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Invisible information recording medium
Assignee: Olympus Corp
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Filing: 1994-08-17
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Granted: 1996-07-02
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Expires: 2014-08-17
Abstract
Abstract An invisible (stealth) information recording medium includes an underlying layer, an invisible information recording layer provided above the underlying layer, being invisible under visible light, and generates light upon being contacted with light having a particular wavelength except for visible light, thus becoming visible, and an optical modulation layer provided between the underlying layer and the recording layer, and optically modulating the fluorescent light which is generated in said invisible information recording layer and is emitted on the optical modulation layer.
Inventors
- 👤 Atsuo Goto
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 03:33
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06K; G06K7/00; G06K7/10; G06K7/12; G06K19/00; G06K19/06; G06K19/06009; G06K19/06046; G06K19/08; G06K19/083; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S430/00; Y10S430/163
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
88 words
An invisible information recording medium comprising: (a) an underlying layer; (b) an invisible information recording layer which is provided above said underlying layer, is invisible under visible light, and generates fluorescent light upon being contacted with light having a particular wavelength, except for visible light, thus becoming visible; and (c) an optical modulation layer provided between said underlying layer and said invisible information recording layer, and optically modulating the fluorescent light which is generated in said invisible information recording layer and is emitted on said optical modulation layer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
88 words
An invisible information recording medium comprising: (a) an underlying layer; (b) an invisible information recording layer which is provided above said underlying layer, is invisible under visible light, and generates fluorescent light upon being contacted with light having a particular wavelength, except for visible light, thus becoming visible; and (c) an optical modulation layer provided between said underlying layer and said invisible information recording layer, and optically modulating the fluorescent light which is generated in said invisible information recording layer and is emitted on said optical modulation layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
A medium according to claim 1, wherein said invisible information recording layer comprises a bar code.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
A medium according to claim 1, further comprising an underlying pattern formation layer between said underlying layer and said optical modulation layer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
A medium according to claim 1, wherein said optical modulation layer absorbs fluorescent light.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
A medium according to claim 4, wherein said optical modulation layer comprises a photochromic layer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
50 words
A medium according to claim 5, wherein said photochromic layer is a material selected from the group consisting of borosilicate glass in which silver halide is dispersed in a colloidal state, a spiropyran compound, a spirooxazine compound, stilbene, salicylideneaniline, acridineaniline, anthracene, a photochromic thioindigo compound, and a photochromic fulgide compound.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
56 words
A medium according to claim 5, wherein said photochromic layer comprises a large number of particles of photochromic glass in which a photochromic material is dispersed in a colloidal state and a binder material having substantially the same refractive index as that of the photochromic glass and bonding the large number of particles of photochromic glass.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
56 words
A medium according to claim 5, wherein said photochromic layer contains a large number of fibers of photochromic glass in which a photochromic material is dispersed in a colloidal state and a binder material having substantially the same refractive index as that of the photochromic glass and bonding the large number of fibers of photochromic glass.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
16 words
A medium according to claim 1, wherein said optical modulation layer comprises an optical polarizing film.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
20 words
A medium according to claim 4, wherein the light having a particular wavelength, except for visible light, comprises ultraviolet rays.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
12 words
A medium according to claim 6, wherein the spiropyran compound is 1,3,3-trimethyl-6'-nitro(indoline-2,2'-benzopyran).
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
28 words
A medium according to claim 2, wherein said bar code is formed by ink which is invisible under visible light and which fluoresces upon contact with ultraviolet light.
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