A code consisting of a group of variously patterned bars and spaces that are designed to be scanned and read into computer memory as inventory, identification or authentication for the object it labels. Can be printed in UV/IR inks for track and trace verification.
Control numbers are used for inventory control of secure items and can also be used to relate the variable data on the item to a searchable database. Alpha-numeric strings that can be applied to an item to facilitate track and trace. Control numbers can additionally act as authenticators via special inks: Bleed thru Phosphorescent MICR…
A covert machine-readable code or data that can carry unique or personalized information useful for security and rights management applications in digital and analog media content.
Embossing results in a physical deformation of a printed or unprinted item’s surface to create a tactile effect as well as an observable image visible under an oblique angle.
A code consisting of a group of dots or grid patterns with spaces that are designed to be scanned with a 2D camera. Codes can contain over 700Kb data that are capable of embedding color photographs of an individual or component, iris, facial, and fingerprint identification templates in the code itself. Codes may be read…
The process of removing material from a solid surface by irradiating it with a laser beam. At low laser flux, the material is heated by the absorbed laser energy and evaporates or sublimates. In printed documents, this results in an image, number or code being created by burning the ink from a solid inked area,…
A process for blackening special plastic layers by heating them with a laser. Laser engraving is the inscribing of information into a substrate, such as a plastic card by means of burning the substrate with, for instance, a CO2 or Nd-Yag laser beam (laser ablation). Laser engraving allows the personalization of the plastic card. Matrix…
Holes are made in a card with the laser beam creating images, objects or numbering. The image is visible when held up to a light source. It may have a tactile feel with conical holes that are larger at the entrance than exit. Holes can either be horizontal to the card surface, creating an image…
A code or characters that can be read by a machine, that can carry unique or personalized information useful for proof of authenticity and other security and rights management applications in digital and analog media content. Machine readable characters can be visually readable specific type fonts, such as OCR characters or the OCR-B characters of…
Combination of a lens structure integrated to the surface of the document with elements engraved or printed into a bottom layer. Multiple images can be observed depending on the viewing angle. MLI effects tilt top to bottom with horizontal lenses. CLI effects tilt side to side with vertical prism lenses. Below photo illustrates the MLI/CLI…
