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Information carrying sheet and illegal copying preventive image pattern
Assignee: Toppan Inc
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Filing: 1995-08-24
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Granted: 1998-04-14
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Expires: 2015-08-24
Abstract
Abstract An information carrying sheet of securities, identification cards and the like which is provided with an illegal copying preventive image pattern in which the existence of an illegal copying preventive image pattern is hardly discriminated by the naked eye. An illegal copying preventive image pattern which prevents an unnecessary exposure by combining a plurality of patterns having an absorption in different regions used in the sheet and incorporating a dummy pattern, and which is difficult to perform falsifying/altering/counterfeiting action; and an ink composition which is used for the image pattern, and has a high IR absorption. Whether copying is acceptable or not can be promptly judged with a less memory capacity to shorten copying processing time, and falsifying/altering/counterfeiting action can be securely prevented in such a manner that the application of an illegal copying preventive processing is not noticed easily by a third party.
Inventors
- 👤 Nagahisa Natsudaira
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-09 18:57
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09D; C09D11/00; C09D11/50; B; B41; B41M; B41M3/00; B41M3/14; G; G03; G03C; G03C5/00; G03C5/08; G03G; G03G21/00; G03G21/04; G03G21/046; H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/00838; H04N1/0084; H04N1/00843; H04N1/00846; H04N1/00856; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S283/00; Y10S283/902
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 26
Claim 1
Independent Claim
52 words
An information carrying sheet characterized in that said sheet is provided with an illegal copying preventive image pattern formed of at least one IR absorption ink containing an IR absorption material having absorption in the IR region and no or little absorption in the visible region on an IR reflective base material.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
52 words
An information carrying sheet characterized in that said sheet is provided with an illegal copying preventive image pattern formed of at least one IR absorption ink containing an IR absorption material having absorption in the IR region and no or little absorption in the visible region on an IR reflective base material.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
An information carrying sheet as set forth in claim 1, characterized in that said IR absorption material comprises a crystalline powder containing either or both of Cu 2+ and Fe 2+ .
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
103 words
An information carrying sheet as set forth in claim 1, characterized in that said IR absorption material comprises at least one compound represented by the following formula 1: ##STR2## Wherein, n represents a natural number of 1 or 2; R represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1˜12 carbon atoms; and X - represents one or a mixture of ClO 4 - , BF 4 - , CCl 3 COO - , CF 3 COO - , SbF 6 - , C 6 H 5 SO 3 - , C 2 H 5 SO 3 - and PO 4 3- .
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
An information carrying sheet as set forth in claim 1, characterized in that said sheet includes a coloring pigment or a dye together with said IR absorption ink.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
An information carrying sheet as set forth in claim 1, characterized in that a contrast is enhanced between the IR absorption ink and the IR reflective base material.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
An information carrying sheet as set forth in claim 1, characterized in that the illegal copying preventive image pattern is formed to correspond to a pattern stored in a copying machine.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
An information carrying sheet as set forth in claim 1, characterized in that the illegal copying preventive image pattern is in the form of marks or characters.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
92 words
An information carrying sheet characterized in that said sheet is provided with an illegal copying preventive image pattern comprising at least one white-color IR reflective ink in which a material reflecting the IR region is contained on a base material, wherein an IR absorption material having an absorption in the IR region and no or little absorption in the visible region is dispersed in the internal part of whole base material of a specific region, or in the internal part of a coat coated on whole base material or a specific region.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
92 words
An information carrying sheet characterized in that said sheet is provided with an illegal copying preventive image pattern comprising at least one white-color IR reflective ink in which a material reflecting the IR region is contained on a base material, wherein an IR absorption material having an absorption in the IR region and no or little absorption in the visible region is dispersed in the internal part of whole base material of a specific region, or in the internal part of a coat coated on whole base material or a specific region.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
32 words
An information carrying sheet as set forth in claim 8, characterized in that said IR absorption material comprises a crystalline powder containing either or both of Cu 2+ and Fe 2+ .
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
103 words
An information carrying sheet as set forth in claim 8, characterized in that said IR absorption material comprises at least one compound represented by the following formula 1: ##STR3## Wherein, n represents a natural number of 1 or 2; R represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1˜12 carbon atoms; and X - represents one or a mixture of ClO 4 - , BF 4 - , CCl 3 COO - , CF 3 COO - , SbF 6 - , C 6 H 5 SO 3 - , C 2 H 5 SO 3 - and PO 4 3- .
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
28 words
An information carrying sheet as set forth in claim 8, characterized in that said sheet includes a coloring pigment or a dye together with said IR absorption ink.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
27 words
An information carrying sheet as set forth in claim 8, characterized in that a contrast is enhanced between the IR reflective ink and the IR absorption material.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
31 words
An information carrying sheet as set forth in claim 8, characterized in that the illegal copying preventive image pattern is formed to correspond to a pattern stored in a copying machine.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
27 words
An information carrying sheet as set forth in claim 8, characterized in that the illegal copying preventive image pattern is in the form of marks or characters.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
139 words
An illegal copying preventive image pattern characterized in that an image pattern formed of characters or marks, designs and the like is divided into at least two patterns or more, and one divided pattern is constituted of an ink having an absorption in the IR region and not or a little in the visible region, while the other divided pattern is constituted of another ink having an absorption in the IR region and the visible region, and that a dummy pattern is provided with being overlapped with the neighboring area of said image pattern and/or with said image pattern, which dummy pattern is formed of at least one of an ink having an absorption in said IR region and said visible region, and an ink having the same absorption in the visible region and not in the IR region.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
139 words
An illegal copying preventive image pattern characterized in that an image pattern formed of characters or marks, designs and the like is divided into at least two patterns or more, and one divided pattern is constituted of an ink having an absorption in the IR region and not or a little in the visible region, while the other divided pattern is constituted of another ink having an absorption in the IR region and the visible region, and that a dummy pattern is provided with being overlapped with the neighboring area of said image pattern and/or with said image pattern, which dummy pattern is formed of at least one of an ink having an absorption in said IR region and said visible region, and an ink having the same absorption in the visible region and not in the IR region.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
57 words
An illegal copying preventive image pattern characterized in that said pattern comprises in combination with an image pattern formed of an ink having an absorption in the IR region and not or a little in the visible region, and a dummy pattern formed of another ink having an absorption in the IR region and the visible region.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
57 words
An illegal copying preventive image pattern characterized in that said pattern comprises in combination with an image pattern formed of an ink having an absorption in the IR region and not or a little in the visible region, and a dummy pattern formed of another ink having an absorption in the IR region and the visible region.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
110 words
An illegal copying preventive image pattern characterized in that an image pattern formed of characters or marks, designs and the like is constituted of an ink having an absorption in the IR region and not or a little in the visible region, and that said pattern comprises in combination with an Indian ink pattern having an absorption in the IR region and the visible region and a dummy pattern formed of an ink having an absorption in the visible region and not in the IR region, wherein said Indian ink pattern and the dummy pattern are overlapped with the neighboring area of said image pattern and/or with said image pattern.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
110 words
An illegal copying preventive image pattern characterized in that an image pattern formed of characters or marks, designs and the like is constituted of an ink having an absorption in the IR region and not or a little in the visible region, and that said pattern comprises in combination with an Indian ink pattern having an absorption in the IR region and the visible region and a dummy pattern formed of an ink having an absorption in the visible region and not in the IR region, wherein said Indian ink pattern and the dummy pattern are overlapped with the neighboring area of said image pattern and/or with said image pattern.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
80 words
An IR absorption ink composition characterized in that said composition has an absorption in the IR region and not or a little in the visible region, that the content of an ultraviolet curing resin comprising at least prepolymer, monomer, photopolymerization initiator, co-agent and the like is 70.0 through 90.0% by weight, and that the content of a compound having an absorption in the IR region and no or a little in the visible region is 10.0 through 30.0% by weight.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
80 words
An IR absorption ink composition characterized in that said composition has an absorption in the IR region and not or a little in the visible region, that the content of an ultraviolet curing resin comprising at least prepolymer, monomer, photopolymerization initiator, co-agent and the like is 70.0 through 90.0% by weight, and that the content of a compound having an absorption in the IR region and no or a little in the visible region is 10.0 through 30.0% by weight.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
33 words
An IR absorption ink composition as set forth in claim 18, characterized in that said IR absorption material comprises a crystalline powder containing either or both of Cu 2+ and Fe 2+ .
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
104 words
An IR absorption ink composition as set forth in claim 18, characterized in that said IR absorption material comprises at least one compound represented by the following formula 1: ##STR4## Wherein, n represents a natural number of 1 or 2; R represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1˜12 carbon atoms; and X - represents one or a mixture of ClO 4 - , BF 4 - , CCl 3 COO - , CF 3 COO - , SbF 6 - , C 6 H 5 SO 3 - , C 2 H 5 SO 3 - and PO 4 3- .
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