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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2003
Applicants:
Karlheinz Mayer, Augsburg, DE;
Reinhard Plaschka, Windach, DE;
Georg Depta, Rosenheim, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Giesecke & Devrient GmbH, Munich, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a method, in which from two images of a security element, which are recorded with right-handed and left-handed circularly polarizing filters, a differential image is produced, on the basis of which the authenticity of the security element is tested, and an apparatus for carrying out the method.