Identity card with physical unclonable function

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9495626-B2
Application number	US-201314436253-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 12, 2013
Priority date	Oct 18, 2012
Publication date	Nov 15, 2016
Grant date	Nov 15, 2016

Abstract

An identity card, comprising a card body and a physical unclonable function are arranged within the card body, wherein the physical unclonable function comprises a first light influencing layer and a second light influencing layer.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An identity card, comprising:
a card body comprising laminated transparent layers; and
a physical unclonable function arranged within the card body;
wherein the physical unclonable function comprises a first light influencing layer and a second light influencing layer, the first light influencing layer is arranged between successive two laminated transparent layers of the card body, and the second light influencing layer is arranged between successive two laminated transparent layers of the card body.

2. The identity card of claim 1 , wherein the first light influencing layer and the second light influencing layer have light transmittances which are smaller than a light transmittance of the card body.

3. The identity card of claim 1 , wherein the first light influencing layer or the second light influencing layer comprises an optically linear layer, an optically nonlinear layer, or an optically excited layer.

4. The identity card of claim 3 , wherein the optically linear layer is one of the following layers:
a metal layer or
a printing ink layer or
a nanoparticle layer or
a layer having a light refraction index which is different than a light refraction index of the card body, or
a diffractive layer,

wherein the optically nonlinear layer is a nonlinear polymer layer, and wherein the optically excited layer is a fluorescent material layer.

5. The identity card of claim 1 , wherein the first light influencing layer or the second light influencing layer comprises spaced surface elements, in particular stripes or rectangles or circular elements or oval elements.

6. The identity card of claim 1 , wherein the first light influencing layer comprises a pattern, in particular a periodic pattern or a non-periodic pattern or a grating, of spaced surface elements having smaller transmittance than the card body, and wherein the second light influencing layer comprises a pattern, in particular a periodic pattern or a non-periodic pattern or a grating, of spaced surface elements having smaller transmittance than the card body.

7. The identity card of claim 6 , wherein the respective pattern is one-dimensional or two-dimensional.

8. The identity card of claim 1 ,
wherein the first light influencing layer comprises a first pattern of spaced surface elements,
wherein the second light influencing layer comprises a second pattern of spaced surface elements, and
wherein the first pattern of spaced surface elements and the second pattern of spaced surface elements are arranged above each other.

9. The identity card of claim 8 ,
wherein the spaced surface elements of the first light influencing layer and the spaced surface elements of the second light influencing layer are arranged exactly above each other within a tolerance; or
wherein the first pattern and the second pattern are displaced with respect to each other.

10. The identity card of claim 8 , the surfaces of the spaced surface elements of the first light influencing layer have equal or different dimensions than surfaces of the spaced surface elements of the second light influencing layer.

11. The identity card of claim 1 , wherein the respective light influencing layer comprises spaced surface elements respectively having a wavelength-scale surface dimensions or thicknesses, or wherein the respective light influencing layer comprises spaced surface elements respectively spaced apart by a wavelength-scale distance, or wherein a distance between the first light influencing layer and the second light influencing layer is of wavelength scale.

12. The identity card of claim 1 , wherein the first light influencing layer and the second light influencing layer jointly form an optical lens.

13. The identity card of claim 1 , further comprising a light source for emitting light towards the first light influencing layer and the second light influencing layer, and an optical sensor for sensing light from the first light influencing layer and the second light influencing layer in response to the emitted light.

14. A method for manufacturing an identity card, the method comprising:
providing a plurality of transparent laminate layers;
arranging a first light influencing layer between successive two transparent laminate layers and arranging a second light influencing layer between successive two transparent laminate layers to obtain a physical unclonable function such that the physical unclonable function being positioned within the identity card; and
laminating the transparent laminate layers and the physical unclonable function to obtain the identity card.

Assignees

• Bundesdruckerei Gmbh

Inventors

• Kulikovska Olga
• Paeschke Manfred
• Fumy Walter
• Morgner Frank

Classifications

• G06K19/06037 Primary

  multi-dimensional coding · CPC title

• G06K19/0614

  the marking being selective to wavelength, e.g. color barcode or barcodes only visible under UV or IR (methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers using a selected wavelength, see G06K7/12) · CPC title

• B42D25/00 Primary

  Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof (printing processes to produce identification or security features B41M3/14) · CPC title

• B42D2035/36

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• G06K19/06093

  the marking being constructed out of a plurality of similar markings, e.g. a plurality of barcodes randomly oriented on an object · CPC title