Multilayer card-shaped data carrier and method for producing same
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1. A multilayer card-shaped data carrier comprising:
- a cover layer;
layers disposed below said cover layer, one of said layers disposed below said cover layer appearing black in the visible wavelength spectrum and being transparent or permeable to electromagnetic radiation in the invisible wavelength spectrum outside the wavelengths substantially between about 400 and 700 nanometers;
one of said layers disposed below said cover layer being absorbent to focused electromagnetic radiation in said invisible wavelength spectrum; and
a data marking produced by said focused electromagnetic radiation in said invisible wavelength spectrum disposed in said absorbent layer, said black layer camouflaging said data marking so as to render said data marking invisible in the visible wavelength spectrum substantially between about 400 and 700 nanometers.
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Abstract
A multilayer card-shaped data carrier has a layer appearing black in the visible wave range, but transparent or permeable to electromagnetic radiation in the invisible wavelength spectrum outside the wavelengths substantially between about 400 and 700 nanometers. The data carrier also has data markings camouflaged by the black layer produced within or below the black layer by a lasing device, which are likewise detectable by commercial optical readers operating in the invisible wavelength spectrum outside the wavelengths substantially between about 400 and 700 nanometers.
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1. A multilayer card-shaped data carrier comprising:
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a cover layer; layers disposed below said cover layer, one of said layers disposed below said cover layer appearing black in the visible wavelength spectrum and being transparent or permeable to electromagnetic radiation in the invisible wavelength spectrum outside the wavelengths substantially between about 400 and 700 nanometers; one of said layers disposed below said cover layer being absorbent to focused electromagnetic radiation in said invisible wavelength spectrum; and a data marking produced by said focused electromagnetic radiation in said invisible wavelength spectrum disposed in said absorbent layer, said black layer camouflaging said data marking so as to render said data marking invisible in the visible wavelength spectrum substantially between about 400 and 700 nanometers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A multilayer card-shaped data carrier comprising:
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a cover layer; layers disposed below said cover layer, one of said layers disposed below said cover layer appearing black in the visible wavelength spectrum and being transparent or permeable to electromagnetic radiation in the invisible wavelength spectrum outside the wavelengths substantially between about 400 and 700 nanometers, said black layer being applied to said multilayer card-shaped data carrier to form visually recognizable or readable patterns or characters; one of said layers disposed below said cover layer being absorbent to focused electromagnetic radiation in said invisible wavelength spectrum; and a data marking produced by said focused electromagnetic radiation in said invisible wavelength spectrum disposed in said absorbent layer, said black layer camouflaging said data marking so as to render said data marking invisible in the visible wavelength spectrum substantially between about 400 and 700 nanometers. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for producing a multilayer card-shaped data carrier comprising the steps of:
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forming a cover layer; disposing layers below said cover layer, one of said layers disposed below said cover layer appearing black in the visible wavelength spectrum and being transparent or permeable to electromagnetic radiation in the invisible wavelength spectrum outside the wavelengths substantially between about 400 and 700 nanometers; causing one of said layers disposed below said cover layer to be absorbent to focused electromagnetic radiation in said invisible wavelength spectrum; and producing a data marking through said focused electromagnetic radiation in said invisible wavelength spectrum on said absorbent layer as a substantially last production step, said black layer camouflaging said data marking so as to render said data marking invisible in the visible wavelength spectrum substantially between about 400 and 700 nanometers. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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