Label, adhesive label, and printed product

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9731541-B2
Application number	US-201414229147-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 28, 2014
Priority date	Sep 29, 2011
Publication date	Aug 15, 2017
Grant date	Aug 15, 2017

Abstract

A label ( 1 ) of this invention includes an optical function layer ( 13 ) configured to pass light of a certain wavelength, a light absorption layer ( 15 ) facing the optical function layer ( 13 ) and configured to absorb the light of the wavelength, and a light scattering layer ( 12 ) intervening between the optical function layer ( 13 ) and the light absorption layer ( 15 ) and including hollow bodies configured to scatter the light of the wavelength. The light scattering layer ( 12 ) is configured to raise a transmittance at the wavelength upon receiving external heat.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A label comprising:
an optical function layer configured to pass light of a certain wavelength;
a light absorption layer facing the optical function layer and configured to absorb the light of the wavelength; and
a light scattering layer intervening between the optical function layer and the light absorption layer and including hollow bodies configured to scatter the light of the wavelength,
wherein the light scattering layer is configured to raise a transmittance at the wavelength upon receiving external heat,
wherein the light scattering layer is configured to raise a transmittance at the wavelength upon receiving external heat, the label further comprises a light absorption pattern configured to absorb the light of the wavelength, the light absorption pattern intervening between the optical function layer and the light scattering layer or facing the light scattering layer while sandwiching the optical function layer, and the light absorption pattern and the optical function layer have the same color.

2. The label according to claim 1 , wherein the light scattering layer raises the transmittance at the wavelength when the hollow bodies are broken.

3. The label according to claim 1 , wherein the wavelength is in an infrared range, and the optical function layer comprises a black layer.

4. The label according to claim 3 , wherein the wavelength is in a near infrared range, and a transmittance difference for a wavelength in one of a wavelength range of 700 to 800 nm of the near infrared range and a wavelength range of 800 to 1,500 nm of the near infrared range is not less than 10% in the optical function layer.

5. A label comprising: an optical function layer configured to pass light of a certain wavelength; a light absorption layer facing the optical function layer and configured to absorb the light of the wavelength; and a light scattering layer intervening between the optical function layer and the light absorption layer and including hollow bodies configured to scatter the light of the wavelength, wherein the light scattering layer is configured to raise a transmittance at the wavelength upon receiving external heat, the optical function layer comprises a light absorption pattern configured to absorb the light of the wavelength, the light absorption pattern being a colored pattern facing part of the light absorption layer while sandwiching the light scattering layer, and the light absorption layer comprises a colored layer having the same color as the light absorption pattern.

6. An adhesive label comprising:
a label defined in claim 1 ; and
an adhesive layer facing a major surface of the label on a side of a light absorption layer.

7. A printed product comprising:
a label defined in claim 1 ;
a print base facing a major surface of the label on a side of a light absorption layer; and
an adhesive layer intervening between the label and the print base and configured to put the label on the print base.

8. An adhesive label comprising:
a label defined in claim 2 ; and
an adhesive layer facing a major surface of the label on a side of a light absorption layer.

9. An adhesive label comprising:
a label defined in claim 3 ; and
an adhesive layer facing a major surface of the label on a side of a light absorption layer.

10. An adhesive label comprising:
a label defined in claim 4 ; and
an adhesive layer facing a major surface of the label on a side of a light absorption layer.

11. An adhesive label comprising:
a label defined in claim 5 ; and
an adhesive layer facing a major surface of the label on a side of a light absorption layer.

12. A printed product comprising:
a label defined in claim 2 ;
a print base facing a major surface of the label on a side of a light absorption layer; and
an adhesive layer intervening between the label and the print base and configured to put the label on the print base.

13. A printed product comprising:
a label defined in claim 3 ;
a print base facing a major surface of the label on a side of a light absorption layer; and
an adhesive layer intervening between the label and the print base and configured to put the label on the print base.

14. A printed product comprising:
a label defined in claim 4 ;
a print base facing a major surface of the label on a side of a light absorption layer; and
an adhesive layer intervening between the label and the print base and configured to put the label on the print base.

15. A printed product comprising:
a label defined in claim 5 ;
a print base facing a major surface of the label on a side of a light absorption layer; and
an adhesive layer intervening between the label and the print base and configured to put the label on the print base.

16. A label comprising:
an optical function layer configured to pass light of a certain wavelength;
a light absorption layer facing the optical function layer and configured to absorb the light of the wavelength; and
a light scattering layer intervening between the optical function layer and the light absorption layer and including hollow bodies configured to scatter the light of the wavelength,
wherein the light scattering layer is configured to raise a transmittance at the wavelength upon receiving external heat,
the label further comprises a light absorption pattern configured to absorb the light of the wavelength, and
the light absorption pattern and the light absorption layer have the same color.

Assignees

• Toppan Printing Co Ltd
• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Minamikawa Miho
• Ochiai Hideki
• Gocho Satoshi
• Koizumi Yoshihiro
• Takahashi Masaru
• Fukano Takakazu

Classifications

• G06K19/10

  at least one kind of marking being used for authentication, e.g. of credit or identity cards (verification of coded identity or credit cards in mechanisms actuated by them G07F7/12) · CPC title

• B32B27/08

  of synthetic resin · CPC title

• B32B2307/40

  having particular optical properties · CPC title

• G09F3/0292

  tamper indicating labels · CPC title

• B32B2519/00

  Labels, badges · CPC title