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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2011
Stephen Banister Green, Southampton, GB;
Stephen Banister Green, Southampton, GB;
De la Rue International Limited, Hampshire, GB;
Abstract
A security element is provided for a document of value. The security element includes an array of apertures through at least a portion of the document of value, the arrangement of apertures relative to one another forming an observable data item. The array of apertures includes apertures of at least two different shapes or orientations, the occurrence of the different shapes or orientations within the array representing an encoded data item. Also provided is a method of manufacturing a security element on a document of value, including: obtaining a first data item and generating an aperture array template; obtaining a second data item and encoding the second data item within the aperture array template; and perforating at least a portion of the security document according to the encoded aperture array template.