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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2022
Crane & Co., Inc., Dalton, MA (US);
Samuel M. Cape, Woodstock, GA (US);
Benjamin E. Bleiman, Cumming, GA (US);
Jason Van Gumster, Woodstock, GA (US);
Crane & Co., Inc, Dalton, MA (US);
Abstract
An optical security device includes an array of focusing elements spaced at a first pitch along a first axis of repetition, wherein each focusing element of the array of focusing elements is associated with a focal footprint at a first focal depth. The optical security device further includes an icon layer disposed at the first focal depth relative to the array of focusing elements, the icon layer comprising an array of hybrid image icons. Each hybrid image icon includes a first component associated with a first emergent image projected by the optical security device and a second component associated with a second emergent image projected by the optical security device.