JP7141659B2 - Security booklet and its creation method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a security booklet and a method of making a security booklet.

In a conventional security booklet equipped with an IC chip, personal information, etc., is stored in the IC chip, and information linked to this personal information, etc., is formed on the same page, and the personal information, etc. in the IC chip is stored on the same page. Authenticity determination was performed by comparing and collating the formed information.

Japanese Patent No. 5919741 and Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2004-213253, for example, disclose technology related to a security booklet containing a conventional IC chip.

Patent No. 5919741 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-213253

However, the conventional security booklets as described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 have the following problems.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a conventional security booklet 601. As shown in FIG. An IC chip 11 storing personal information is embedded in the security booklet 601, and a page (hereinafter referred to as an ID page) 601a in which information linked to the personal information in the IC chip 11 is formed contains a face. An area MRZ (machine-readable zone) 13 in which a photograph 12, passport information, etc. are written and machine-readable is arranged.

Authenticity determination for such a security booklet 601 is performed only for the ID page 601a, that is, only for the IC chip 11, face photograph 12, and MRZ 13. FIG. Therefore, when the ID page 601a is extracted from the security booklet 601, it may be easily forged by replacing the forged ID page and binding it.

In addition, when a disaster occurs and the power supply is stopped, or when entering or leaving a country where there is no reading device for authenticity determination, or when inspecting the security booklet by job question etc., please refer to the ID page 601a The personal information and the like in the IC chip 11 and the information linked with the personal information and the like, that is, the face photograph 12 and the MRZ 13 could not be read, and the authenticity could not be determined.

In view of the above circumstances, the present invention provides a security booklet that is highly effective in preventing counterfeiting by extracting an ID page, etc., and that enables authenticity determination even when electrical and communication means cannot be used, and a method for creating the security booklet. intended to provide

The security booklet of the present invention has an IC chip storing first information including at least personal information, an ID page formed with second information linked to the first information, and at least one IC chip excluding the ID page. and another page, and at least part of the first information is formed as invisible information on at least one other page.

Further, in the security booklet of the present invention, at least two pieces of invisible information are formed on at least one other page. or all of which are information with different contents.

Further, the security booklet of the present invention includes, as invisible information, a first area configured using black ink containing an infrared absorbing pigment and a black-based area configured using ink not containing an infrared absorbing pigment. and a second area, wherein a gradation image is formed according to the area ratio of the first area and the second area, and includes at least information visible in an infrared-rayed environment. .

In addition, the security booklet of the present invention has, as invisible information, a first image line and a second image line arranged to face each other with the center line along the first direction as a boundary. The first image line and the second image line in each image line element have the same area and are in a negative-positive relationship, and the discriminating tool is placed along the first direction. includes at least information in which a positive image or a negative image of the first invisible information is visually recognized by the first drawing line, and a negative image or a positive image of the second invisible information is visually recognized by the second drawing line. Characterized by

A method for creating a security booklet according to the present invention is a method for creating a security booklet using a server storing personal information and a creation device connected to the server for creating a security booklet, the security booklet comprising: An ID page having an IC chip storing first information including at least personal information and formed with second information linked to the first information, and at least one other page excluding the ID page receiving the personal information from the server by the production device; and forming at least part of the personal information as invisible information on at least one other page by the production device. Characterized by

Further, a method for creating a security booklet of the present invention is a method for creating a security booklet using a server storing personal information and a creating device connected to the server for creating a security booklet, the creating device comprising: comprises an arithmetic processing unit having a data input function, a storage function, an arithmetic processing function, and a data output function; the security booklet has an IC chip storing first information including at least personal information; An ID page on which second information linked to the first information is formed, and at least one page other than the ID page on which at least part of personal information is formed as invisible information, and data input a step of inputting source data including personal information and represented by images and characters from a server using a function; a step of inputting setting data stored in a storage function using a data input function; A second stream obtained by converting the first stream information of the images and characters included in the source data into stream information of the images and characters according to the setting data while maintaining the property information of the images and characters included in the source data. the second stream information includes invisible information, and the step of outputting the generated print data by a data output function; Characterized by

Furthermore, the security booklet creation method of the present invention further comprises the steps of verifying information in the security booklet using a communication terminal, reading the first information from the IC chip, and reading the first information from the ID page. a step of reading the second information; a step of comparing and collating the first information read from the IC chip and the second information read from the ID page; and forming invisible information on at least one other page. a step of reading at least part of the personal information; and a step of comparing and collating the first information read from the IC chip and at least part of the personal information read from at least one other page. It is characterized by verifying the information of the booklet.

According to the security booklet and the method for producing the security booklet of the present invention, it is possible to improve the anti-counterfeiting effect and to determine the authenticity of the booklet even when electric and communication means cannot be used.

Explanatory drawing which showed the structure of the conventional security booklet. Explanatory drawing which showed the structure of the security booklet by one embodiment of this invention. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of first invisible information used in the security booklet according to the embodiment; Explanatory drawing which showed the structure of the identification card formed by the said 1st invisible information. FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a printed matter on which second invisible information used in the security booklet according to the embodiment is formed; FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a printed pattern forming the second invisible information; FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which the second invisible information is expressed by a discriminating tool such as a lenticular lens; FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which the second invisible information is expressed by a discriminating tool such as a lenticular lens; Explanatory drawing which shows the drawing line structure which comprises the second invisible information. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the arrangement of drawing lines that constitute the second invisible information; FIG. 11 is an explanatory view showing a state in which a discriminating tool such as a lenticular lens is placed on the printed matter on which the second invisible information is formed and observed. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing the principle that a positive (negative) image in the second invisible information is generated by a discriminating tool such as a lenticular lens when the discriminating tool such as a lenticular lens is placed in one direction; FIG. 11 is an explanatory view showing the principle that a negative (positive) image in the second invisible information is generated by a discriminating tool such as a lenticular lens when the discriminating tool such as a lenticular lens is placed in one direction; FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing the principle that a positive (negative) image in the second invisible information is generated by a discriminating tool such as a lenticular lens when the discriminating tool such as a lenticular lens is placed in another direction forming 90 degrees. FIG. 11 is an explanatory view showing the principle that a negative (positive) image in the second invisible information is generated by a discriminating tool such as a lenticular lens when the discriminating tool such as a lenticular lens is placed in another direction forming 90 degrees. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the respective configurations of a genuine security booklet and a forged security booklet that is bound by extracting an ID page from the genuine security booklet and replacing it with a forged ID page. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a method of determining the authenticity of a genuine security booklet and a forged security booklet using a communication terminal; FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an outline of a procedure for creating print data for a security booklet in an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of stream information and property information of images and characters included in printed matter. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing portions corresponding to stream information in the same embodiment; FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing generation of print data by replacing stream information in the same embodiment; FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the structure of a PDF file used in the same embodiment; FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an object of a PDF file used in the same embodiment; FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the internal structure of a PDF file used in the same embodiment; FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing stream information of a PDF file used in the same embodiment; FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing replacement of image stream information in a PDF file used in the same embodiment; FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing replacement of character stream information in a PDF file used in the same embodiment; FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing byte length update processing as processing that accompanies replacement of stream information in a PDF file used in the embodiment. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing update processing of a cross-reference table as processing that accompanies replacement of stream information in a PDF file used in the embodiment; 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a generation device for executing a method of generating print data for a security booklet according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing a procedure for creating source data used in the method of creating print data for a security booklet according to the embodiment; 4 is a flowchart showing a procedure for creating setting data using source data in the method of creating print data for a security booklet according to the embodiment; FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a database used in the method of creating print data for a security booklet according to the embodiment; FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of setting data used in the method of creating data for printing a security booklet according to the embodiment; FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a procedure for creating print data by replacing stream information with source data in the method of creating print data for a security booklet according to the embodiment; FIG.

A security booklet and a method for creating the same according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2(a) shows the structure of the security booklet 201 according to this embodiment. An IC chip 11 storing personal information is embedded in the security booklet 201, and an ID page 201a in which information linked to the personal information in the IC chip 11 is formed includes a facial photograph 12, MRZ 13, invisible information, and so on. 14 are placed.

Furthermore, in this security booklet 201, on pages 201b other than the ID page 201a, first invisible information 16 in which at least part of the personal information in the IC chip 11 is formed, and this first invisible information 16 and second invisible information 15 in which at least part of the personal information is formed in a form different from that of the second invisible information. Here, both the first invisible information 16 and the second invisible information 15 can be read by using a simple discriminating tool without using a reading device that requires power supply. . Although two pieces of invisible information are formed on the page 201b in FIG. 2(a), one piece of invisible information may be formed.

Specifically, the first invisible information 16 can be read using an infrared irradiation tool as a simple discrimination tool, and the second invisible information 15 can be read using a lenticular lens or parallel line filter as a simple discrimination tool. Invisible information can be confirmed by applying a discriminating tool from above the visible information 17 . Alternatively, it can be read by a communication terminal having built-in software capable of reading using the principle of a lenticular lens or parallel line filter. The other page 201b may be a double-page spread page with the ID page 201a, but it may not be a double-page spread page with the ID page 201a.

The invisible information 14 of the ID page 201a and the second invisible information 15 of the other page 201b are illustrated in FIG. Actually, the visible information 17 as shown in FIG. 2(b) is usually visually recognized, and the second invisible information 15 can be visually recognized as shown in FIG. 2(c) when a discrimination tool is applied. .

Similarly, in the region in which the first invisible information 16 is formed, for example, a continuous tone face image shown in FIG. It is formed so that the first invisible information 16 as shown in FIG. 2(f) can be visually recognized under infrared irradiation.

In addition, the general two-dimensional code shown in FIG. 2(e) is formed so as to be visible as visible information 17-2 with ordinary visible light, and when irradiated with infrared rays, it is different from the two-dimensional code. The first invisible image 16 may be formed as an image obtained by inverting a two-dimensional code having information as shown in FIG. 2(f).

Thus, both the visible image 17 and the invisible information 14, the first invisible information 15, and the second invisible information 16 may be simple binary images or full-color continuous tone images, and are not particularly limited. do not have.

An example of the first invisible information 16 will be described. This first invisible information 16 is described in Japanese Patent No. 3544536 filed by the same applicant as the present application, and looks like a black-and-white image or a full-color image under normal light. For example, an invisible image is visible under irradiation with infrared rays.

The first invisible information 16 has the streak configuration shown in FIG. 3 when enlarged. A plurality of sets of one first region 21 and one second region 22 adjacent to the first region 21 are arranged, and the circumference of the second region 22 is a plurality (four in the figure). ). The first region 21 has a larger area than the second region 22 .

The first area 21 is printed with inks of three colors, cyan (C), magenta (M), and yellow (Y), which do not contain infrared absorbing dyes. On the other hand, the second region 22 consists of a region 2a printed with one color ink such as black (Bk) containing carbon as an infrared absorbing pigment, and a black ink containing no infrared absorbing pigment. , and a 2b region 24 printed with a mixture of inks of three colors, for example, cyan (C), magenta (M), and yellow (Y).

In the second area 22 , a gradation image is formed by the 2a area 23 and the 2b area 24 in accordance with the ratio of the 2a area 23 and the 2b area 24 .

The first area 21 constitutes a dot image P1 that is visually recognized as a full-color image under normal light. The 2a-th region 23 in the second region 22 constitutes an invisible image P2 that is visually recognized under infrared irradiation.

FIG. 4 shows an example of an identification card created using the first area 21 and the second area 22 . A portion a in FIG. 4 is configured as a halftone image by the first area 21 . Part b contains invisible information composed of one color of black (Bk) ink containing an infrared-absorbing colorant by the second area 23 of the second area 22 .

Next, the second invisible information 15 that can be read by a discriminating tool such as a lenticular lens or a communication terminal containing software that can be read using the principle of a lenticular lens will be described.

This second invisible information 15 is described in Japanese Patent No. 4635160 by the same applicant as the present application.

As shown in FIG. 5, by superimposing a discriminating tool 32 such as a lenticular lens on the printed matter, the second invisible information 15 composed of arbitrary figures, characters, etc., as shown in FIG. 6 can be visually recognized. can be done. Note that the lenticular lens is formed by forming a plurality of straight lines in one direction on a transparent filter.

When the discrimination tool 32 is superimposed on the printed matter 31 at a predetermined angle, for example, 0 degrees, a positive or negative invisible image 35 is visually recognized as shown in FIG. 7(a) or 7(b). When the discriminating tool 32 is superimposed on the printed matter 31 at a predetermined angle of 90 degrees, another invisible image 36 different from the invisible image 35 is formed as shown in FIG. 8(a) or 8(b). is viewed as positive or negative. Here, the positive or negative image changes by shifting the relative positional relationship between the printed matter 31 and the discriminating tool 32 .

As an example of the second invisible information 15, FIG. 9 shows a partially enlarged image line configuration. The vertical and horizontal dimension S is 1 mm or less, for example, 340 μm. Such images are regularly arranged in a matrix on the surface of the printed matter. Each streak comprises at least three streak elements. The objects A and A' form a pair and are in a negative-positive relationship with each other. That is, when one is black (on), the other is white (off), and when one is colored (on), the other is uncolored (off). Neither of them are both white (off). Object A and object A' have the same area. Due to the presence of such objects A and A', it is not visible under normal visible conditions, and an invisible image (negative or positive) is visible only by the object A, and only by the object A' An invisible image (positive or negative) is visible.

Similarly, the objects B and B' form a pair, have a negative-positive relationship, and have the same area. With only the object B or only with the object B', an invisible image (negative or positive) or an invisible image (positive or negative) different from the invisible image by the objects A and A' is visually recognized.

The object C constitutes a visible image made up of arbitrary figures, characters, etc. that are visually recognized under normal visible light.

FIG. 10 shows a state in which such images A and A', B and B', C and C' are regularly arranged in a matrix on the printed matter 31. As shown in FIG. The objects A and A', which form a pair, have the same total image area and are in a negative-positive relationship, so that the invisible image cannot be visually recognized with normal eyes. Similarly, the total image area of the paired objects B and B' is equal, and they are in a negative-positive relationship, so that the invisible image cannot be visually recognized with normal eyes. .

When the printed matter 31 is observed by normal visual observation, the visible images due to the objects C and C′ are visually recognized and the invisible images are not visually recognized. , or the streak B or B' invisible image becomes visible.

When the printed pattern 33 on the printed matter 31 is placed as shown in FIG. As shown in b), only the object line A located on the center line 37 appears to expand, so that the invisible image formed by the object line A is visually recognized.

As shown in FIG. 13(a), when placed so that the center of the image line A' and the center line 37 of each lens of the discriminating tool 32 match, as shown in FIG. 13(b) Since only the object line A' located on the center line 37 appears to expand, an invisible image formed by the object line A' is visually recognized.

As shown in FIG. 14(a), the angle is 90 degrees with respect to the printed pattern 33 on the printed material 31, and the center of the image line B coincides with the center line 37 of each lens of the discrimination tool 32. When the discriminating tool 32 is placed in such a manner that only the image line B located on the center line 37 appears expanded as shown in FIG. visible.

As shown in FIG. 15(a), when placed so that the center of the image line B' and the center line 37 of each lens of the discriminating tool 32 match, as shown in FIG. 15(b) Since only the object line B' located on the center line 37 appears to expand, an invisible image formed by the object line B' is visually recognized.

FIG. 16(a) shows the configuration of the authentic security booklet 201. As shown in FIG. As described above, in the ID page 201a of the security booklet 201, the IC chip 11 storing personal information is embedded, and the face photograph 12, MRZ 13, and invisible information 14 are arranged. Further, on pages 201b other than the ID page 201a, the first invisible information 16 in which at least part of the personal information in the IC chip 11 is formed, and personal information in a form different from the first invisible information 16 and a second invisible information 15 formed by at least a part of.

On the other hand, FIG. 16(b) shows the structure of the forged security booklet 401. As shown in FIG. In the forged security booklet 401, the genuine ID page 201a is extracted and replaced with the forged ID page 401a. In this forged ID page 401a, a forged IC chip 411 is embedded, a forged facial photograph 412, a forged MRZ 413, and an area 414 in which no information is formed are arranged.

In the counterfeit security booklet 401, the other pages 201b are identical to the other pages 201b of the genuine security booklet 201, except for the counterfeit ID page 401a. Therefore, the other page 201b is provided with the first invisible information 16 and the second invisible information 15 as described above.

Authenticity discrimination between the genuine security booklet 201 and the forged security booklet 401 is performed as follows. First, authenticity determination is performed using the first invisible information 16 .

In the authentic security booklet 201, the first invisible information 16 is formed on another page 201b. This first invisible information 16 is read by irradiating with infrared rays. The read first invisible information 16 is compared with the information of the IC chip 11, face photograph 12, MRZ 13, and invisible information 14 in the ID page 201a, and can be determined to be genuine.

On the other hand, in the counterfeit security booklet 401, the ID page 401a is forged, but the other pages 201b are identical to the genuine security booklet 201. FIG. Therefore, the first invisible information 16 is formed on this other page 201b. The first invisible information 16 is read by irradiating it with infrared rays. When the read first invisible information 16 and the information of the IC chip 411, facial photograph 412, and MRZ 413 in the forged ID page 401a are compared and collated, the two do not match, so it is determined that the information is forged. can be discriminated. Further, the forged ID page 401a has a region 414 where the invisible information 14 is not formed. From this, it can be seen that this security booklet 401 is a forgery.

Next, authenticity determination is performed using the second invisible information 15 . As shown in FIG. 17, the second invisible information 15 may be read by a communication terminal 501 storing software for reading using the principle of a lenticular lens or the like.

In the genuine security booklet 201, the second invisible information 15 is formed on another page 201b. This second invisible information 15 is read by the communication terminal 501 . The read second invisible information 15 and the information of the IC chip 11, face photograph 12, and MRZ 13 in the ID page 201a are compared and collated to determine that the information is genuine.

On the other hand, in the counterfeit security booklet 401, the ID page 401a is forged, but the other pages 201b are identical to the genuine security booklet 201. FIG. Therefore, the second invisible information 15 is formed on this other page 201b. This second invisible information 15 is read by the communication terminal 501 . When the read second invisible information 15 and the information of the IC chip 411, facial photograph 412, and MRZ 413 in the forged ID page 401a are compared and collated, the two do not match, so it is determined that the information is forged. can be discriminated. Further, as described above, the forged ID page 401a has a region 414 where the invisible information 14 is not formed. From this, it can be seen that this security booklet 401 is a forgery.

The security booklet according to this embodiment can be created using, for example, variable printing described below. This printing method is described in Japanese Patent Application No. 2018-220788 by the same applicant as the present application.

Variable printing generally refers to printing a large number of different types of printed matter by changing the printing content for each sheet.

Digital printers used in variable printing are designed to be high-speed for mass production, and some models can print A4 standard paper at a speed of 30 or more sheets per minute. If printing is to be performed at a speed of 300 sheets per minute, it is desirable to generate, for example, PDF format print data to be supplied to the digital printer at a speed of 300 or more per minute. In other words, in order to take advantage of the high speed of the digital printer, it is necessary to generate print data in 0.2 seconds or less per item. If it takes more than 0.2 seconds to generate the print data, it causes a decrease in production efficiency.

In order to maintain the high speed of the digital printing machine and obtain high productivity in variable printing, it is necessary to generate printing data in a short time less than the printing speed.

A designer realizes a design drawn in his/her head as design data using commercially available design software. Design software can be freely arranged, such as designing with a complicated layer structure, arranging characters so that they follow free-form curves, and clipping images with clipping masks, and high expressive power can be obtained.

The design software is run on the computer, and the created design data is stored in the storage unit in the computer as source data in PDF format or the like. As shown in FIG. 18, using the stored source data 52 as a template, only the stream information, which is variable information, is replaced to create print data 51a, 51b, and 51c.

Data relating to images and characters forming the first invisible information 16 and the second invisible information 15 described above must be changed for each individual security booklet. Therefore, the data related to these invisible information are included in the source data 52, but are not included in the property information, which is fixed information, but are included in the stream information, which is variable information.

FIG. 19 shows an example of image and character stream information and property information. Elements that make up printed matter are considered to be classified into either images or characters. Images include raster images represented by bitmaps and vector images represented by figures and line drawings. Characters are represented by, for example, ASCII code, hexadecimal code, font code, and the like. Property information common to images and characters includes arrangement coordinates, size, magnification, ratio, angle, and the like. Property information unique to raster images includes the number of pixels, color depth, color space (color base), image resolution, and the like. Property information unique to vector images includes color (fill, line), line width, and the like. Character-specific property information includes typeface, color, character spacing, line spacing, and the like.

The property information, which is fixed information, is maintained without modification, and only the stream information, which is variable information, is replaced. As a result, print data can be created more quickly than when using automatic typesetting software to create not only stream information but also property information for each item, and a high degree of freedom in design can be achieved. can be maintained.

For example, as shown in FIG. 20, source data 63 in which the image 64 of the variable information is changed to solid black and the character 65 of the variable information is changed to "0" is used in design data such as PDF format. do.

Such source data 63 is read from a server or the like storing personal information and the like, and desired stream information, that is, images 64 and Print data 51a, 51b, and 51c are generated by replacing the characters 65 with codes describing the contents thereof.

Unlike the case where the images 64 and characters 65 are arranged and inserted using automatic typesetting software, the property information of the images and characters already arranged in the source data, that is, the code that describes the attributes of the images and characters is manually handled. , and only the stream information indicating the content thereof is replaced. Therefore, typesetting processing for generating the print data 51a, 51b, 51c is not required.

Here, the structure of the PDF file is defined by the PDF reference, and as shown in FIG. It has Of these, the property information and stream information of images and characters are all described in an area called a body (Body) 66b.

A body 66b is composed of a set of objects 67a, 67b, and 67c as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 24, image property information and stream information are described in an object called a graphics object 68, and character property information and stream information are described in a text object. It is described in an object called .69.

As shown in FIG. 25, the stream information is described in a portion 70 surrounded by two keywords, stream and endstream, in the object 67 .

As for the image, for example, as shown in FIG. 26, in the graphic object, only the stream information 71a describing the density value of the image is replaced with new stream information 71b to replace the content of the image. When replacing stream information, in principle, the amount of stream information, specifically the number of pixels of an image, is not changed. Also, the property information describing the layout coordinates, size, color space, etc. of the image is not changed as described above. Therefore, unlike the conventional method in which typesetting processing is performed, the high design quality of the source data 63 can be maintained as it is.

As for characters, as shown in FIG. 27, in the text object, only the stream information 71c in which the code representing the character is described is replaced with new stream information 71d to replace the content of the character. When replacing character stream information, the amount of stream information, specifically the number of characters, is often changed unlike the case of images.

However, since the property information describing the arrangement coordinates, typeface, size, color, etc. of the characters is not changed like the image property information, the high design property of the source data 63 can be maintained as it is.

By the way, as shown in FIG. 28, the graphic object 68 and the text object 69 are subordinate to the image and character stream information 71a to 71d and describe the byte length 72 indicating the amount of information. The byte length 72 indicating the information amount of the stream information 71a to 71d varies depending on the compression method and the like in the case of images and the number of characters in the case of characters. Therefore, if the stream information 71a and 71c are replaced with the stream information 71b and 71d and the byte length 72 is increased or decreased, the value of the described byte length 72 must be changed.

At the end of the PDF file, as shown in FIG. 29, a cross-reference table 73 listing the starting position of each object, that is, the number of bytes from the beginning to the beginning of the object is described. . This cross-reference table 73 corresponds to a so-called table of contents, and changes accordingly when the contents of images and characters are replaced.

For example, when the stream information 71a and 71c are replaced with the stream information 71b and 71d as described above and the byte length 72 increases or decreases, the start position 74 of the object after that object and the cross-reference table , and the starting position 75 of .

The example shown in FIG. 29 corresponds to the case where the byte length of the seventh object is increased by 512 bytes. In such a case, 512 bytes are added to the starting position 74 of the eighth and subsequent objects and the starting position 75 of the cross-reference table.

FIG. 30 shows the configuration of a generation device for executing the method of generating security pamphlet print data according to the embodiment of the present invention.

This device comprises a data input section 101 , an arithmetic processing section 102 , a storage section 103 and a data output section 104 .

A data input unit 101 inputs source data in PDF format or the like necessary for creating print data. For this source data, for example, design data created using commercially available design software may be used as source data, as will be described later with reference to FIG. The data input unit 101 also inputs ID information such as the name, sex, age, and image of each individual, which differs for each individual security booklet, from a database (not shown). This database contains data relating to images and text forming invisible information which is different for each individual security booklet.

The arithmetic processing unit 102 replaces the first stream information of images and characters included in the source data with the second stream information of new images and characters included in the database, while replacing the first stream information of images and characters included in the source data. The data for printing is generated while maintaining the property information received as it is. This second stream of information contains data about images and characters forming invisible information.

The storage unit 103 stores the source data and the database input to the data input unit, and also receives and stores print data as a calculation result from the calculation processing unit 102 .

The data output unit 104 receives data stored in the storage unit 103 and outputs data received from the arithmetic processing unit 102 . The data output unit 104 includes an image display unit and displays print data.

The flow chart of FIG. 31 shows a procedure for creating source data in PDF format or the like, which is necessary for creating print data for a security booklet, using commercially available design software. As step S41, the page size is set.

In step S42, the image is arranged, and in step S43, attributes such as the reference destination of the image file, the insertion position, the ratio, the angle, etc. are applied to the image. The processes of steps S42 and S43 are repeated by the number of images.

In step S44, characters are arranged, and in step S45, attributes such as insertion position, typeface, composition direction, size, color, etc. are applied to the characters. The processing of steps S44 and S45 is repeated by the number of characters.

The created source data is stored in the storage unit 103 as step S46. This source data includes data relating to images and characters forming invisible information.

The flowchart in FIG. 32 shows the procedure for creating setting data using source data in PDF format or the like. The setting data is data including the start position and end position of stream information of an image to be replaced and characters included in the source data.

As step S<b>51 , the arithmetic processing unit 102 reads the source data stored in the storage unit 103 .

As step S52, the arithmetic processing unit 102 searches for stream information of an image to be replaced in the source data.

In step S53, the arithmetic processing unit 102 sets replacement conditions including the start position of the searched image stream information, specifically, the number of bytes from the beginning, the end position, the encoding method, and the like. The processes of steps S52 and S53 are repeated by the number of images.

As step S54, the arithmetic processing unit 102 searches the stream information of the character to be replaced in the source data.

In step S55, the arithmetic processing unit 102 sets replacement conditions including the start position, end position, encoding method, and the like of stream information of the retrieved character. The processing of steps S54 and S55 is repeated by the number of characters.

As step S<b>56 , the setting data generated by the arithmetic processing unit 102 is stored in the storage unit 103 . Alternatively, the configuration data may be written directly into the software syntax.

FIG. 33 shows an example of the database. As in a general database, the horizontal axis may be field information (name, gender, age, image, etc.) and the vertical axis may be record information (Person 1, Person 2, . . . ). Here, the field information number is a value used as an index for an array variable or the like in software.

FIG. 34 shows an example of setting data. The horizontal axis may be the type of character or image, the start position and end position of stream information, the encoding method, the object number of source data, the field information number of the database to be referenced, and the character or image on the horizontal axis. When such a database is stored in the storage unit as a file in text format, it may be described in CSV format 79, for example, as shown in FIG.

The flow chart of FIG. 35 shows the creation procedure in the method of creating print data for a security booklet according to the present embodiment.

As step S61, the arithmetic processing unit 102 reads the source data 26 stored in the storage unit 103. FIG. This source data 26 contains information about images and characters forming invisible information.

In step S<b>62 , the arithmetic processing unit 102 reads the setting data 28 stored in the storage unit 103 .

In step S<b>63 , the arithmetic processing unit 102 reads the database stored in the storage unit 103 .

The processing from step S64 to step S68 is repeated by the number of record information items in the database.

In step S65, the arithmetic processing unit 102 replaces the image and character stream information included in the source data 26 with new image and character stream information included in the database.

In step S66, the arithmetic processing unit 102 updates the byte length and the cross-reference table that have changed due to the replacement of the stream information, and creates print data.

In step S67, the print data created by the arithmetic processing unit 102 is supplied to the storage unit 103 and stored therein, and the data output unit 104 outputs the print data.

As step 67', after the data for printing is output from the data output unit 104 to the printing medium, it may be verified whether or not each information formed is properly formed. The method of verification is the same as the method of authenticity determination described above. information is compared and collated, and the first invisible information 16 and/or the second invisible information 15 formed as invisible information on the page 201b other than the ID page 201a are read, and the already read first information Compare with

Verification of this information may be performed by installing an on-line device at the final site (process) of the security booklet manufacturing apparatus for verification, or by providing an off-line device for verification separately from the manufacturing apparatus. Verification is preferable because it ensures that all personal information stored and formed in the security booklet is authentic.

Software for generating print data for a security booklet according to an embodiment of the present invention causes a data generation device having the configuration shown in FIG. 30 to execute the above method for generating print data. , the data generator may be computer-implemented.

Conventionally, the security booklet 601 is authenticated only for the ID page 601a as described above. For this reason, it is impossible to effectively determine the authenticity of the forged security booklet 401 in which the genuine ID page 601a is extracted and replaced with the forged ID page 401a.

On the other hand, according to the security booklet 201 of the present embodiment, even if the genuine ID page 201a is extracted and replaced with the forged ID page 401a, the first page 201b other than the ID page 201a is Since the invisible information 16 and the second invisible information 15 are formed, it is possible to effectively determine the authenticity of such forgery.

In addition, according to the method of creating print data for security booklets according to the present embodiment, design data including information on images and characters forming invisible information common to all security booklets, and individual ID information is created for printing. Source data for data creation, among information included in this source data, stream information including ID information different for each individual security booklet is replaced with new stream information, property information is maintained, and print data is generated. Since it is created, work efficiency and productivity are improved, and print data can be created at high speed.

In addition, since the property information specifying special colors and the like included in the design data in advance can be utilized as it is, high design expression can be maintained.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been described, the above embodiments are presented as examples and are not intended to limit the technical scope of the invention. This novel embodiment can be embodied in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. The above-described embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the technical scope and gist of the invention, and are included in the scope of the invention described in the claims and equivalents thereof.

11 IC chip (genuine)
12 Face photo (authentic)
13 MRZ (genuine)
14 Invisible Information (Authentic)
15 Second Invisible Information (Authentic)
16 First Invisible Information (Authentic)
21 First area 22 Second area 23 2a area 24 2b area 31 Printed material 32 Discriminator 33 Printed pattern 35 Invisible image 36 Other invisible image 37 Center lines 51a, 51b, 51c Data for printing 52, 63 Source data 64 Image 65 Character 66b Body
67, 67a, 67b, 67c Object
68 Graphic objects
69 Text object
71, 71a-71d Stream information 72 Byte length 73 Cross-reference table
74 Start position of object 75 Start position of cross-reference table 101 Data input unit 102 Operation processing unit 103 Storage unit 104 Data output unit 201 Security booklet (genuine)
201a ID page (authentic)
201b Other pages (authentic)
301 Reading device 401 Security booklet (counterfeit)
401a ID page (counterfeit)
411 IC chip (counterfeit)
412 Photo (forgery)
413 MRZ (counterfeit)
414 realm (counterfeit)
501 Communication terminal 601 Conventional security booklet

Claims (7)

an ID page having an IC chip storing first information including at least personal information and forming second information linked to the first information;
At least one other page excluding the ID page,
A security booklet, wherein at least part of said first information is formed on said at least one other page as invisible information visible under a predetermined viewing condition different from normal light .
At least two pieces of the invisible information are formed on the at least one other page,
2. The invisible information according to claim 1, wherein all of said invisible information are information with the same content, at least two of them are information with the same content, and all of them are information with different content. security booklet. As the invisible information, a first area configured using black ink containing an infrared absorbing pigment and a black second area configured using ink containing no infrared absorbing pigment. 3. The security according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a gradation image is formed according to the area ratio of said first area and said second area, and includes at least information visible in an environment irradiated with infrared rays. booklet. As the invisible information, image line elements having a first image line and a second image line arranged to face each other with the center line along the first direction as a boundary are arranged at a constant pitch,
The first drawing line and the second drawing line in each of the drawing elements have the same area and are in a negative-positive relationship,
By placing the discriminating tool along the first direction, a positive image or a negative image of the first invisible information is visually recognized by the first drawing line, and a second invisible information is displayed by the second drawing line. 3. A security booklet according to claim 1 or 2, comprising at least information in which a negative or positive image of information is visible. A method for creating a security booklet using a server storing personal information and a creation device connected to the server for creating a security booklet, comprising:
The security booklet has an IC chip storing first information including at least personal information, an ID page formed with second information linked to the first information, and at least one other than the ID page. and other pages,
receiving, by the production device, the personal information from the server;
forming at least part of the personal information as invisible information on the at least one other page by the creation device;
A method for creating a security booklet, comprising: A method for creating a security booklet using a server storing personal information and a creating device connected to the server for creating a security booklet, wherein the creating device has a data input function, a storage function, An arithmetic processing unit having an arithmetic processing function and a data output function,
The security booklet has an IC chip storing first information including at least personal information, an ID page formed with second information linked to the first information, and at least part of the personal information. is formed as invisible information, and at least one page other than the ID page,
inputting, from the server, source data including the personal information and represented by images and text using the data input function;
inputting configuration data stored in the storage function by the data input function;
The arithmetic processing function stores the first stream information of the image and the character included in the source data according to the setting data while maintaining the property information of the image and the character included in the source data. generating the print data by replacing the image and the characters with second stream information converted into stream information, wherein the second stream information includes the invisible information;
a step of outputting the generated print data by the data output function;
A method for creating a security booklet, comprising: further comprising the step of verifying the information in the security booklet using a communication terminal;
reading the first information from the IC chip;
reading the second information formed on the ID page;
a step of comparing and collating the first information read from the IC chip and the second information read from the ID page;
reading at least part of the personal information formed as the invisible information on the at least one other page;
a step of comparing and collating the first information read from the IC chip and at least part of the personal information read from the at least one other page;
with
7. The method of creating a security booklet according to claim 5, wherein information in the security booklet is verified.

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