US4400057A
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Information carriers, method of forming and copying said carriers
Assignee: Hoechst AG
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Filing: 1980-07-21
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Granted: 1983-08-23
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Expires: 2000-07-21
Abstract
Abstract An original information carrier is disclosed which comprises a recording layer applied to a carrier material. The recording layer contains information in the form of a relief image which is made of relief part-images which border on one another without overlapping. The recording layer further comprises a relief grating of different grating depths superimposed over the areas of said relief part-images. A process for producing an information carrier is disclosed which comprises exposing a recording layer through separate color separation originals, exposing the layer to a grating pattern, and developing the exposed recording layer. A process for forming a matrix containing the information stored on an information carrier is disclosed which comprises forming a layer of material on the original information carrier and then separating the layer from the carrier. The separated layer of material may then be used to make additional copies of the original relief image by contacting it with transparent deformable materials. Also, an information carrier which is a copy of an original information carrier is disclosed which is made of a deformable material having the relief gratings and part-images of the original embossed therein.
Inventors
- 👤 Roland Moraw
- 👤 Renate Schadlich
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 16:56
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03F; G03F7/00; G03F7/0005; G03F7/001; G03C; G03C7/00; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S430/00; Y10S430/146; Y10S430/153
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
136 words
An information carrier comprising: a recording layer applied to a carrier material, said recording layer containing a relief image for reproducing, in zero order diffraction multicolor projection using additive color formation, information stored in said relief image, said relief image comprising relief part-images, each relief part-image being produced by the image-wise exposure of said recording layer through an individual color separation original and having a grating depth corresponding to one of the particular projection colors, said relief part-images arranged in a single layer for all colors and bordering on one another without superposition and with non-overlapping areas of their particular projection color, said recording layer further having superimposed thereon a relief grating which has only a single grating depth within each relief part-image, whereby the grating depths of the relief part-images are different from each other.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
136 words
An information carrier comprising: a recording layer applied to a carrier material, said recording layer containing a relief image for reproducing, in zero order diffraction multicolor projection using additive color formation, information stored in said relief image, said relief image comprising relief part-images, each relief part-image being produced by the image-wise exposure of said recording layer through an individual color separation original and having a grating depth corresponding to one of the particular projection colors, said relief part-images arranged in a single layer for all colors and bordering on one another without superposition and with non-overlapping areas of their particular projection color, said recording layer further having superimposed thereon a relief grating which has only a single grating depth within each relief part-image, whereby the grating depths of the relief part-images are different from each other.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
The information carrier as defined by claim 1, wherein said grating depths of said relief grating in each of said relief part-images differ by amounts corresponding to optical path lengths of about 0.5 μm to about 0.9 μm.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
39 words
The information carrier as defined by claim 2, wherein said relief part-images have grating depths which differ by an amount corresponding to an optical path length of about 0.5 μm and comprise two grating structures which cross each other.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
The information carrier as defined by claim 1, wherein said relief image comprises areas having no gratings adjacent to said relief part-images.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
The information carrier as defined by claim 4, wherein said relief image comprises at least two relief part-images.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
27 words
The information carrier as defined by claim 4, wherein said relief image comprises at least one relief part-image and at least one area without a grating structure.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
16 words
The information carrier as defined by claim 1, wherein said recording layer comprises a photoresist layer.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
The information carrier as defined by claim 7, wherein said carrier material is made of glass.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
15 words
The information carrier as defined by claim 8, wherein said carrier material is a film.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
The information carrier as defined by claim 7, wherein said photoresist has a thickness of from about 0.95 μm to about 3 μm.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
60 words
The information carrier as defined by claim 1, wherein said gratings are formed by illumination with light of varying intensity and wherein said recording layer further comprises test areas adjacent to said relief image on said photoresist layer which serve as means which make it possible to determine the light intensities necessary to produce gratings having said different grating depths.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
79 words
A matrix layer of material which comprises a relief image for reproducing, in zero order diffraction multicolor projection using additive color formation, information embossed therein, said relief image comprising: a plurality of relief part-images arranged in a single layer for all colors and bordering on each other without superposition and without overlapping areas of their particular projection color and a relief grating having different grating depths, said relief grating being superimposed over areas covered by said individual relief part-images.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
79 words
A matrix layer of material which comprises a relief image for reproducing, in zero order diffraction multicolor projection using additive color formation, information embossed therein, said relief image comprising: a plurality of relief part-images arranged in a single layer for all colors and bordering on each other without superposition and without overlapping areas of their particular projection color and a relief grating having different grating depths, said relief grating being superimposed over areas covered by said individual relief part-images.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
137 words
An information carrier for use in zero order diffraction color projection comprising: (a) a layer of carrier material, (b) a single recorded surface on said layer of carrier material, said recorded surface carrying information in the form of multi-color, non-superimposed relief part-images adjoining one another without overlap, said relief part-images arranged in a single layer for all colors and recorded by exposure through individual primary color separation originals and having adjacent but non-overlapping sub-areas arranged in said single layer of different grating depths corresponding to different primary colors in the projection for the additive formation of colors in the zero order color projection, and (c) said adjoining relief part-images having a single relief grating superposed thereon, wherein said relief grating has different grating depths in the sub-areas of the relief part-images corresponding to different primary projection colors.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
137 words
An information carrier for use in zero order diffraction color projection comprising: (a) a layer of carrier material, (b) a single recorded surface on said layer of carrier material, said recorded surface carrying information in the form of multi-color, non-superimposed relief part-images adjoining one another without overlap, said relief part-images arranged in a single layer for all colors and recorded by exposure through individual primary color separation originals and having adjacent but non-overlapping sub-areas arranged in said single layer of different grating depths corresponding to different primary colors in the projection for the additive formation of colors in the zero order color projection, and (c) said adjoining relief part-images having a single relief grating superposed thereon, wherein said relief grating has different grating depths in the sub-areas of the relief part-images corresponding to different primary projection colors.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
31 words
An information carrier as recited in claim 13 wherein said recorded surface has at least three relief part-images of different grating depths corresponding to the projection colors yellow, magenta and cyan.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
144 words
A recording for use in embossing information in a single surface of a plastic material in the fabrication of diffractive multicolor filters for use in additive color formation in zero order diffraction, said recording comprising: (a) a support layer, (b) a recorded surface on said support layer, said recorded surface carrying information in the form of relief part-images adjoining one another without overlap, said relief part-images recorded by exposure through individual primary color separation originals and having adjacent but non-overlapping sub-areas of different grating depths corresponding to different primary colors in the projection, said sub-areas arranged in a single layer for all colors without superposition of any sub-areas, and (c) said recorded surface further having a single diffraction grating superimposed on said relief part-images, whereby said diffraction grating has different grating depths in the sub-areas of said relief part-images corresponding to different primary colors.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
144 words
A recording for use in embossing information in a single surface of a plastic material in the fabrication of diffractive multicolor filters for use in additive color formation in zero order diffraction, said recording comprising: (a) a support layer, (b) a recorded surface on said support layer, said recorded surface carrying information in the form of relief part-images adjoining one another without overlap, said relief part-images recorded by exposure through individual primary color separation originals and having adjacent but non-overlapping sub-areas of different grating depths corresponding to different primary colors in the projection, said sub-areas arranged in a single layer for all colors without superposition of any sub-areas, and (c) said recorded surface further having a single diffraction grating superimposed on said relief part-images, whereby said diffraction grating has different grating depths in the sub-areas of said relief part-images corresponding to different primary colors.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
29 words
A recording as recited in claim 15 wherein said recorded surface has at least three relief part-images of different grating depths corresponding to the colors yellow, magenta and cyan.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
94 words
An information carrier comprising: a single embossable layer containing an embossed relief image, said relief image comprising relief part-images, each of which is a relief image for an individual primary color, said relief part-images being interspersed and bordered on one another with their areas of their particular projection color arranged in said single layer without superposition and without overlapping of said areas for the additive formation of colors, said layer further having superimposed thereon a relief grating of which the grating depths in said areas of said relief part-images are different from each other.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
94 words
An information carrier comprising: a single embossable layer containing an embossed relief image, said relief image comprising relief part-images, each of which is a relief image for an individual primary color, said relief part-images being interspersed and bordered on one another with their areas of their particular projection color arranged in said single layer without superposition and without overlapping of said areas for the additive formation of colors, said layer further having superimposed thereon a relief grating of which the grating depths in said areas of said relief part-images are different from each other.
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