PERSONALIZED PLASTIC IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT WITH LENS STRUCTURE

Abstract

A security feature on a personalized plastic identification document such as a personalized plastic card and a plastic page of passport. The security feature includes a lens structure with a plurality of lenses, where the lens structure is formed using a laser at a location on the personalized plastic identification document to facilitate viewing of a security feature underlying the lens structure.

Description

Claims

1. A personalized plastic identification document, comprising: a plastic identification document substrate having an image of an intended holder of the personalized plastic identification document formed thereon and text within the image; anda layer disposed on the plastic identification document substrate, the layer includes a lens structure that overlays at least a portion of the image and at least a portion of the text, and the lens structure comprises a plurality of lenses.

2. The personalized plastic identification document of claim 1, wherein the personalized plastic identification document comprises a plastic card or a plastic page of a passport.

3. The personalized plastic identification document of claim 1, wherein the text comprises alphanumeric text and/or a text symbol.

4. The personalized plastic identification document of claim 1, further comprising a laser receptive layer on the plastic identification document substrate, and wherein the image and the text are formed in the laser receptive layer.

5. The personalized plastic identification document of claim 1, wherein the lenses have one or more of the following: a single common pitch or a variable pitch;a constant depth or a variable depth;the same size or varying sizes.

6. A personalized plastic identification document, comprising: a plastic identification document substrate having a security feature formed thereon; anda layer disposed on the plastic identification document substrate, the layer includes a lens structure that overlays at least a portion of the security feature, and the lens structure comprises a plurality of lenses.

7. The personalized plastic identification document of claim 6, further comprising a transparent window formed on the plastic identification document substrate, and the security feature is formed in the transparent window.

8. The personalized plastic identification document of claim 7, wherein the security feature is formed on one side of the plastic identification document substrate, and the lens structure is formed on a second side of the plastic identification document substrate opposite the first side.

9. The personalized plastic identification document of claim 6, wherein the personalized plastic identification document comprises a plastic card or a plastic page of a passport.

10. The personalized plastic identification document of claim 6, wherein the lens structure overlays the entire security feature.

11. The personalized plastic identification document of claim 6, wherein the lenses have one or more of the following: a single common pitch or a variable pitch;a constant depth or a variable depth;the same size or varying sizes.

12. A method of processing a plastic identification document substrate to create a personalized plastic identification document, comprising: using a laser to form a lens structure on the plastic identification document substrate, the lens structure comprises a plurality of lenses; andthereafter using a laser to form an image of an intended holder of the personalized plastic identification document on the plastic identification document substrate along with text within the image, wherein the image and the text are positioned to at least partially underlie the lens structure.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the personalized plastic identification document comprises a plastic card or a plastic page of a passport.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the laser used to form the lens structure is different than the laser used to form the image and the text.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the laser used to form the lens structure is a CO2 laser, and the laser used to form the image and the text is a non-CO2 laser.

16. The method of claim 12, comprising: after forming the lens structure, transporting the plastic identification document substrate to the laser used to form the image and the text.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the text comprises alphanumeric text and/or a text symbol.

18. The method of claim 12, further comprising a laser receptive layer on the plastic identification document substrate, and comprising forming the image and the text in the laser receptive layer.

19. The method of claim 12, comprising forming the image and the text so that the lens structure overlays the entire image.

20. The method of claim 12, wherein the lenses have one or more of the following: a single common pitch or a variable pitch;a constant depth or a variable depth;the same size or varying sizes.