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Tamperproof security card
Assignee: Orasee Corp
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Filing: 1987-12-29
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Granted: 1989-09-26
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Expires: 2007-12-29
Abstract
Abstract There is disclosed a unique tamperproof security card comprised of a transparent upper layer having narrow parallel lenses on the outer surface, and an image containing substrate, said two layers forming a lenticular system by which images on the substrate are selectively visible depending upon the angle from which the card is viewed. By incorporating into a selectively visible image the information necessary to verify the identify of the cardholder, e.g. the cardholder's photograph or signature, the card may be rendered substantially tamperproof.
Inventors
- 👤 Stanton T. Clay
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 11:56
CPC Classifications
B; B42; B42D; B42D25/00; B42D25/40; B42D25/405; B42D25/425; B42D25/20; B42D25/21; B42D25/23; B42D25/24; B42D25/30; B42D25/309; B42D25/313; B42D25/318; B42D25/328; G; G06; G06K; G06K19/00; G06K19/06; G06K19/08; G06K19/10; G06K19/14; B42D25/45; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S206/00; Y10S206/807; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/914; Y10S428/915; Y10S428/916; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/14; Y10T428/1486; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24479; Y10T428/2457; Y10T428/24802; Y10T428/24917; Y10T428/24926; Y10T428/31504
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
131 words
A security card comprising an image-containing substrate layer and a transparent layer overlaying said substrate, said transparent layer having a plurality of parallel uniformly-spaced lenticules on the outer surface therof, and said image-containing layer having discrete data-containing bands under and parallel to a plurality of the lenticules of the lenticular layer, said lenticules and said bands positioned with respect to one another such that they function as a lenticular system wherein said discrete bands are selectively visible and not visible as at least one data-containing image when the card is viewed from different angles about an axis of rotation parallel to said lenticules, said at least one data-containing image containing information which distinguishes said card from otherwise similar cards and which is unique to a particular person assigned to said card.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
131 words
A security card comprising an image-containing substrate layer and a transparent layer overlaying said substrate, said transparent layer having a plurality of parallel uniformly-spaced lenticules on the outer surface therof, and said image-containing layer having discrete data-containing bands under and parallel to a plurality of the lenticules of the lenticular layer, said lenticules and said bands positioned with respect to one another such that they function as a lenticular system wherein said discrete bands are selectively visible and not visible as at least one data-containing image when the card is viewed from different angles about an axis of rotation parallel to said lenticules, said at least one data-containing image containing information which distinguishes said card from otherwise similar cards and which is unique to a particular person assigned to said card.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
A security card according to claim 1 wherein said image depicts at least one of said person's face, fingerprint or signature.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
A security card according to claim 1 wherein said discrete bands are positioned such that a plurality of images are each selectively visible from a respective different angle of view about said axis.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
A security card according to claim 3 wherein a plurality of said images are each visible from only one angle of view, said angle of view being different than the angle at which each other of said plurality of images is visible.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
58 words
A security card according to claim 4 wherein an image depicting a person's face is visible from an angle of view from which an image depicting said person's signature is not visible, and an image depicting said person's signature is visible from a different angle of view from which said image depicting said person's face is not visible.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
A security card according to claim 1 wherein said image-containing layer also contains an additional data-containing image which is visible irrespective of the angle of view.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
16 words
A security card according to claim 6 wherein said additional data-containing image is a bar code.
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