Security element as well as value document having such a security element
AssigneeGiesecke+Devrient Currency Technology GmbH
InventorsChristian Fuhse, Michael Rahm, Andreas Rauch
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Abstract
A security element for a security paper, value document or the like, having a carrier which has a motif region that includes a visually perceptible motif with a first and a second motif part, wherein the motif region includes a first micro-optic representation arrangement which presents at least two different images in viewing angle-dependent fashion as a first motif part, and a second micro-optic representation arrangement which presents a reflective surface as a second motif part, which surface appears bulged relative to the actual macroscopic spatial form of the second micro-optic representation arrangement.
Claims17
A security element for a security paper or value document comprising:
- a carrier comprising a motif region which provides a visually perceptible motif having a first motif part and a second motif part;
- wherein the motif region comprises a first micro-optic representation arrangement which presents at least two different images in viewing angle-dependent fashion as the first motif part, and a second micro-optic representation arrangement which presents a reflective surface as the second motif part, said reflective surface appearing bulged relative to an actual macroscopic spatial form of the second micro-optic representation arrangement;
- wherein the second micro-optic representation arrangement has embossed microscopic structures which are furnished with a refection enhancing coating;
- wherein the second micro-optic representation arrangement has a multiplicity of reflective facets with different orientations to each other, lateral dimensions of the reflective facets being smaller than 300 μm;
- wherein the multiplicity of reflective facets is formed by a sawtooth grating including a plurality of sawteeth, a width of each sawtooth of the plurality of sawteeth being smaller than 300 μm and a height of each sawtooth of the plurality of sawteeth being smaller than 20 μm.
A value document comprising a security element, the security element comprising:
- a carrier comprising a motif region which provides a visually perceptible motif having a first motif part and a second motif part;
- wherein the motif region comprises a first micro-optic representation arrangement which presents at least two different images in viewing angle-dependent fashion as the first motif part, and a second micro-optic representation arrangement which presents a reflective surface as the second motif part, said reflective surface appearing bulged relative to an actual macroscopic spatial form of the second micro-optic representation arrangement;
- wherein the second micro-optic representation arrangement has embossed microscopic structures which are furnished with a refection enhancing coating;
- wherein the second micro-optic representation arrangement has a multiplicity of reflective facets with different orientations to each other, lateral dimensions of the reflective facets being smaller than 300 μm;
- wherein the multiplicity of reflective facets is formed by a sawtooth grating including a plurality of sawteeth, a width of each sawtooth of the plurality of sawteeth being smaller than 300 μm and a height of each sawtooth of the plurality of sawteeth being smaller than 20 μm.
A security element for a security paper or value document comprising:
- a carrier comprising a motif region which provides a visually perceptible motif having a first motif part and a second motif part;
- wherein the motif region comprises a first micro-optic representation arrangement which presents at least two different images in viewing angle-dependent fashion as the first motif part, and a second micro-optic representation arrangement which presents a reflective surface as the second motif part, said reflective surface appearing bulged relative to an actual macroscopic spatial form of the second micro-optic representation arrangement;
- wherein the second micro-optic representation arrangement has embossed microscopic structures which are furnished with a refection enhancing coating;
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- wherein the second micro-optic representation arrangement has a multiplicity of reflective facets with different orientations to each other, lateral dimensions of the reflective facets being smaller than 300 μm;
- wherein the first micro-optic representation arrangement comprises microstructures and micro-imaging elements to image the microstructures in magnified form, the microstructures being provided both in a region of the first motif part and in a region of the second motif part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.