Patent ID: 6827283
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: B41M,B42D,G06K

Abstract:
An element secured against forgery and/or counterfeiting, id est a security element (114) comprising at least two layers (104, 105), that are arranged one above another with a vertical offset and whose color can be changed independently from the other in at least one region, characterized in that colored regions of higher located layers at least partly cover colored regions of lower located layers and the colored region (107) of the first layer (104) and the colored region (108) of the second layer (105) and, if appropriate, colored regions (109) of further layers that are arranged above the first two together form a part, such as in particular an image point (115, 401, 501), of a personalization information (ABCD) and/or of an information that individualizes the security element, such as in particular a portrait, a signature or person-related data, whereby this part of the personalization information (ABCD) and/or of an information that individualizes the security element (114) exhibits a color change when the security element (114) is tilted by a change of the size of the covered parts of the regions.