Authentic document and method of making

• US 7,333,629 B2
• Filed: 09/15/2005
• Issued: 02/19/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Monument Peak Ventures, LLC (Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
• Inventors: Patton, David L., Honsinger, Chris W., Bryant, Robert C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Johns; Andrew W.
• Application Number:
  US11/227,382
• Publication Number:
  US 20060008115A1
• Time in Patent Office: 887 Days
• Field of Search: 283/72, 283/17, 340/5.86, 380/55, 428/32.1, 428/32.18, 428/543, 428/916, 503/201, D19/1, D19/5
• US Class Current: 382/100
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 7/004 using digital security elements, e.g. information coded on a magnetic thread or strip
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32133 on the same paper sheet, e.g. a facsimile page header
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3233 of authentication information, e.g. digital signature, watermark
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3236 Details of authentication information generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3269 of machine readable codes or marks, e.g. bar codes or glyphs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3271 Printing or stamping
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 428/916 Fraud or tamper detecting

Abstract

A method and system is disclosed for printing an authenticatable image having an embedded image into a receiver having a discernible physical characteristic, such that the printed image can be used to authenticate the receiver which includes scanning the receiver to produce information related to the discernible physical characteristic of the receiver, and providing a carrier which includes information related to the scanned receiver discernible physical characteristic. The method also includes combining the carrier with an input image to form the authenticatable image having the embedded image, and printing the authenticatable image having the embedded image onto the receiver.

Claims

1. A kit for making an authenticable original document comprising:

at least one sheet of media having a physical indicia identifier formed thereon and a identification number printed on said sheet of media;

a memory storage device have a digital file of a high resolution scan of said physical indicia identifier stored thereon, said physical indicia identifier being associated with said identification number.

2. The kit according to claim 1 wherein said memory storage device comprises an URL address that can be accessed over a communication network.

3. The kit according to claim 2 wherein said URL address comprises a web site accessible over the internet.

4. The kit according to claim 1 wherein said memory storage device comprises a CD.

5. The kit according to claim 1 wherein said identification number is printed in a machine readable form.

6. The kit according to claim 1 wherein said identification number is printed in a human readable form.