公开(公告)号：US06359734B1

公开(公告)日：2002-03-19

申请号：US09090281

申请日：1998-06-04

申请人： René Staub ,  Wayne Robert Tompkin

发明人： René Staub ,  Wayne Robert Tompkin

IPC分类号： G02B518

CPC分类号： B42D25/324 ,  B42D25/328 ,  B42D2033/24 ,  G06K19/16

摘要： A surface pattern (1) has N visually recognizable patterns which are composed of optically diffractive, microscopically fine relief structures, plane mirror faces or absorbing or scattering structures. The N patterns share at least one independent common surface element (11). The surface element (11) is subdivided into surface parts and has an arrangement of the surface parts which is independent of the N patterns, which has a predetermined structure, and which is not recognizable to the naked eye. A single microscopically fine diffraction structure or a structure which has an absorbing or scattering property or is a plane mirror is applied to each surface part. The relief structures, diffraction structures and other structures are embedded in a plastic laminate (20) and can have their optical performance enhanced by a reflection layer (21). The surface pattern (1) is applied as a security element to a document (2) and allows the document (2) to be identified by machine in a reading machine.

摘要翻译： 表面图案（1）具有N个视觉上可识别的图案，其由光学衍射，显微细微浮雕结构，平面镜面或吸收或散射结构组成。 N个图案共享至少一个独立的共同表面元素（11）。 表面元件（11）被细分为表面部分，并且具有独立于N图案的表面部分的布置，其具有预定的结构，并且不能被肉眼识别。 单个微观细微的衍射结构或具有吸收或散射性质的结构或者是平面镜被施加到每个表面部分。 浮雕结构，衍射结构和其他结构嵌入在塑料层压板（20）中，并且可以通过反射层（21）增强其光学性能。 将表面图案（1）作为安全元件应用于文件（2），并允许文件（2）在阅读机器中由机器识别。

公开(公告)号：US06871788B2

公开(公告)日：2005-03-29

申请号：US09936935

申请日：2001-01-18

申请人： Wayne Robert Tompkin ,  René Staub ,  Andreas Hasler ,  Jakob Jütz ,  Martin Müller

发明人： Wayne Robert Tompkin ,  René Staub ,  Andreas Hasler ,  Jakob Jütz ,  Martin Müller

IPC分类号： A44C21/00 ,  G06K19/00

CPC分类号： A44C21/00 ,  G03H1/0011 ,  G03H1/0244 ,  G03H2270/13

摘要： A coin (1) with a metal surface (2, 3) has macroscopic reliefs (5) which serve for visually specifying the value of the coin and as an authenticity feature. Microscopically fine relief structures (8) with a diffraction effect are formed directly in at least one of the surfaces (2, 3). The relief structures (8) are preferably arranged in a recessed relationship and are covered with a lacquer (9). It is also advantageous if at least a part of the relief structures (8) entails an asymmetrical profile shape and/or the grating vectors in a radial orientation. The release structures (8) may also include a machine-readable coding which is recognized by inexpensive optical reading devices for installation in coin testers.The application of the microscopic relief structure (8) to a hard material surface (2, 3) can be effected by the removal of material by means of exposure of the material surface (2, 3) with a laser beam. In that operation the laser beam passes through a mask for determining the form of the relief structures (8) and then an optical image-forming system for reduction purposes. The exposure procedure can also be implemented in accordance with the dual beam interference method. In a further method the microscopic relief structures (8) are etched into the material surface (2, 3).

摘要翻译： 具有金属表面（2,3）的硬币（1）具有宏观浮雕（5），用于视觉地指定硬币的价值和真实性。 在至少一个表面（2,3）中直接形成具有衍射效应的显微镜细微浮雕结构（8）。 浮雕结构（8）优选地以凹陷的关系布置并用漆（9）覆盖。 如果浮雕结构（8）的至少一部分具有不对称轮廓形状和/或径向取向的光栅矢量也是有利的。 释放结构（8）还可以包括由用于安装在硬币测试器中的便宜的光学读取装置识别的机器可读编码器。微观浮雕结构（8）应用于硬质材料表面（2,3）可以是 通过用激光束曝光材料表面（2,3）去除材料来实现。 在该操作中，激光束通过用于确定浮雕结构（8）的形状的掩模，然后用于减少目的的光学成像系统。 曝光程序也可以根据双光束干涉法实现。 在另一种方法中，微观浮雕结构（8）被蚀刻到材料表面（2,3）中。

公开(公告)号：US06870678B2

公开(公告)日：2005-03-22

申请号：US10221987

申请日：2001-01-12

申请人： Wayne Robert Tompkin ,  René Staub

发明人： Wayne Robert Tompkin ,  René Staub

IPC分类号： B42D15/10 ,  G02B5/18 ,  G06K19/16 ,  G07D7/12

CPC分类号： G02B5/1842 ,  B42D25/328 ,  B42D25/391 ,  G06K19/16

摘要： A surface pattern (18) is in the form of a visually visible mosaic comprising a number of surface portions (8; 9; 15; 16; 17) and is embedded in a laminate (1) comprising at least a transparent cover layer (2) and a protective layer (5). The surface portions (8; 9; 15; 16; 17) are transparent, scatter or reflect incident light (10) or diffract the incident light (10) at microscopic relief structures (4). The surface portions (8; 9; 15; 16; 17) are at least partially covered with a reflection layer (3). At least one of the surface portions occupied by a microscopic relief structure (4), an area (16), is a ZOM-structure (4′) with a predeterminedly slowly varying profile height h and a spatial frequency f, wherein the product of a predetermined limit wavelength λG of the visible spectrum and the spatial frequency f is greater than or equal to one.

摘要翻译： 表面图案（18）呈视觉可见的马赛克形式，其包括多个表面部分（8; 9; 15; 16; 17），并且嵌入层压体（1）中，所述叠层（1）至少包括透明覆盖层 ）和保护层（5）。 表面部分（8; 9; 15; 16; 17）是透明的，散射或反射入射光（10）或在微观浮雕结构（4）处衍射入射光（10）。 表面部分（8; 9; 15; 16; 17）至少部分地被反射层（3）覆盖。 由微观浮雕结构（4）占据的表面部分中的至少一个区域（16）是具有预定缓慢变化的轮廓高度h和空间频率f的ZOM结构（4'），其中， 可见光谱的预定极限波长λG和空间频率f大于或等于1。

公开(公告)号：US06365907B1

公开(公告)日：2002-04-02

申请号：US09445319

申请日：2000-03-22

申请人： René Staub ,  Wayne Robert Tompkin

发明人： René Staub ,  Wayne Robert Tompkin

IPC分类号： G06K710

CPC分类号： G06K7/1094 ,  G06K7/10722 ,  G06K19/16

摘要： The invention relates to a device for the simultaneous machine recognition of Q diffraction optical markings (11) of a security element (4), which devices comprises a light source (1) for projecting parallel light (10) onto a document (3) provided with said security element (4), an optical collector element (2), photodetectors (5; 6) for converting the light (15; 16) diffracted on the markings (11) or the rays reflected on the substrate (3) into electrical signals, as well as an evaluation unit for evaluating said signals. The photodetectors (5; 6) are positioned in the focal plane (8′) of the optical collector element (2). In each case two photodetectors (5; 6) form a photodetector pair. The electrical signals of each pair are analysed and the results of all photodetector pairs are compared with corresponding reference values in the evaluation unit. All the optical markings (11) are read simultaneously and form a code for identifying the security element (4).

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及用于同时机器识别安全元件（4）的Q衍射光学标记（11）的装置，该装置包括用于将平行光（10）投射到提供的文件（3）上的光源（1） 与所述安全元件（4）相连的光收发器元件（2），用于将在标记（11）上衍射的光或基板（3）上反射的光线转换为电气的光检测器（5; 6） 信号，以及用于评估所述信号的评估单元。 光电检测器（5; 6）位于光收发器元件（2）的焦平面（8'）中。 在每种情况下，两个光电检测器（5; 6）形成光电检测器对。 分析每对的电信号，并将所有光电检测器对的结果与评估单元中的相应参考值进行比较。 所有的光学标记（11）被同时读取并形成用于识别安全元件（4）的代码。

公开(公告)号：US06819409B1

公开(公告)日：2004-11-16

申请号：US09958282

申请日：2001-10-05

申请人： Wayne Robert Tompkin ,  René Staub

发明人： Wayne Robert Tompkin ,  René Staub

IPC分类号： G06K974

CPC分类号： G06K7/1417 ,  G06K7/10722 ,  G06K7/10732 ,  G06K19/14

摘要： A reading arrangement includes at least one linear detector arrangement which is arranged in parallel relationship above a reading plane and behind an optical imaging element and is oriented on to a reading region of the reading plane, lighting devices and an evaluation unit and serves for machine reading of an information strip with optically encoded information. The light which is scattered or diffracted out of the reading region in which the information strip to be read off by machine is disposed into the optical imaging element is so projected on to the photosensitive faces of the detector arrangement that an image of the reading region is formed. The detector arrangement produces two detector signals and from a comparison of the detector signals, the read information is determined and its authenticity verified.

摘要翻译： 读取装置包括至少一个线性检测器装置，其以平行关系布置在读取平面之上并位于光学成像元件之后并且定向到读取平面的读取区域，照明装置和评估单元并且用于机器读取 具有光学编码信息的信息条。 从读取区域散射或衍射出的要由机器读取的信息条被放置在光学成像元件中的光被投射到检测器装置的感光面上，读取区域的图像是 形成。 检测器装置产生两个检测器信号，并且根据检测器信号的比较，确定读取信息并验证其真实性。

公开(公告)号：US06369947B1

公开(公告)日：2002-04-09

申请号：US09308809

申请日：1999-06-10

申请人： René Staub ,  Wayne Robert Tompkin

发明人： René Staub ,  Wayne Robert Tompkin

IPC分类号： G02B518

CPC分类号： G06K19/06046 ,  Y10S283/902

摘要： A surface pattern comprises microscopically fine relief structures that diffract visible light. When the surface pattern is illuminated perpendicularly with white light, the surface pattern appears with bright and dark regions from a first viewing direction. The length and/or position and/or number of bright and dark regions changes as the viewing angle changes. Preferably, the contour of the surface pattern is selected so that the length or position of the bright regions changes markedly when the viewing angle changes.

摘要翻译： 表面图案包括衍射可见光的微观浮雕结构。 当表面图案被白光垂直照射时，表面图案从第一观察方向出现明亮的和暗的区域。 亮度和深度区域的长度和/或位置和/或数量随着视角的变化而变化。 优选地，选择表面图案的轮廓，使得当视角改变时，亮区域的长度或位置显着变化。

公开(公告)号：US08129217B2

公开(公告)日：2012-03-06

申请号：US12309908

申请日：2007-08-03

申请人： Gernot Schneider ,  Rene Staub ,  Wayne Robert Tompkin ,  Achim Hansen

发明人： Gernot Schneider ,  Rene Staub ,  Wayne Robert Tompkin ,  Achim Hansen

IPC分类号： H01L51/40 ,  H01L21/302 ,  H01L21/461

CPC分类号： H01L51/0018 ,  H01L51/0541 ,  Y02E10/549 ,  Y10T428/24612 ,  Y10T428/24802

摘要： The invention concerns a process for the production of a multi-layer body, wherein the multi-layer body includes at least two functional layers on a top side of a carrier substrate, which are structured in register relationship with each other, by a procedure whereby an underside of the carrier substrate is prepared in such a way that in a first region there results a transparency for a first exposure radiation and in at least one second region there results a transparency for at least one second exposure radiation different therefrom in register relationship with the first region, the underside is successively exposed with the first and the at least one second exposure radiation and the first exposure radiation is used for structuring a first functional layer and the at least one second exposure radiation is used for structuring at least one second functional layer on the top side of the carrier substrate.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种生产多层体的方法，其中多层体包括通过以下步骤的方式构造在载体基底的顶侧上的至少两个功能层，它们以彼此对齐的关系 以这样一种方式制备载体衬底的下侧，使得在第一区域产生第一曝光辐射的透明度，并且在至少一个第二区域中，对于与其不同的至少一个第二曝光辐射，在与第 所述第一区域，所述下侧依次暴露于所述第一和所述至少一个第二曝光辐射，并且所述第一曝光辐射用于构造第一功能层，并且所述至少一个第二曝光辐射用于构造至少一个第二功能层 层在载体基板的顶侧。

公开(公告)号：US20110212387A1

公开(公告)日：2011-09-01

申请号：US13124557

申请日：2009-10-16

申请人： Achim Hansen ,  Wayne Robert Tompkin ,  Markus Burkhardt ,  Michael Scharfenberg

发明人： Achim Hansen ,  Wayne Robert Tompkin ,  Markus Burkhardt ,  Michael Scharfenberg

IPC分类号： G03F7/00

CPC分类号： G03H1/0011 ,  B42D25/29 ,  B42D25/328 ,  B42D2033/14 ,  G03H1/028 ,  G03H1/18 ,  G03H1/181 ,  G03H1/182 ,  G03H1/202 ,  G03H2001/186 ,  G03H2001/207 ,  G03H2001/2231 ,  G03H2001/2271 ,  G03H2001/2289 ,  G03H2001/2635 ,  G03H2001/303 ,  G03H2223/12 ,  G03H2250/40 ,  G03H2250/44 ,  G03H2260/12 ,  G03H2270/23

摘要： The invention concerns a security element in the form of a multi-layer film body having a volume hologram layer with two different items of optical information and a process for the production of such a security element.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及具有具有两个不同光学信息项的体积全息图层的多层膜体的形式的安全元件以及用于制造这种安全元件的方法。

公开(公告)号：US08502213B2

公开(公告)日：2013-08-06

申请号：US13358007

申请日：2012-01-25

申请人： Gernot Schneider ,  Rene Staub ,  Wayne Robert Tompkin ,  Achim Hansen

发明人： Gernot Schneider ,  Rene Staub ,  Wayne Robert Tompkin ,  Achim Hansen

IPC分类号： H01L35/24 ,  H01L51/00 ,  B32B3/00 ,  B32B27/14

CPC分类号： H01L51/0018 ,  H01L51/0541 ,  Y02E10/549 ,  Y10T428/24612 ,  Y10T428/24802

摘要： A multi-layer body includes at least two functional layers on a top side of a carrier substrate, which are structured in register relationship with each other, by a procedure whereby an underside of the carrier substrate is prepared in such a way that in a first region there results a transparency for a first exposure radiation and in at least one second region there results a transparency for at least one second exposure radiation different therefrom in register relationship with the first region, the underside is successively exposed with the first and the at least one second exposure radiation and the first exposure radiation is used for structuring a first functional layer and the at least one second exposure radiation is used for structuring at least one second functional layer on the top side of the carrier substrate.

摘要翻译： 多层体包括在载体衬底的顶侧上的至少两个功能层，它们以彼此对齐的关系构造，通过这样的过程，由此制备载体衬底的下侧，使得在第一 区域会导致第一曝光辐射的透明度，并且在至少一个第二区域中对于与第一区域的寄存器关系中的至少一个与其不同的第二曝光辐射产生透明度，下侧依次暴露于第一和至少 第一曝光辐射和第一曝光辐射用于构造第一功能层，并且所述至少一个第二曝光辐射用于在载体衬底的顶侧上构造至少一个第二功能层。

公开(公告)号：US20160161646A1

公开(公告)日：2016-06-09

申请号：US14559211

申请日：2014-12-03

申请人： Wayne Robert Tompkin ,  Andreas Schilling

发明人： Wayne Robert Tompkin ,  Andreas Schilling

IPC分类号： G02B5/18

CPC分类号： G02B5/18 ,  B42D25/20 ,  B42D25/324 ,  B42D25/328 ,  G02B5/1842

摘要： The invention concerns a film element having a replication layer (43), wherein an optically active surface structure (27) is shaped in a first surface of the replication layer. The surface structure is formed in at least a first region of the film element (35) by a first diffractive surface relief (46) comprising a plurality of successive elements following a first envelope curve (47), wherein the elements respectively comprise an element surface (48) arranged substantially parallel to a base surface and at least one flank adjoining the adjacent element surface or surfaces, the element surfaces (48) of adjacent elements are spaced in a direction perpendicular to the base plane, with a first optical spacing or a plurality of the first optical spacing, wherein the first optical spacing is between 150 nm and 800 nm, preferably between 150 nm and 400 nm. The first envelope curve (47) has a spatial frequency of between 100 L/mm and 2000 L/mm and an optical depth of more than 450 nm and the relief shape and the spatial frequency of the envelope curve (47) are so selected that the incident light is diffracted into one or more first directions to represent a first item of information, the color value of which is further determined by the first optical spacing.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种具有复制层（43）的膜元件，其中光学活性表面结构（27）成形在复制层的第一表面中。 表面结构通过第一衍射表面浮雕（46）在膜元件（35）的至少第一区域中形成，第一衍射表面浮雕包括遵循第一包络线（47）的多个连续元件，其中元件分别包括元件表面 （48），其基本上平行于基部表面和邻近相邻元件表面的至少一个侧面布置，相邻元件的元件表面（48）在垂直于基底平面的方向上间隔开，具有第一光学间隔或 多个第一光学间隔，其中第一光学间隔在150nm和800nm之间，优选在150nm和400nm之间。 第一包络线（47）具有在100L / mm到2000L / mm之间的空间频率和大于450nm的光学深度，并且包络线（47）的浮雕形状和空间频率被选择成使得 入射光被衍射成一个或多个第一方向，以表示第一项信息，其颜色值由第一光学间隔进一步确定。