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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 1978
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1977
Roland Moraw, Naurod, DE;
Gunther Schadlich, Naurod, DE;
Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Abstract
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for verifying an identification card or the like having visible indicia thereon and also having on a portion thereof a hologram of said visible indicia as originally placed on the identification card. The method comprises the steps of: producing an optical image of the visible indicia on the identification card; producing a reconstructed image of the hologram on the identification card; projecting the optical image and the reconstructed holographic image, in superimposed register, and either continuously or intermittently, e.g., alternately, upon a common optical image plane; and comparing the images on the image plane. The apparatus comprises suitable optical elements for carrying out these steps using either a single laser light source or such a light source together with a conventional light source.