Record document authentication by microscopic grain structure and method
First Claim
1. A document bearing record entries, which document may be currently authenticated against reference grain data obtained from the document during a reference scan made at a prior timer, comprising:
- base medium forming the document;
grain seal site having a visible shape at a predetermined location within the base medium;
unique microscopic grain structure formed by opaque toner particles having reflective facets deposited on the surface of the base medium after manufacture thereof and bonded to the base medium within the seal site, which grain structure may be scanned to provide current grain data for comparison to reference grain data obtained from the document during a reference scan made at a prior time.
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Abstract
Record document may be authenticated against reference grain data obtained from the document at a prior time. The body of the document is formed by base medium bearing the record entries such as text within record site. Grain seal site is located at a predetermined location within the base medium. The unique grain structure within the seal site are microscopic and function as a seal for authenticating the document. The seal site is initially scanned to provide a stream of reference data generated by the surface reflection of the grain structure. This reference grain data is stored in memory for future authentication use. The seal site is then currently scanned to generate a stream of current grain data for comparison to the reference grain data.
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39 Claims
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1. A document bearing record entries, which document may be currently authenticated against reference grain data obtained from the document during a reference scan made at a prior timer, comprising:
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base medium forming the document; grain seal site having a visible shape at a predetermined location within the base medium; unique microscopic grain structure formed by opaque toner particles having reflective facets deposited on the surface of the base medium after manufacture thereof and bonded to the base medium within the seal site, which grain structure may be scanned to provide current grain data for comparison to reference grain data obtained from the document during a reference scan made at a prior time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of authenticating a document bearing record entries, comprising the steps of:
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providing a document bearing record entries having a unique microscopic grain structure thereon formed by opaque toner particles having reflective facets deposited on the surface of the document and bonded to the document within a grain seal site on the document; initially scanning the unique microscopic grain structure within the grain seal site on the document with an initial scanning means at an initial time to form a stream of initial data pixels in response to the unique microscopic grain structure; entering the initial data pixels into an initial memory means; subsequently scanning the unique microscopic grain structure within the grain seal site on the document with a subsequent scanning means at a subsequent time to form a stream of subsequent data pixels in response to the grain structure; entering the subsequent data pixels into a subsequent memory means; comparing the initial data pixels to the subsequent data pixels to determine if a grain correlation exits indicating that the subsequently scanned document is the same document as the initially scanned document. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method of authenticating a document bearing record entries and having pre-existing unique microscopic grain structure within a seal site, comprising:
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providing a base medium forming a document with toner particles deposited thereon defining a seal site with a unique microscopic grain structure formed by opaque toner particles having reflective facets deposited on the surface of the base medium and bonded to the base medium; printing record entries onto the base medium; initially scanning the grain structure within the seal site on the base medium to form an initial data stream of seal site data in response to the grain structure; entering the initial data stream of seal site data into an initial memory means; subsequently scanning the grain structure within the seal site on the document to form a subsequent data stream of seal site data in response to the grain structure; entering the subsequent data stream of seal site data into a subsequent memory means; comparing the initial seal site data to the subsequent seal site data to determine if a grain correlation exits indicating that the initially scanned document is the same document as the subsequently scanned document. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method of authenticating document bearing record entries by generating unique microscopic grain structure within a seal site, comprising:
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providing a base medium forming a document; printing record entries onto the base medium; depositing opaque toner particles having reflective facets on the surface of the base medium and bonding the toner particles to the base medium within a seal site for providing a unique microscopic grain structure; initially scanning the grain structure within the seal site on the base medium to form an initial data stream of seal site data in response to the grain structure; entering the initial data stream of seal site data into an initial memory means; subsequently scanning the grain structure within the seal site on the document to form a subsequent data stream of seal site data in response to the grain structure; entering the subsequent data stream of seal site data into a subsequent memory means; comparing the initial seal site data to the subsequent seal site data to determine if a grain correlation exits indicating that the initially scanned document is the same document as the subsequently scanned document. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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