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Document identification employing exchange-anisotropic magnetic material
Assignee: Emtec Magnetics GmbH
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Filing: 1980-12-03
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Granted: 1984-03-20
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Expires: 2000-12-03
Abstract
Abstract A process for authenticating recording media which are to be safeguarded against falsification and which possess a layer of exchange-anisotropic magnetic material, by determining the residual recording which is left over, because of the exchange anisotropy of the magnetic material, from a recording of a sequence of signals after exposure of the material to a specific temperature cycle and, subsequently, to a magnetic AC field which decreases to zero, and an apparatus for carrying out the said process.
Inventors
- 👤 Eberhard Koester
- 👤 Joachim Hack
- 👤 Manfred Steuerwald
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 14:21
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06K; G06K19/00; G06K19/06; G06K19/08; G06K19/10; G06K19/12; G07; G07D; G07D7/00; G07D7/04; G07D7/06; G07D7/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
137 words
A process for authenticating recording media which are to be safeguarded against falsification and which possess a layer of exchange-anisotropic magnetic material whose Neel temperature T N is lower than the Curie temperature T c of the ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic component, wherein this layer of the recording medium is successively (a) recorded with a sequence of signals, (b) heated to a temperature T 2 which is below T c and above T AFS , (c) cooled to a temperature T 1 which is below T 2 , and (d) exposed to a magnetic AC field which decreases to zero and whose strength is at least four times as great as the coercive force of the magnetic material present, and subsequently (e) the residual magnetic recording is determined and compared with the sequence of signals recorded under (a).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
137 words
A process for authenticating recording media which are to be safeguarded against falsification and which possess a layer of exchange-anisotropic magnetic material whose Neel temperature T N is lower than the Curie temperature T c of the ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic component, wherein this layer of the recording medium is successively (a) recorded with a sequence of signals, (b) heated to a temperature T 2 which is below T c and above T AFS , (c) cooled to a temperature T 1 which is below T 2 , and (d) exposed to a magnetic AC field which decreases to zero and whose strength is at least four times as great as the coercive force of the magnetic material present, and subsequently (e) the residual magnetic recording is determined and compared with the sequence of signals recorded under (a).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
150 words
A process for authenticating recording media which are to be safeguarded against falsification and which possess a layer of exchange-anisotropic magnetic material whose Neel temperature T N is lower than the Curie temperature T c of the ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic component, wherein this layer of the recording medium is successively (a) recorded with a sequence of signals, (b) heated to a temperature T 2 which is below T c and above T AFS , (c) cooled to a temperature T 1 which is below T 2 , and (d) exposed to a magnetic AC field which decreases to zero and whose strength is at least four times as great as the coercive force of the magnetic material present, and subsequently (e) the residual magnetic recording is determined and compared with the sequence of signals recorded under (a), and then steps (a) to (e) are repeated using another sequence of signals.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
150 words
A process for authenticating recording media which are to be safeguarded against falsification and which possess a layer of exchange-anisotropic magnetic material whose Neel temperature T N is lower than the Curie temperature T c of the ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic component, wherein this layer of the recording medium is successively (a) recorded with a sequence of signals, (b) heated to a temperature T 2 which is below T c and above T AFS , (c) cooled to a temperature T 1 which is below T 2 , and (d) exposed to a magnetic AC field which decreases to zero and whose strength is at least four times as great as the coercive force of the magnetic material present, and subsequently (e) the residual magnetic recording is determined and compared with the sequence of signals recorded under (a), and then steps (a) to (e) are repeated using another sequence of signals.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
56 words
Apparatus for carrying out the authentication process as claimed in claim 1, which comprises a successive arrangement of (a) means for producing a magnetic recording, (b) means for heating a magnetic material passing through the apparatus, (c) means for generating an AC field which slowly decreases to zero, and (d) means for identifying a magnetic recording.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
72 words
Apparatus for carrying out the authentication process as claimed in claim 2, which comprises a successive arrangement of (a) means for producing a magnetic recording, (b) means for heating a magnetic material passing through the apparatus, (c) means for generating an AC field which slowly decreases to zero, and (d) means for identifying a magnetic recording, and an immediately adjoining further arrangement of the means (a) to (e), in the same sequence.
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