EP2453418B1 - Procédé et dispositif de contrôle de l'authenticité de chèques dotés de fenêtres de sécurité - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif de contrôle de l'authenticité de chèques dotés de fenêtres de sécurité Download PDF

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EP2453418B1
EP2453418B1 EP11007877.1A EP11007877A EP2453418B1 EP 2453418 B1 EP2453418 B1 EP 2453418B1 EP 11007877 A EP11007877 A EP 11007877A EP 2453418 B1 EP2453418 B1 EP 2453418B1
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    • 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
    • G07D7/06—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
    • G07D7/12—Visible light, infrared or ultraviolet radiation
    • 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
    • B42D25/351—Translucent or partly translucent parts, e.g. windows
    • 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
    • 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
    • B42D25/40—Manufacture
    • B42D25/45—Associating two or more layers
    • 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
    • G07D7/06—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
    • G07D7/12—Visible light, infrared or ultraviolet radiation
    • G07D7/1205—Testing spectral properties

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  • Banknotes can have transparent, semi-transparent or semi-transparent security windows.
  • the banknote can consist of a banknote substrate which is made up of several layers.
  • the windows are preferably made of a transparent polymer layer, which are equipped with a fluorescent substance in the UV wavelength range.
  • the polymer layer can be provided with special UV pigments, which absorb the incident UV radiation and pass into an excited energy level. Upon return to the initial energetic state, radiation of a longer wavelength than the exciting radiation is emitted. The wavelength of the emitted radiation depends on the UV pigments.
  • the detection of the emitted radiation can serve to detect the window of a banknote by means of suitable sensors.
  • the wavelength of the radiation source is either less than the lower limit of the sensitivity range of the sensor or the sensitivity of the sensor in the range of the wavelength of the exciting radiation is smaller than in the area of the radiation emitted by the banknote.
  • the sensor thus preferably detects radiation which is emitted by a banknote and whose wavelength is greater than the wavelength of the radiation source.
  • the upper limit of the wavelength is advantageously set so that the sensor detects the entire visible spectral range. In this way, the sensor can be used to detect emitted and / or reflected radiation in the entire visible spectral range.
  • the sensor can be used not only for detection according to the method according to the invention but also for further checking methods in banknotes.
  • the great Sensitivity range is advantageous. A single sensor can be used for all verification procedures.
  • the wavelengths of the UV radiation source are smaller than 380 nm. This has the advantage that, in combination with a sensor which detects only wavelengths greater than 380 nm, the radiation reflected from a banknote whose wavelength is identical is with the wavelength of the UV radiation source, not captured and thus faded out.

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  1. Procédé de contrôle de l'authenticité de billets de banque comportant au moins une fenêtre de sécurité entièrement ou partiellement transparente, les billets de banque (1, 10, 15) se composant d'un substrat de billet de banque qui possède au moins une couche (6, 7, 12, 13, 17) absorbant les UV et évitant sensiblement les émissions et les réflexions dans la plage de longueurs d'onde UV, et la fenêtre de sécurité (2, 11, 16) possédant une substance qui est fluorescente dans la plage de longueurs d'onde des UV, comprenant les étapes suivantes :
    irradiation d'un billet de banque (1, 10, 15) avec un rayonnement ayant une longueur d'onde dans la plage des UV du spectre,
    détection avec résolution spatiale du rayonnement émis par le billet de banque (1, 10, 15) au moyen d'au moins un capteur, la sensibilité du capteur dans la plage de longueurs d'onde du rayonnement stimulant étant inférieure à celle dans la plage du rayonnement émis par le billet de banque, ou la longueur d'onde du rayonnement stimulant se trouvant en-dehors de la plage de sensibilité du capteur,
    caractérisé en ce que le produit de l'intensité de la diffusion directe exempte de fluorescence d'un billet de banque authentique avec le rayonnement stimulant d'une part et la sensibilité du capteur dans la plage de longueurs d'onde du rayonnement stimulé d'autre part, est inférieur au produit de l'intensité de la fluorescence à analyser à la longueur d'onde λ d'une part et la sensibilité du capteur dans la plage de cette longueur d'onde λ d'autre part.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le billet de banque (1, 10, 15) est irradié avec un rayonnement dont la longueur d'onde est inférieure à 380 nm.
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que le billet de banque (1, 10, 15) est irradié avec un rayonnement dont la longueur d'onde est inférieure à 350 nm.
  4. Procédé selon la revendication 1, 2 ou 3, caractérisé en ce que seul un rayonnement dont la longueur d'onde est supérieure à 380 nm est démontré avec le capteur.
  5. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le rayonnement émis par la totalité de la surface d'un billet de banque (1, 10, 15) qui fait face au capteur est détecté.
  6. Dispositif de contrôle de l'authenticité de billets de banque comportant au moins une fenêtre de sécurité entièrement ou partiellement transparente, les billets de banque (1, 10, 15) se composant d'un substrat de billet de banque qui possède au moins une couche (3, 4, 12, 13, 17) absorbant les UV et évitant sensiblement les émissions et les réflexions dans la plage de longueurs d'onde UV, et la fenêtre de sécurité (2, 11, 16) possédant une substance qui est fluorescente dans la plage de longueurs d'onde des UV, destiné à mettre en oeuvre le procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, le dispositif étant équipé d'au moins une source de rayonnement UV (8) qui irradie un billet de banque avec un rayonnement ayant une longueur d'onde ou dans une plage de longueurs d'onde de la plage spectrale des UV, et le dispositif étant équipé d'au moins un capteur qui détecte avec résolution spatiale le rayonnement émis par le billet de banque (1, 10, 15), et la sensibilité du capteur dans la plage des longueurs d'onde du rayonnement stimulant étant inférieure à celle dans la plage du rayonnement émis par le billet de banque, ou que la longueur d'onde du rayonnement stimulant se trouve en-dehors de la plage de sensibilité du capteur,
    caractérisé en ce que le produit de l'intensité de la diffusion directe exempte de fluorescence d'un billet de banque authentique avec le rayonnement stimulant d'une part et la sensibilité du capteur dans la plage des longueurs d'onde du rayonnement stimulé d'autre part, est inférieur au produit de l'intensité de la fluorescence à analyser à la longueur d'onde λ d'une part et la sensibilité du capteur dans la plage de cette longueur d'onde λ d'autre part.
  7. Dispositif selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que la source de rayonnement UV (8) possède plusieurs LED à UV disposées les unes à côté des autres en une rangée.
  8. Dispositif selon la revendication 6 ou 7, caractérisé en ce que les longueurs d'onde de la source de rayonnement UV (8) sont inférieures à 380 nm.
  9. Dispositif selon la revendication 6, 7 ou 8, caractérisé en ce que les longueurs d'onde de la source de rayonnement UV (8) sont inférieures à 350 nm.
  10. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 6 à 9, caractérisé en ce que le capteur possède un capteur linéaire par rapport auquel les billets de banque (1, 10, 15) sont déplacés avec une vitesse relative.
  11. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 6 à 10, caractérisé en ce que la limite inférieure de la plage de sensibilité du capteur est de 380 nm.
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