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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2021
Applicant:
Koenig & Bauer Banknote Solutions SA, Lausanne, CH;
Inventor:
Robert Laird Stewart, La Tour de Peilz, CH;
Assignee:
Koenig & Bauer Banknote Solutions SA, Lausanne, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/58 (2006.01); B42D 25/485 (2014.01); B41M 3/14 (2006.01); G02B 3/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/32 (2006.01); B42D 25/324 (2014.01); B42D 25/328 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B42D 25/485 (2014.10); B41M 3/14 (2013.01); G02B 3/0031 (2013.01); G02B 3/0056 (2013.01); H04N 1/32267 (2013.01); B42D 25/324 (2014.10); B42D 25/328 (2014.10); H04N 2201/3233 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3271 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3284 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods for designing and producing a security feature are provided. In general, the present disclosure provides methods of designing a printed image in a security feature, the security feature comprising an array of optical elements overlaying the printed image, wherein the printed image comprises a two dimensional matrix of rows and columns of pixels, the method comprising; correcting for a mismatch between the pixels of the printed image and the array of optical elements by doing one or more of: adding one or more pixels; removing one or more pixels; and moving one or more pixels.