ES2440547T3 - Security and / or value document - Google Patents

Abstract

Security and / or value document (1) with a personalized total graphic information (2), in which the total graphic information (2) consists of at least two partial graphic information (3, 4) that overlap each other in an orthogonal direction (R) to a main surface (H) of the security and / or value document (1) and which are complemented to provide the total graphic information (2), in which the partial information (3, 4) they are represented by means of image-forming or different technologies, in which the partial information (3, 4) is reproduced in equal or different layers (5, 6) of the security and / or value document (1), characterized by that over, under and / or between the layers (5, 6) with the partial information (3, 4) a security element (7) or several security elements (7) are arranged in at least a partial area of the total information graphic (2), considered in one direction (R) ortho nal to a main surface (H) of the security and / or value document (1), and because the surface of the security and / or value document (1) is formed by a protective layer (8), optionally without a security element (7).

Description

Security and / or value document.

Field of the Invention

The invention concerns a security and / or value document with personalized total graphic information, wherein the total graphic information is constituted by at least two partial graphic information that overlap one another in an orthogonal direction (R) to a main surface (H) of the security and / or value document and which are complemented by providing the total graphic information, where the partial information is represented by means of the same or different imaging technologies, where the partial information is reproduced in equal or different layers of the security and / or value document and where a security element or several security elements are arranged on, under and / or between the layers with partial information in at least a partial area of the total information graphic, considered orthogonally to a main surface of the security and / or value document. The invention also concerns a process for manufacturing a security and / or value document of this kind.

Background of the invention and state of the art

The security elements serve to protect a security and / or value document against counterfeiting or copying.

A security and / or value document of the structure mentioned above, with the exception of the security element, is known, for example, from EP 0537484 A1. According to it, a total personalized graphic information, specifically a passport photograph, is divided into two partial graphic information and the two partial graphic information are entered, specifically with registration accuracy, by different technologies, such as laser engraving and color printing , in different layers of the security and / or value document, so that the two partial information are assembled forming the total information. Something similar is described in EP 1044826 A1, although the mechanism of an overlapping security element with the total graphic information is not disclosed.

It is known in practice the resource to protect against counterfeiting, for example, a passport photograph represented on a single printing layer by gluing or laminating a protective film with a security element, for example a hologram, in at least partial areas of Passport photography Since this security element is not personalized, an unauthorized person can release this protective film with the security element without destruction and use it for the production of embedded fakes, for example by applying it on another security document and / or falsified value or through the variation or change of the total personalized information, for example a passport photograph, and the reapplication of the security element.

Technical problem of the invention

Therefore, the invention is based on the technical problem of perfecting a security and / or value document of the structure known by the practice in the sense that the security and / or value document is better protected against forgery and, In addition, the security element can no longer be detached without destroying it, nor can it continue to be used otherwise.

Background of the invention and preferred embodiments

To solve this technical problem, the invention offers a security and / or value document with a personalized total graphic information, wherein the total graphic information is constituted by at least two partial graphic information that overlap one another in an orthogonal direction to a main surface of the security and / or value document and are complemented by providing the total graphic information, where the partial information is represented by means of the same or different imaging technologies, where the partial information is reproduced in equal layers or different from the security and / or value document, where a security element or several security elements are arranged on, below and / or between the layers (5, 6) with at least a partial area of total graphic information, considered orthogonally to a main document surface or security and / or value, and where the surface of the security and / or value document is formed by a protection layer, optionally without security element.

With the invention it is achieved that the total graphic information, typically personalized information, such as, for example, a passport photograph, is distributed in several planes or layers of the security and / or value document, with which the total information Graph is introduced not only two-dimensional, but also three-dimensional. In this way, it is difficult, if not prevented, a manipulation of the total graphic information, since at

removing one of the layers with the partial graphic information is destroyed or at least the total information is mutilated, that is, it can no longer be fully recognized. This can be manifested to the observer by the lack of areas of the total graphic information, but also by an altered color representation of the total graphic information. In addition, it is achieved that the security element is no longer directly accessible as in the state of the art, but is integrated into the layer structure of the security and / or value document. This element is no longer formed by the uppermost layer and therefore exposed.

Imaging technologies are all known techniques for generating optically perceptible information. Among these fall especially all the usual printing techniques in the domain of security and / or value documents, made in both black / white and color (also partial colors). However, among these, for example, laser engraving and / or thermo-sublimation, retransfer, etc., also fall. The term different technologies refers here to any different individual technology in the process of generating an image.

A security element is an almost always optically perceptible graphic representation that is not personalized, that is, it does not contain information about a person carrying the security and / or value document. A security element may be the same for all security and / or value documents of one type. However, the security elements can also be individualized, for example by means of a serial number (not referred to people) or the like. Other examples of non-optical security features are, for example, machine-detectable substrate characteristics, haptic characteristics, etc. These are perfectly known to the expert.

A total graphic information composed of partial graphic information forms a graphic unit, that is to say, the withdrawal of a partial graphic information leads to a loss or mutilation of the total perceived information. In the case of images as total graphic information, the partial information can be represented, for example, as compositions of different partial color images, a black / white image that overlaps one or more different partial color images, etc. In any case, it is essential that the partial information is defined with respect to each other in its spatial arrangement and associated with each other. An exact registration application is thus guaranteed in the course of a manufacturing process. Therefore, each partial information presents a set of local coordinates that define the position and orientation of the partial information.

A security and / or value document is typically constructed with a flat substrate on one side of which or on both sides of which at least one layer is applied, for example a printing layer. As material for a substrate, all the usual technical materials based on paper and / or plastic are considered. The substrate is not necessarily formed by a layer, but can be constituted in turn by a plurality of layers, for example films (suitable for lasers, not suitable for lasers, opaque, embedded with chips, etc.). They can also be transparent or translucent or have a transparent or translucent window. In the case of a multilayer substrate, the union between the different layers of the substrate can be carried out in the same operation as the union with layers applied according to the invention on the substrate, for example in a single assembly step, for example lamination or bonding.

Two layers of a security and / or value document or the partial graphic information that are located inside or on the layers, are arranged on top of each other with exact registration when the partial graphic information that is arranged in different layers is assembled in projection in orthogonal addresses to a main surface of the security and / or value document to obtain the total information.

In particular, there are different possibilities for perfecting the invention.

The total graphic information will be in general, but not necessarily, an image of a person or a body part of a person, especially a passport photograph or a fingerprint. However, the total information may also consist of data referring to people, such as name, address, etc. Apart from personalized information, individualized information, that is, for example, referred to documents, such as a serial number, can also form the total information.

As security elements, all known variants in the domain of security and / or value documents come into consideration. They include in particular optically variable elements, diffractive elements, holograms, volumetric holograms, embossed holograms, transparent laminates with cinegrams, cinegrams, zero-order grids, luminescent elements, especially fluorescent or phosphorescent, visible or invisible, substrate characteristics, such as photochromic colors, thermochromic colors, etc. and combinations of such elements. The expert is perfectly familiar with the manufacture of such security elements and, therefore, a detailed statement can be dispensed with here.

In particular, the layer structure of a security and / or value document according to the invention can be configured in different ways.

First, the following layer structure may be provided:

a) a substrate layer, b) optionally, a layer with a laser sensitive component, laser engraved with first information

partial, c) a color printing layer with a second partial information, d) a layer with the security element and e) a protection layer that is optionally provided with a laser sensitive component and which has been

Laser engraving with the first partial information or with other partial information.

An alternative is the following layer structure:

a) a substrate layer, b) optionally, a layer with a laser sensitive component, laser engraved with first information

partial, c) a layer with the security element, d) a color printing layer with a second partial information and e) a protection layer that is optionally provided with a laser sensitive component and which has been

Laser engraving with the first partial information or with other partial information.

Another alternative is the following layer structure:

a) a substrate layer, b) optionally, a layer with a laser sensitive component, laser engraved with first information

partial, c) a first color printing layer with a second partial information, d) an intermediate layer with a topography comprising at least two levels of height, e) a second color printing layer with a third partial information that is applied on both

height levels or only on one of the two height levels of the intermediate layer, f) a layer with the security element and g) a protection layer which is optionally provided with a laser sensitive component and which has been

Laser engraving with the first partial information or with other partial information.

In the variant of the previous paragraph, layer c) can also be deleted. The partial information designated there as second and third partial information then forms a first and second partial information.

As a result, with the embodiment with a topography to which autonomous importance is assigned, information is applied on a surface structured in height with at least two levels of height, whereby the information is broken down into two partial information in plans or different height levels. With a view to manipulating the information or the image, a forger would have to do this in at least two planes or heights, which is very complicated and expensive, if not impossible.

The information described in the foregoing and in the following, for example images, are generally visible to the human eye. However, it is also possible to configure the partial information, in part or all the partial information, so that they are invisible to the human eye, for example as a UV image. Otherwise, all the explanations apply analogously.

An important embodiment of the invention comprises the arrangement of the security element, for example a cinegram, between different layers or planes in which partial information is arranged. In the case of a cinegram this can be done, for example, by punching the corresponding surfaces in the course of manufacturing the layer set.

Information, for example an image such as a color image, can also be protected by providing an additional image, for example as a laser engraving, above or below the information, possibly in combination with a security element, such as a cinegram. or a TKO movie. The additional image and / or the security element may then be configured in such a way that they do not represent personalized information.

A substrate layer may be formed by one or several partial layers of substrate. The materials include, on the one hand, transparent, opaque or light-impermeable polymer materials, such as PC (polycarbonate, especially bisphenol A polycarbonate), PET (ethylene glycol polyterephthalate), PMMA (methyl polymethacrylate ), TPU (thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers), PE (polyethylene), PP (polypropylene), PI (polyimide or poly-trans-isoprene), PVC (polyvinylchloride) and copolymers of such polymers. The use of PC materials is preferred for at least one layer of the substrate layer, so-called low Tg materials can preferably be used. Low Tg materials are polymers whose glass transition temperature is below 140 ° C. A substrate layer is also called a card or document blank. This

formed in general by a plurality of polymer layers, at least one of the polymer layers, generally several polymer layers, being able to carry a conventional printing layer, for example a guillock. One of the polymer layers may also have an electronic control circuit (in English Intergrated Circuit, IC), a display module or other electronic circuit or it may contain these components in embedded form. The polymer layers of the substrate layer are bonded together, for example by bonding or by thermal lamination. However, the term substrate layer also comprises monolithically manufactured card blank, for example by means of injected or pressed die-casting, reactive or non-reactive. Therefore, a substrate layer does not necessarily have to be made of several layers of polymer. However, this is what will happen in most security and / or value documents.

A printing layer may be formed by means of a layer of a printing ink, but the term also comprises a polymer layer in which the printing ink is applied or introduced, for example by diffusion of the dyes of the ink of Print. In the latter case, the printing layer may be formed of a polymer (printed and, otherwise, preferably transparent), such as PVC, ABS, PETG. These are polymers in which the dyes of an applied printing ink can be diffused at elevated temperature. As a printing process, all digital printing procedures, for example thermoprinting procedures, such as thermal sublimation printing, are considered in principle. A printing layer configured in this way can be arranged directly on and / or under a polymer barrier layer that is not absorbent of the dye, for example based on PET or PC. It is thus ensured that an additional diffusion of the dye is suppressed, during the useful life of the security and / or value document, in orthogonal directions to the main surface of the security and / or value document, thereby reducing a washout of the print image. Consequently, the printing image is more stable in the long term than without the installation of the barrier layer. Other printing procedures are the retransfer procedure, ink jets, xerography, etc. A color printing layer can be formed by one color (including black) or by several different colors. Therefore, the total graphic representation can be black / white, in a single color or in several colors.

A security and / or value document according to the invention may contain at least one layer with a laser sensitive component. In this case, the laser sensitive component is embedded in a polymer matrix or formed by it. In principle, the polymer matrix may consist of a polymer material described for other layers and generally transparent. The laser-sensitive component may consist of a polymer that can be locally pyrolyzed by laser irradiation and thus be colored black. Suitable polymers in relation to laser sensitive pigments are explained in the following. However, the laser sensitive component may also consist of a laser sensitive pigment that is mixed with the polymer material of the corresponding polymer layer and distributed therein. As pigments sensitive to the laser, all pigments known in the technological domain of safety and / or value products can be used. They can be formed, for example, by organic polymers that have a high absorption of laser radiation, for example PET, ABS, polystyrene, PPO, phenylene polysulfide, polyphenylenesulfone, polyimidsulfone. However, it can also be, for example, LCPs. Particularly suitable are micromolide thermoplasts with a very high melting range of more than 300 ° C. The particle size is typically in the range of 0.01 to 100 µm, especially 0.1 to 50 µm, preferably 1 to 20! m. The polymer particles may also contain fillers or light sensitive pigments, for example in an amount of 0.1 to 90% by weight, based on the laser sensitive pigment. It is also possible here to treat pigments and / or pigments of effect and / or electrically conductive dyes, as described above. However, it can also be oxides, hydroxides, sulphides, sulfates or phosphates of metals, such as, for example, Co, Bi, Sn, Zn, Ag, Sb, Mn, Fe, Ni or Cr. In particular, it can be use basic Cu (II) hydroxydophosphate. It is especially worth mentioning a product obtained by heating blue Cu (II) orthophosphate (Cu3 (PO4) 2 * 3H2O) at a temperature of 100 to 200 ° C and having a sum formula Cu3 (PO4) 2 * CuOH) 2. Other suitable copper phosphates are: Cu3 (PO4) 2 * 3Cu (OH) 2, Cu3 (PO4) 2 * 2Cu (OH) 2 * 2H2O, 4CuO * P2O5, 4CuO * P2O5 * 3H2O, 4CuO * P2O5 * 1.5H2O and 4CuO * P2O5 * 1.2H2O.

The laser radiation suitable for laser engraving has a wavelength in the range of 150 nm to 10600 nm, in particular 150 nm to 1100 nm. For example, CO2 lasers (10600 nm), Nd: YAG lasers (1064 nm or 532 nm) and pulsed UV lasers (excimer lasers) can be used. The energy density is generally in the range of 0.1 mJ / cm2 to 50 J / cm2, especially in the range of 0.3 mJ / cm2 to 20 J / cm2.

A protective layer is generally transparent and is formed by one of the polymeric materials described above for other layers. A protective layer may consist of a polymer film or a varnish layer with a polymer binder.

Within the framework of a security and / or value document according to the invention, one or more intermediate (transparent) layers may be arranged in each case between the layers described above.

A security and / or value document according to the invention can be, for example, a personal ID, a passport, an identity card, an access control pass, a visa, a tax stamp, a ticket, a travel permit driving, a motor vehicle paper, a banknote, a check, a postage stamp, a credit card,

a bank card, a smart card or a sticker.

A topography designates a surface or face that has a height structure, referred to orthogonal directions to the face, that is, at least two different height levels. The height levels may have distances relative to each other, referred to orthogonal directions to the face, which are in the range of 0.001 to 100 µm, especially in the range of 0.01 to 10 or 1 µm. Such topographies can be generated, for example, in polymer layers by means of high-deep embossing, among other possibilities by punching.

The invention also concerns a process for manufacturing a security and / or value document according to the invention with the following procedural steps:

a) a customized two-dimensional total graphic information is broken down into at least two information

two-dimensional graphic partials, storing the two two-dimensional graphic partial information and

associating each other with respect to the arrangement and orientation in the two dimensions, b) an substrate layer is optionally coated with a layer with laser sensitive pigments and etched

by laser with a first partial graphic information or it is coated with a printing layer that represents

the first partial graphic information, c) on the substrate layer or the layer is applied a printing layer provided with the second partial information

graph in exact registration position with the first partial graphic information, d) a protective layer optionally provided with pigments sensitive to the printing layer is applied

laser and optionally engraved by laser with the first partial graphic information in registration position

exact with the second partial graphic information or it is printed with the first partial information

graph in exact record position with the second partial graphic information,

wherein the first partial graphic information has been laser engraved on the layer with laser sensitive pigment or on the protection layer and where the layer and / or the protection layer can be replaced by a printing layer with the first information partial graphics and can be optionally covered with a protective layer, where a layer with a security element is applied between the print layer and the substrate layer or between the print layer and the protection layer, and where, In case of laser engraving, laser engraving can be applied at any time stage of the procedure, especially also for the temporary closing of the procedure.

In particular, the chronological structure of the layers can be carried out in a manner corresponding to the spatial structures of the layers, as described above, with laser engraving generally being performed as the last step of the procedure, provided that the first partial information is entered as A laser engraving and not as a printing layer. Whenever intermediate layers are installed, the introduction of them in chronological order is intercalated in correspondence with their arrangement. Likewise, in the case of a printing layer with the first partial information superimposed on the printing layer with the second partial information, a protective layer will be generally provided above which optionally contains a laser sensitive component and which, optionally, it has been laser engraved with information, for example a third partial information or other information independent of the total information. A corresponding consideration is applied to the intermediate layers themselves or the printing layers themselves.

Finally, the invention concerns a security and / or value document that can be obtained with the process according to the invention.

In the following, the invention is explained in more detail by means of figures representing only embodiments. They show:

Figure 1, a plan view of a security and / or value document according to the invention,

Figure 2, in cross section, the layer structure of a security and / or value document according to the invention in a first variant,

Figure 3, in cross section, the layer structure of a security and / or value document according to the invention in a second variant,

Figure 4, in cross section, the layer structure of a security and / or value document according to the invention in a third variant,

Figure 5, in cross section, the layer structure of a security and / or value document according to the invention in a fourth variant,

Figure 6, in cross section, the layer structure of a security and / or value document according to the invention in a fifth variant,

Figure 7, in cross section, the layer structure of a security and / or value document according to the

invention in a sixth variant,

Figure 8, in cross section, the layer structure of a security and / or value document according to the invention in a seventh variant,

Figure 9, in cross section, the layer structure of a security and / or value document according to the invention in an eighth variant and

Figure 10, in cross section, the layer structure of a security and / or value document according to the invention in a ninth variant.

Figure 1 shows a security and / or value document 1, for example a personal ID 1, with a total graphic information 2, in the example of embodiment a color passport photograph. The observation direction R is orthogonal to the main surface H of the security and / or value document 1. It cannot be deduced from this figure, but it can be seen by comparing it with figures 2 to 6, that the total graphic information 2 is formed by at least two partial graphic information 3, 4 that overlap in exact register. In addition, a security element 7 is appreciated, for example a hologram H, which at least partially overlaps the total graphic information 2 and thereby protects it.

A first variant of the invention can be seen in Figure 2. This presents the following layer structure. A substrate layer 9, which generally lacks laser-sensitive components, has three partial layers of substrate, and any other number of partial layers of substrate (or even a single layer) can also be provided, of course. The above explanations on the substrate layer 9 apply similarly also to the following embodiments. A layer 5a is applied on the substrate layer 9, optionally with a laser sensitive component. A color printing layer 6 with a second partial information 4 is applied on it, which is partially covered with a layer 10 provided with the security element 7. On the set thus obtained a layer is deposited as the uppermost layer. protection 8 which is optionally provided with a laser sensitive component. The first partial information 3 has been laser engraved on one of the two layers 5a and / or 8 (or both), for which at least one of the two layers 5a and / or 8 necessarily has a laser sensitive component. The layer with the first partial information 3 engraved by laser may also be replaced by a printing layer (not shown) representing the first partial information 3. Optionally, a protective layer will then be arranged on this printing layer.

A second variant according to the invention can be seen in Figure 3. On the substrate layer 9 (two layers in the example, but this is not mandatory) a layer 5a with a laser sensitive component, laser etched with a first partial information 3, is arranged. Then a color printing layer follows 6. This is covered with a layer 10 provided with a security element 7 which is configured here as a TKO (transparent laminate with cinegrams). Finally, a protective layer 8 is provided which is optionally provided with a laser-sensitive component and which (optionally as an alternative to layer 5a) has been laser etched with the first partial information 3. The layer with the first partial information 3 laser engraving may also be replaced here by a printing layer representing the first partial information 3. Whenever the printing layer with the first partial information 3 is arranged above the color printing layer 6, it will be advisable to cover the First again with a protective layer.

A third variant of the invention can be seen in Figure 4. On the substrate layer 9 (in the example, but not necessarily, of two layers) a layer 5a with a laser-sensitive component, laser engraved with a first partial information 3, is arranged. It follows a layer 10 with an element security 7. A color printing layer 6 with a second partial information 4 is arranged thereon. Finally, a protective layer 8 is provided which is optionally provided with a laser sensitive component and which (optionally as an alternative to the Layer 5a) has been laser engraved with the first partial information 3. The advantage of this variant is that the security element 7 is arranged between the layers 5a, 6 and is thus embedded in the assembly and thus is especially well protected against unauthorized manipulation or withdrawal. One of the two partial information 3, 4 or both partial information 3, 4 is also better secured in the case of direct connection with the security element 7.

In general, it should be noted that in all previous and subsequent variants the layer with the first partial information configured as a laser engraving may naturally also be configured, instead, as a black / white or black print layer. color. Thus, for example, several layers of color printing may overlap with partial information 3, 4 of different color to provide a total information 2 that appears as a color image endowed with solid colors. In addition, the substrate layer may also contain or carry a background image, for example a static drawing (possibly in color). The first partial information 3 can then be used to cover this drawing, provided that the second partial information 4, in combination with the first partial information 3, results in a total information 2 not distorted by the static drawing.

A fourth variant of the invention can be seen in Figure 5. A substrate layer 9 carries a layer 5a with a laser-sensitive component, laser etched with a first partial information 3. The layer 5a has at the same time the function of an intermediate layer 11 with a topography comprising at least two levels of height. A first color printing layer 6a with a second partial information 4 is applied on the first height level and a second color printing layer 6b with a third partial information 4 is applied on the other color level. The second level partial information 4 and the third partial information 4 of this embodiment together correspond to the second partial information of the previous embodiments, although a breakdown has been made in two levels of height. However, no decomposition into more "partial fractional information" has to be done, but rather the color printing layers 6a, 6b can be applied in a single printing process, for example with digital printing technology usual in the field of security and value documents, such as inkjet printing. Next, a layer 10 is applied with the security element 7, which is covered with a protective layer 9. Another image 6c with an information, a partial information or as a background image, for example a color image, can be provided in the position shown within the sequence of layers.

The variant of Figure 6 differs from the variant of Figure 5 substantially because the intermediate layer 11 is configured as a discrete and different layer of the layer 5a with the laser sensitive component and because the layer 10 with the security element 7 It is arranged between the layer 5a with the laser-sensitive component and the intermediate layer 11. This variant has the additional advantage that, due to topography of the intermediate layer 11, the protective layer 8 can finally also have a corresponding topography, which is obtained by penetration of the material of the protective layer 8, for example by making a simple laminate of the protective layer 8 on the intermediate layer 11. This topography of the protective layer 8 is also haptically detectable and can serve as a characteristic Additional security. Below the layer 5a another image may be provided, corresponding to the image 6c of Figure 5.

The variant of figure 7 differs from the variant of figure 5 because the security element 7 is applied, for example glued or laminated, on the layer 5a that forms a surface. Otherwise, the haptic effect of the variant of Figure 6 is achieved, since the topography of layer 5a forms at least partly the surface.

The variant of Figure 8 comprises a substrate layer 9 bearing a layer 5a with a laser-sensitive component, laser etched with a first partial information 3. The layer 5a simultaneously has the function of an intermediate layer 11 with a topography comprising at least two levels of height. A first color printing layer 6a with a second partial information 4 is applied on a height level and on the other height level a second color printing layer 6b with a third partial information 4 is applied. The second information partial 4 and the third partial information 4 of this embodiment together correspond to the second partial information of the previous embodiments, although a breakdown has been made in two levels of height. However, no decomposition into more "partial fractional information" has to be done, but instead, the color printing layers 6a, 6b can be applied in a single printing process, for example a printing process. a digital printing technology usual in the field of security and value documents, such as inkjet printing. Next, a layer 10 is applied with the security element 7 which is covered with a layer 9a provided with a laser sensitive component, optionally laser engraved with the first partial information 3 or with a first fractional partial information 3a. Therefore, the first information 3 may also form a fractional partial information of the first partial information 3. However, the first information 3 and 3a may also be identical. However, the first partial information 3 can also represent only the background image.

The variant of Figure 9 corresponds in essence to that of Figure 8 and differs from it because between the printing layers 6a, 6b and the layer 9a there is an intermediate layer 12 not suitable for the laser. A TKO 9a may also be provided instead of the first partial information 3a and / or of layer 9a.

However, in the variant of Figure 10, which essentially corresponds to the variant of Figure 6, a TKO is arranged on the printing layer 6a, 6b instead of the security element 10, 7 on the layer 5a and below the layer 11 and / or a varnish layer with a laser-sensitive component, optionally laser engraved, is also disposed, the topography of the layer 5a with the varnish layer 10 being reproduced and, consequently, presenting the layer of varnish a topography substantially identical to that of layer 5a.

In principle, it is advantageous to configure the different layers, but at least some of the layers, in view of the material used and the assembly technique, so that a joint of materials is created between the layers.

Claims (10)

1. Security and / or value document (1) with a personalized total graphic information (2), wherein the total graphic information (2) is constituted by at least two partial graphic information (3, 4) that overlap one another in an orthogonal direction (R) to a main surface (H) of the security document and / or of value (1) and that complement each other to provide the total graphic information (2), in which the partial information (3, 4) is represented by the same or different imaging technologies, in which the partial information (3, 4) is reproduced in equal or different layers (5, 6) of the security and / or value document (1), characterized by that on, under and / or between the layers (5, 6) with the partial information (3, 4) a security element (7) or several security elements (7) are arranged in at least a partial area of the total information graphic (2), considered in an orthogonal direction (R) to a main surface (H) of the security and / or value document (1), and why the surface of the security and / or value document (1) It is formed by a protective layer (8), optionally without a safety element (7).

2.

 Security and / or value document (1) according to claim 1, wherein the total graphic information (2) is an image of a person or a body part of a person, especially a passport photograph or a fingerprint .

3.

 Security and / or value document (1) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the security element (7) is selected from the group consisting of "optically variable elements, diffractive elements, holograms, volumetric holograms, embossed holograms, transparent laminates with cinegrams, cinegrams, zero order grids, luminescent visible or invisible elements, in particular fluorescent or phosphorescent, and combination of such elements. "

Four.

 Security and / or value document (1) according to any of claims 1 to 3, containing the following layer structure:

a substrate layer (9), optionally, a layer (5a) with a laser sensitive component, laser engraved with first information partial (3), a color printing layer (6) with a second partial information (4), a layer (10) with the security element (7) and a protective layer (8) that is optionally provided with a laser sensitive component and that has been Laser engraving with the first partial information (3). 5. Security and / or value document (1) according to any of claims 1 to 3, containing the following layer structure: a substrate layer (9), optionally, a layer (5a) with a laser sensitive component, laser engraved with first information partial (3), a layer (10) with the security element (7), a color printing layer (6) with a second partial information (4) and a protective layer (8) that is optionally provided with a laser sensitive component and that has been Laser engraving with the first partial information (3). 6. Security and / or value document (1) according to any of claims 1 to 3, containing the following layer structure: a substrate layer (9), optionally, a layer (5a) with a laser sensitive component, laser engraved with first information partial (3), a first layer of color printing (6a) with a second partial information (4), an intermediate layer (11) with a topography comprising at least two levels of height, a second color printing layer (6b) with a third partial information (4), which is applied on both height levels or only one of the two height levels of the intermediate layer (11), and a layer (10) with the security element (7) and a protection layer (9) that is optionally provided with a laser sensitive component and that has been laser etched with the first partial information (3), wherein the layer (5a) with the laser sensitive component can also form the intermediate layer 11 at the same time.

7.

 Security and / or value document according to any of claims 1 to 6, in which the partial information is each represented with a printing technology, and in which especially the layer (5a) with a component sensitive to laser, laser engraved with the first partial information (3), and / or the protection layer (8), laser engraved with the first partial information (3), are replaced by a printing layer, especially a printing layer in color, which represents the first partial information (3).

8.

Security and / or value document (1) according to any of claims 1 to 7, selected from the group consisting of "personal cards, passports, ID cards, access control passes, visas, tax stamps, tickets, driving licenses , auto vehicle papers, banknotes, checks, postal stamps, credit cards, smart cards and adhesive labels. "

9.

 Procedure for manufacturing a security and / or value document (1) according to any of claims 1 to 8, with the following procedural steps:

a) a customized two-dimensional graphic total information (2) is broken down into at least two partial two-dimensional graphic information (3, 4), the two two-dimensional graphic partial information (3, 4) being stored and associated with each other with respect to the arrangement and orientation in both dimensions, b) whether or not a substrate layer (9) is coated with a layer (5a) provided with laser sensitive pigments and laser etched with a first partial graphic information (3), or it is coated with a layer of impression representing the first partial graphic information (3), c) on the substrate layer (9) or the layer (5a) a print layer (6) with the second graphic partial information (4) is applied in exact registration with the first graphic partial information (3), d) a protective layer (8) is applied to the printing layer (6) and laser etched with the first partial graphic information (3) in exact registration with the second partial graphic information (4) or print with the first partial graphic information (3) in exact record with the second partial graphic information (4), wherein the first partial graphic information (3) is laser engraved on the layer (5a) provided with laser sensitive pigment or on the protective layer (8), where the layer (5a) and / or the protective layer (8) they are replaced or not by a print layer with the first partial graphic information (3) and are covered or not with a protective layer (8), where a layer (10) is introduced with a security element ( 10) between the print layer (6) and the substrate layer (9) or between the print layer (6) and the protective layer (8), and where, in the case of laser engraving, it is performed laser engraving at any time stage of the procedure. 10. Security and / or value document (1) according to any of claims 1 to 8, obtainable with a method according to claim 9.