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Identity document difficult to falsify and a process for manufacturing such a document

US4790566A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 11, 1985
Grant dateDec 13, 1988
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Expiry dateOct 11, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S283/904
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An identity document has graphical information printed on a support and including uncoded alphanumerical information which is specific to a holder of the document or to the document. The surface of the support is broken down into a network of macropixels each having a predetermined average light absorption level. Each of the micropixels in turn consists of a dot pattern matrix of micropixels each having a light absorption level selected among at least two predetermined levels and distributed for the average absorption of each of the macropixels to be said predetermined average light absorption level and for constituting a screen which reproduces on a microscopic scale part at least of the uncoded specific information.

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