Optical recording card having hologram contained therein and method of producing the same

• US 4,945,215 A
• Filed: 10/14/1987
• Issued: 07/31/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kyodo Printing Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Kyodo Printing Company Limited
• Inventors: Fujita, Minoru, Kakinuma, Yuji, Fukushima, Yoichi, Haga, Toshio
• Primary Examiner(s): Shoop, Jr., William M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): SALATA, ANTHONY J
• Application Number:
  US07/108,473
• Time in Patent Office: 1,021 Days
• Field of Search: 235/457, 235/458, 235/487, 235/488, 235/492
• US Class Current: 235/457
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 2033/04 Transparent material
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 2033/10 Metallic material
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 2033/18 Reflecting material
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 2033/20 Coloured material; Pigments or inks
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 2033/30 Plastic material
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 2033/32 Other material
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 2035/02 Nature of the markings
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 2035/16 Bars or lines
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 2035/34 Markings visible under particular conditions or containing coded information
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/328 Diffraction gratings; Holograms
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/382 absorbing or reflecting infrared light
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/387 absorbing or reflecting ultraviolet light
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/415 using chemicals B42D25/445 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/425 by deformation, e.g. embossing
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/45 Associating two or more layers
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/455 using heat
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/46 using pressure
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/475 Cutting cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/083 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/16 the marking being a hologram or diffraction grating

Abstract

The present invention is concerned with a certification card such as ID card or the like including hologram and an optical recording portion.

Hologram is such that an amplitude and a phase of light wave emitted from an object are recorded and an image of the object is rebuilt by emitting light to reproduce of an amplitude and a phase of the thus emitted light.

On the other hand, optical recording technique is such that data pits are formed on an optical reflective surface of an optical recording layer and the thus formed data pits are detected by difference in optical reflectivity from the data pits when the object is lightened by laser beam so that data are read.

According to the present invention a card is constituted by adhering a card front board to a card rear board, and hologram and optical recording portion are formed between the card front board and the card rear board.

The such prepared certification card is difficult to be falsified and altered and therefore it has high safety.

Claims

1. An optical recording card having hologram contained therein comprising a transparent card front board of which inside surface includes a hologram portion building area and an optical recording portion building area superposed on said hologram portion building area, said hologram portion building area being formed with a pattern of concavity and convexity in the form of interference fringe of hologram, a reflective metallic film covering said pattern of concavity and convexity, said optical recording area including an optical recording pattern layer disposed between said reflective film and said pattern of concavity and convexity, said recording layer comprising a light absorbing material for frequencies outside the visible spectrum and a card rear board adapted to be adhered to said card front board from the above of said reflective metallic film and said optical recording pattern layer.

2. An optical recording card having hologram contained therein as claimed in claim 1, wherein said card front board is constituted by thermoplastic resin such as polycarbonate, polymethylacrylated or the like.

3. An optical recording card having hologram contained therein as claimed in claim 2, wherein said reflective metallic film comprises an aluminum evaporation film.

4. An optical recording card having hologram contained therein comprising a transparent card front board of which inside surface has pattern of concavity and convexity in the form of hologram interference fring formed at an information recording portion building area, an optical recording pattern layer covering at least a part of said information recording portion building area, a reflective metallic film covering the whole area of the information recording portion building area from above of said optical recording pattern layer, and a card rear board adapted to be adhered to said card front board from the above of said reflective metallic film, said optical recording pattern layer has a thickness in range of 0.1 to 2.0 microns and being constituted by paint or ink which contains infrared ray absorbing agent or ultraviolet ray absorbing agent in the range of 0.01% to 20% and is transparent for visible light, and said optical recording pattern layer being superposed upon said hologram interference fringe.

5. An optical recording card having hologram contained therein as claimed in claim 4, wherein said optical recording pattern layer is constituted by paint or ink which contains infrared ray absorbing agent or ultraviolet ray absorbing agent in the range of 0.01% to 20%.

6. An optical recording card having hologram contained therein as defined in claim 4, wherein

said card front board is constituted by thermoplastic resin such as polycarbonate or polymethylmethacrylate.

7. An optical recording card having hologram contained therein as defined in claim 4, wherein said reflective metallic film comprises an aluminum evaporation film.

8. An optical recording card having hologram contained therein, comprising a transparent card front board of which inside surface includes a hologram portion building area and an optical recording portion building area superposed on said hologram portion building area, said hologram portion building area being formed with a pattern of concavity and convexity in the form of hologram interference fringe of hologram, a reflective metallic film covering said hologram portion building area from above of said pattern layer of concavity and convexity, said recording building area having an optical recording member disposed on the inside surface of said card front board, and a card rear board adapted to be adhered to said card front board from the above of said reflective metallic film and said optical recording member, the latter being composed of an optical recording pattern layer and said reflective metallic film, said optical recording pattern layer being constituted by paint or ink which is absorptive for invisible light such as infrared ray or ultraviolet ray and is transparent for visible light.

9. An optical recording card having hologram contained therein as claimed in claim 8, wherein said optical recording pattern layer is constituted by paint or ink which contains infrared ray absorbing agent or ultraviolet ray absorbing agent in the range 0.01% to 20%.

10. An optical recording card having hologram contained therein ad defined in claim 8, wherein said card front board is constituted by thermoplastic resin such as polycarbonate, polymethylmethacrylate or the like.

11. An optical recording card having hologram contained therein as defined in claim 8, wherein said reflective metallic film comprises an aluminum evaporation film.