EP2398653B1 - Élément de sécurité pour la caractérisation et/ou l'identification d'objets - Google Patents

Élément de sécurité pour la caractérisation et/ou l'identification d'objets Download PDF

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EP2398653B1
EP2398653B1 EP10704767.2A EP10704767A EP2398653B1 EP 2398653 B1 EP2398653 B1 EP 2398653B1 EP 10704767 A EP10704767 A EP 10704767A EP 2398653 B1 EP2398653 B1 EP 2398653B1
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Herbert Venghaus
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D25/00—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof
    • B42D25/30—Identification or security features, e.g. for preventing forgery
    • B42D25/36—Identification or security features, e.g. for preventing forgery comprising special materials
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D7/00—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency
    • G07D7/14—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 chemical means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D25/00—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof
    • B42D25/20—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof characterised by a particular use or purpose
    • B42D25/29—Securities; Bank notes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D25/00—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof
    • B42D25/30—Identification or security features, e.g. for preventing forgery
    • B42D25/36—Identification or security features, e.g. for preventing forgery comprising special materials
    • B42D25/378—Special inks
    • B42D25/387—Special inks absorbing or reflecting ultraviolet light
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F3/00—Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps
    • G09F3/02—Forms or constructions
    • G09F3/0297—Forms or constructions including a machine-readable marking, e.g. a bar code
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F3/00—Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps
    • G09F3/02—Forms or constructions
    • G09F3/03—Forms or constructions of security seals
    • G09F3/0305—Forms or constructions of security seals characterised by the type of seal used
    • G09F3/0341—Forms or constructions of security seals characterised by the type of seal used having label sealing means
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    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
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    • G09F3/00—Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps
    • G09F3/08—Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself
    • G09F3/10—Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself by an adhesive layer
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    • G09F3/02—Forms or constructions
    • G09F2003/0276—Safety features, e.g. colour, prominent part, logo
    • G09F2003/0277—Tamper resistant

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  • the invention relates to a security element for the identification and / or identification of objects, according to the preamble of the main claim.
  • a value and / or security document in which at least two different luminescent substances emitting at different emission wavelengths are arranged at different locations on the surface of the document and form a luminescent substance pattern, each emission wavelength being associated with a character and each location of a character position by selecting the various luminescent dyes in conjunction with their location a machine readable string is formed.
  • the WO 2004/033228 A1 relates to a mark of authenticity for a product in which a letter or digit string or a bar code or the like is generated from a cloth which changes its visual appearance when external parameters such as temperature, light irradiation or the like are changed.
  • the appearance change may occur as a color change, change or occurrence of luminescence, fluorescence and the like. Also, the appearance may change when the viewing angle is changed.
  • the features mentioned can be combined with structures whose essential properties lie in the non-visible spectral range and which can only be analyzed with appropriate detectors.
  • the invention is therefore an object of the invention to provide a security element for the identification and / or identification of objects that as difficult to imitate and can only be detected with difficult to access technology.
  • the security element according to the invention contains at least two isomers of a substance whose spectral properties differ and can be detected in the THz frequency range
  • the security element i. the isomers are detected in the form of a structure using THz radiation, whereas they are indistinguishable under UV, visible or near infrared radiation.
  • isomers of different substances or types of molecules can be used, wherein the transition from one substance or molecular species to another, which can be used to make the structure of the security element at another THz frequency visible without permanent and costly monitoring of Counterfeiters can not be noticed. If such a transition is nevertheless noticed, it is again associated with great technical effort for imitation, i.
  • the hurdle for counterfeiting is high and every change provides a new time advantage.
  • the isomers for forming the structure are arranged two- or three-dimensionally on a support, for example, a bar code or other pattern code, but also letters or numbers can be provided. It can thus By choosing the number of isomers and arranging them to each other any desired information is generated.
  • the carrier can be part of the security element, for example as a label, which is applied to the object to be marked.
  • the carrier may also be the object itself or part of it.
  • the isomers are selected from structural isomers, e.g. Positional isomers, or stereoisomers such as enantiomers or diastereomers.
  • structural isomers by way of example, o-, m- or p-toluic acid may be considered as isomers of the substance benzoic acid.
  • the isomers are incorporated or embedded in a suitable host material or matrix so that they can be applied to the desired support and are protected against environmental influences (moisture, mechanical stress and the like).
  • the invention relates to an article which is provided with the security element according to the invention, wherein the article may be a security or value document or a product such as a drug, a semiconductor device or the like.
  • the sole figure shows schematically a security and / or value document with the security element according to the invention, which are banknotes, identity cards, other documents, data cards, tickets, self-adhesive labels, packaging bands, e.g. in medicines or the like, can act.
  • the invention is based on the recognition that numerous organic substances or their molecules have multiple isomeric compounds, ie chemical compounds of the same empirical formula, but different chemical structure and sometimes with different physical and biological properties.
  • the isomers are composed of the same functional groups, the functional groups being geometrically differently arranged.
  • the isomers of a molecule according to the invention have the same spectral properties in the UV, visible and NIR ranges, for example with respect to absorption and reflection. Vibrations of the individual functional groups to one another lead to characteristic absorption or reflection spectra in the THz range and these oscillation frequencies are different for the different isomers, ie different isomers have different spectra, eg absorption spectra in the THz range. This property is used in the invention.
  • the security and / or valuable document 1 shown in the figure has a carrier 2, which consists for example of paper, cardboard, plastic, textiles or mixed forms of these, in the form of films, fabric layers of any kind or the like.
  • a security element 3 is applied, which in the present case, the structure of a bar code, ie in the form of adjacent bars is formed, wherein two adjacent bars each have a different absorption spectrum, in the THz range in each case at least one expression eg has a maximum.
  • the respective bars of the barcode structure of the security element 3 contain a first isomer 4 and a second isomer 5 of the same organic molecule.
  • the number of isomers used is not limited to two, it can be selected according to the desired pattern. It is also possible to use several isomers of different molecules. In this case, the isomers are introduced or embedded in a matrix or more as host materials, which are applied to the support, for example, printed on and protect the isomers against undesired influences, while allowing the recognizability of the isomers.
  • One possible embodiment of the isomers used for the security element are, for example, the isomers of benzoic acid, namely o-, m- and p-toluic acid, in which a CH 3 group is attached to the base molecule of the benzoic acid at different positions of the carbon ring.
  • the absorption spectrum with detectable maxima is eg between 0.6 and 1.1 THz.
  • a device for generating and coherently detecting terahertz radiation For reading out or checking the barcode of the security element 3, a device for generating and coherently detecting terahertz radiation is used.
  • a device usually has a pulsed laser beam source, which activates a transmitting antenna for generating a terahertz radiation in the sensitive region of the isomers used via a photosensitive element, for example a photodiode.
  • a reception antenna which is also provided with a light-sensitive element and can be activated by the laser radiation via delay elements, receives the transmitted terahertz radiation transmitted through the security element 3 in the transmission or absorption process, the measured variable obtained being evaluated, for example, to display an absorption curve can be.
  • To generate a continuous terahertz radiation in a frequency range it is also possible to use two laser sources which are detuned with respect to one another.
  • the detection of the security element can be carried out with the device described above also in the reflection method.
  • other or additional techniques may be used which result in enhancement of THz contrast, e.g., heterodyne techniques or other techniques of frequency enhancement may be provided.
  • a plurality of isomeric compounds is suitable for the invention.
  • Particularly suitable isomers from the large amount of organic molecules are to be selected those which have the greatest possible contrast, that is to say the largest possible extent in the THz range at frequencies for which the currently existing THz scanners are provided.
  • the isomers must be long-term stable and a suitable host material for the isomers must be available.

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  1. Elément de sécurité présentant une structure pour caractériser et/ou identifier des objets, dans lequel la structure est lisible ou reconnaissable grâce à l'utilisation d'un rayonnement d'une longueur d'onde définie, caractérisé en ce que la structure est formée par au moins deux isomères (4, 5) d'une substance, dans lequel les caractéristiques spectrales des au moins deux isomères
    - diffèrent en terme de région de fréquences THz et peuvent être détectées pour reconnaître la structure ; et
    - ne peuvent pas être différentiées dans la région visible, dans lequel :
    les isomères sont chacun incorporés ou noyés à l'intérieur d'un matériau hôte avec celui, sont agencés de façon bidimensionnelle ou de façon tridimensionnelle l'un par rapport à l'autre ou les uns par rapport aux autres sur un support, pour former la structure.
  2. Elément de sécurité selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les isomères sont choisis de telle sorte qu'ils ne puissent pas être différentiés dans la région des infrarouges proches.
  3. Elément de sécurité selon l'une des revendications 1 et 2, caractérisé en ce que les isomères sont agencés l'un par rapport à l'autre ou les uns par rapport aux autres avec matériau hôte de telle sorte qu'ils forment un code barres ou un code à motifs en tant que structure.
  4. Elément de sécurité selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que les isomères sont choisis parmi des isomères de structure ou des stéréo-isomères.
  5. Elément de sécurité selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que la substance est de l'acide benzoïque et les isomères sont choisis parmi l'acide o-toluique, l'acide m-toluique et l'acide p-toluique.
  6. Utilisation d'un élément de sécurité pour caractériser et identifier un objet selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5.
  7. Utilisation selon la revendication 6, dans laquelle l'objet est conçu en tant que document de sécurité ou document monétaire ou en tant que produit.
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PCT/EP2010/001048 WO2010094494A1 (fr) 2009-02-17 2010-02-15 Elément de sécurité pour la caractérisation et/ou l'identification d'objets

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