification (7).
  10. Système selon la revendication 9, dans lequel le matériau luminescent est formé d'un matériau luminescent de type anti-stokes qui peut être excité au moyen d'un rayonnement NIR et dont les bandes d'émission sont utilisées dans les domaines de longueurs d'onde visibles et/ou NIR d'une manière qui dépend de l'intensité et/ou de manière résolue temporellement à des fins de vérification en temps réel.
  11. Système selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 10, dans lequel il est prévu un système de vérification sous forme de ligne constitué d'une ligne de circuits intégrés de capteurs ou d'un agencement sous forme de rangées de diodes laser.
  12. Système selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 11, dans lequel le système de marquage (8) comprend une source lumineuse NIR disposée sous forme d'une ligne dans le domaine de longueurs d'onde d'environ 200 nm à environ 1400 nm.
  13. Système selon la revendication 12, dans lequel le système de marquage (8) est constitué d'une ou plusieurs lignes de LED NIR ou de diodes laser NIR.
  14. Système selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 13, dans lequel le capteur de contrôle (9) évalue par une technique de mesure une ou plusieurs boucles d'induction.
  15. Système selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 14, dans lequel le support est un courrier de grande dimension ou de taille maximum et en ce que le document de valeur (2) est constitué d'un timbre.
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