Bundesdruckerei Gmbh

Identive Technologies (india) Pvt Ltd

Florian Peters

Manfred Paeschke

Detlef Starick

Oliver Muth

Andreas Wolf

Sylke Rösler

Sven Rösler

Monika Voh

Matthias Koch

Andreas Deichsel

Guido Haussmann

Roland Heise

Dieter-Heinrich Sauter

Duraipandianadar Balasubramanian

Steffen Scholze

Adrie Bos

Mario Vonrüty

Harald Dittrich

Piotr Szegvari

A security feature is presented for a security or value document. The security feature comprises a zinc sulfide luminophore in the form of particles. The zinc sulfide luminophore has the general chemical formula ZnS:Cu, M, X; here, M represents one or more elements from a group comprising the chemical elements Co, In and Ni; X represents one or more elements from a group comprising the halides F, Cl, Br and I; and the following applies: 0<x<0.002 and 0::; y<0.00015 and 0::; z<0.00050. The particles each have cubic phase portions and hexagonal phase portions. When excited by an electrical field, the zinc sulfide luminophore emits a first radiation in the range of the light spectrum between 580 nm and 780 nm. When excited by heating the luminophore to a temperature between 100° C. and 150° C., the zinc sulfide luminophore emits a second radiation in the light spectrum.

Security feature and method for the detection thereof, and security or value document

A banknote includes a processor and a memory. An identification number of the banknote is stored in the memory of the security element and identifies an anonymous banknote account managed by a central bank issuing the banknote and individually assigned to the corresponding banknote. A banknote-specific cryptographic key is stored in a protected memory area of the memory. A payment method executed with the banknote receiving a payment request for a payment with the banknote, generating a payment-specific cryptogram for authorising the payment with the banknote, wherein the cryptogram is generated from the identification number of the banknote and a payment-specific code as input values using the banknote-specific cryptographic key, and sending a payment authorisation including the payment-specific cryptogram.

Banknote with processor

The present invention firstly relates to a security feature for a security or value document. The security feature comprises a zinc sulfide luminophore in the form of particles. The zinc sulfide luminophore has the general chemical formula ZnS: Cu, M, X; here, M represents one or more elements from a group comprising the chemical elements Co, In and Ni; X represents one or more elements from a group comprising the halides F, Cl, Br and I; and the following applies: 0<x<0.002 and 0≤y<0.00015 and 0≤z<0.00050. The particles each have cubic phase portions and hexagonal phase portions. When excited by an electrical field, the zinc sulfide luminophore emits a first radiation in the range of the light spectrum between 580 nm and 780 nm. When excited by heating the luminophore to a temperature between 100° C. and 150° C., the zinc sulfide luminophore emits a second radiation in the light spectrum. Furthermore, the invention relates to a security and value document, which may for example be a bank note or a passport, an identity card, a driving license or a postage stamp. The invention also relates to a method for detecting and/or verifying the security feature according to the invention.

The invention relates to a mobile proximity coupling device () for inductive coupling with an integrated circuit of a proximity object, the integrated circuit comprising a coupling interface for inductive coupling, the proximity coupling device () comprising a contactless interface () being configured to inductively transmit a first number of commands towards the integrated circuit, and, after transmitting a respective command, to wait for a reception of a dedicated answer to the respective command from the integrated circuit within a predetermined time interval; and a processor () being configured to determine a quality indicator upon the basis of a second number of received dedicated answers to the first number of commands, the quality indicator indicating a quality of an inductive coupling between the contactless interface and the coupling interface of the integrated circuit.

Mobile proximity coupling device

The invention relates to a mobile proximity coupling device () for inductive coupling with an integrated circuit of a proximity object, the integrated circuit comprising a coupling interface for inductive coupling, the mobile proximity coupling device () comprising a contactless interface () for inductive coupling with the coupling interface of the integrated circuit; a processor () for determining a quality indicator indicating a quality of the inductive coupling; and a display () for displaying a desired change of position of the mobile proximity coupling device relatively to the proximity object if the quality indicator indicates an insufficient quality of the inductive coupling.

Mobile proximity coupling device with display

A card reader device is configured to carry out communication with a contactless readable card according to standard ISO/IEC 14443 type B. In order to provide that a modulation index, which self-adjusts in close range in a presence of a contactless readable card, corresponds to a desired specified modulation index, the magnetic field is received and evaluated via a reception antenna of the card reader device. The modulation index is controlled or regulated accordingly in case of deviations between a measured modulation index and a specified value for the modulation index in order to approximate the measured modulation index to the specified value.

Card reader device for contactless readable cards and method for operating said card reader device

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